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Daylight performance of buildings / edited by Marc Fontoynont.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Daylighting--Europe.
- Daylighting.
- Interior lighting--Europe--Case studies.
- Interior lighting.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 304 pages : illustrations (most color) ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : James & James (Science Publishers) for the European Commission, Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development, [1999]
- Summary:
- As part of Daylight Europe, the daylighting behaviour of 60 buildings was observed and measured during a three year period. Buildings of many different types, sizes and ages were included - from offices to museums, libraries, churches, houses, airports and factories; from Classical buildings to modern constructions, and from a small single room to an office of over 100,000 square meters.The results of the study of each building are presented, extensively illustrated in colour, with the unusual features and main lessons highlighted. The book also includes details of the monitoring procedures, the results of and comparisons with simulations, the outcome of post-occupancy evaluation, and a summary of the major findings.These show the extraordinary potential of daylighting techniques to improve amenity and energy performance for the benefit of the occupants and building managers. They also demonstrate how often opportunities are missed, and the frequency of problems of overheating or glare. Above all, they demonstrate the beauty, elegance and scope of daylight design.
- Contents:
- Glazed streets
- Transportation buildings
- Churches
- Museums
- Offices
- Educational buildings
- Libraries
- Houses
- Demonstration projects
- Others.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1873936877
- OCLC:
- 42201605
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