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Introduction
3.1 Daylighting Sources
3.2 Daylighting Methods
3.3 Daylighting Availability
3.4 Calculation of Skylight Illuminance in Building Interior
3.5 Calculation of Daylighting Illuminance:The IES/Lumen Method
Figure 3.1.1
Three power-density spectral distribution of daylight.
Figure 3.2.1
Patterns of entry of skylight and the rapid drop at daylight illuminance with distance from the window.
Figure 3.2.2
Example of toplighting applications.
Figure 3.2.3
Light shelves.
Figure 3.2.4
Light pipe in a multi-storied building.
Figure 3.3.1
Graphs of illuminance values due to sunlight and skylight under different sky conditions
Figure 3.3.2
Daylight illuminance values on horizontal plane under different sky conditions for the 4 reference days.
Figure 3.3.3
Plot of horizontal illuminance due to partly cloudy sky during 5-20 hrs of the 15
th
day of each month.
Figure 3.3.4
The configuration of the illuminance on a horizontal plane due to an incremental luminous surface.
Figure 3.3.5
The configuration of a vertical surface dA receiving flux from an incremental area da .
Figure 3.3.6
An inclined plane with an incremental area dA receiving light flux from an equivalent incremental area da in the sky dome.
Figure 3.3.7
The relative geometrical position of a point and the suns.
Figure 3.3.8
Zenith luminance as a function of altitude angle.
Figure 3.3.9
Illuminance on vertical surfaces from clear sky.
Figure 3.3.10
Illuminance from vertical surfaces from partly cloudy sky.
Figure 3.3.11
Features of the luminance from the partly-cloudy-sky model.
Figure 3.4.1
The three components of daylight illuminance.
Figure 3.4.2
The two components of IRC.
Figure 3.4.3
Mean horizontal diffuse illuminance from an unobstructed sky showing.
Figure 3.4.4
Sample graph: Percentage of year a given value of horizontal skylight illuminance is exceeded, with data from Kew and Bracknell, United Kingdom.
Figure 3.4.5
The configuration of light flux from a sky patch da passing through window and reaches P .
Figure 3.4.6
Features of the Waldram diagram.
Figure 3.4.7
An approximation of the rectangular window by a hemispherical surface.
Figure 3.4.8
The situation when the window is located a distance
W d
from thev projection of the point on to the plane of the window.
Figure 3.4.9
The configuration of skylight illumination on a wall.
Figure 3.4.10
The room configuration and details
Figure 3.4.11
Points of calculation for direct illuminance.
Figure 3.4.12
The configuration of the point P and the window.
Figure 3.4.13
The configuration of the window.
Figure 3.4.14
Calculated direct illuminance on various points of the surfaces in the room 1 using different methods, different sky types and different positions of the sun. All values are in klux.
Figure 3.4.15
Total illuminance on each surface segment for case c) of
Figure 10.4.29
, clear sky.
a
s
=60º,
g
s
=30º.
Figure 3.5.1
Configuration of the room in the Lumen method.
Figure 3.5.2
The room configuration of example 3.5.1.
Figure 3.5.3
The resultant illuminance values from the Lumen method.