Format:
1 online resource (381 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781315067223
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Daylighting Evolution And Analysis -- The Pre-industrial Period -- The Industrial Revolution -- Daylighting in Art Galleries -- Daylighting in UK Schools -- The Analytical Approach -- Design Tools -- The Post-fluorescent Era -- European Research and Development -- Chapter 2 Light and Human Requirements -- Design Constraints -- Design Response -- Visual Comfort Requirements -- Chapter 3 Daylight Data -- Review of Sky Models -- Luminous Efficacy of Daylight -- Results of Measurements -- Sky Type Probabilities -- Luminous Distribution Algorithms -- Chapter 4 Photometry of Materials -- Surface Photometry Characterisation -- Selection of Appropriate Materials -- New Materials -- Chapter 5 Daylighting Components -- General Classification System -- The Basic Component: The Window -- Description and Performance -- Applications: Schools and Offices -- Experimental Analysis of Selected Components -- Conduction Component: Atrium -- Control Elements -- Prismatic Systems -- Holographic Optical Elements -- Recommendations for Control Elements -- General Checklist for Design -- Chapter 6 Electric Lighting -- Lamps -- Control Gear -- Luminaires -- Luminaire mounting systems -- Chapter 7 Control Systems -- Controls for Artificial Lighting Systems -- Management Strategies -- Examples -- Chapter 8 Light Transfer Models -- Direct Illumination -- Reflection and Transmission -- Calculation Models -- Chapter 9 Evaluation and Design Tools -- Scale Models -- Review of Simplified Design Tools -- Review of Computer Codes -- Comparison and Validation -- Chapter 10 Integrated Energy Use Analysis -- Example 1 : ESP -- Example 2 : HEATLUX -- Example 3 : The LT Method -- Future Directions -- Chapter 11 Case Study Analysis -- The Architectural Design Process
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The Typological Grammar of Architecture -- Case Studies -- Methodology and Criteria for Classification -- The Morphological Box -- Selection and Classification of Daylit Buildings -- Glossary -- Appendices -- Appendix A Sky Type Probability -- Appendix B Daylight Availability -- Appendix C Survey of Light Measuring Instruments -- Appendix D Guide to Scale Models -- Appendix E Survey of Control Systems -- Appendix F Review of Design Tools -- Appendix G Review of Computer Codes -- Appendix H Survey of Artificial Skies -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Baker, Nick V. Daylighting in Architecture London : Taylor & Francis Group,c1993 ISBN 9781849713009
Language:
English
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