Posts tagged ‘daylight’
Daylight Hours Explorer
July 15th, 2010
Stumbled onto this great educational tool from somewhere. It works out the number of daylight hours a location would receive on a particular day after you fill in the latitude of the location. Click the image to try it yourself!
Tags: daylight
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Daylight in adjacent spaces of atrium buildings
February 14th, 2010
Guest author: Pushkin Passey
This dissertation investigates the main characteristics of different atrium geometries and their influence on the daylight condition on the adjacent spaces. The form of the atrium, well reflectances, transmittance of the atrium glass and the size of the windows facing the atrium are important parameters in the daylighting design of the atrium buildings. The level [...]
Tags: architectural association, atrium, daylight, research, splayed geometries, sustainble environmental design
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