Daylight Science and Daylighting Technology

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Kittler, Richard (Συγγραφέας), Kocifaj, Miroslav (Συγγραφέας), Darula, Stanislav (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Renewable energy resources.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Interior Architecture.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

Sunlight profoundly influences the Earth's atmosphere and biosphere. Nature fuels the evolution of all living things, their visual systems, and the manner in which they adapt, accommodate, and habituate. Sun luminance measurements serve as data to calculate typical changes in the daily, monthly...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Short historical review of daylight utilisation by living creatures
• Daylight photometry: history, principles and empirical development
• Propagation of light in the atmospheric environment
• Sky luminance characteristics
• Possibilities to simulate year-round changes of the local daylight climate
• Fundamental principles for daylight calculation methods
• Analytical calculation methods and tools for the design of un-glazed apertures
• Daylight methods and tools to design glazed windows and skylights
• Modelling daylight distribution in complex architectural spaces
• The neurophysiology and psychophysics of visual perception
• Discomfort and disability glare in the visual environment
• Index.