In this manuscript, potential of daylighting in reducing electrical lighting load, has been explored. The analysis has … have been used to estimate illuminance on horizontal and for vertical surfaces as this data is not available in India … been analysed. The daylighting software, ADELINE 3.0, has been used for computation of lighting energy savings. It has been …

A model for calculating global illuminance on horizontal surfaces from meteorological satellite data was developed. The … data used for developing the model are global illuminance measured at four solar monitoring stations situated in different … of 1–2 years. Values of normalized global illuminance defined as a ratio of global illuminance to clear sky global …

attempts to design influence on multiple parameters of shading, daylighting and ventilation to optimize the use of tropical … effectiveness of the proposed settings. Findings The results suggested that the semi-enclosed courtyard feature with a shading …