Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight a guide to good practice
Language: English Series: Building Research Establishment Report ; BR 209Publication details: Watford BRE 1991Description: 85p. 30cmISBN:- 085125506X
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Introduction -- Light from the sky -- Sunlighting -- Passive solar design -- Other issues -- References -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix A Indicators to calculate access to skylight, sunlight and solar radiation -- Appendix B A waldram diagram to calculate vertical sky component -- Appendix D Interior daylighting recommendations -- Plotting the no-sky line -- Appendix E Rights to light -- Appendix F Setting alternatives target values for skylight access -- Appendix G Calculations of sun on the ground -- Appendix H Definitions
This guide gives advice on site layout planning to achieve good sunlighting and daylighting, within buildings and in the open spaces between them. Includes an appendix on rights to light and indicators to calculate access to skylight, sunlight and solar radiation. Discusses how to protect the daylighting and sunlighting of existing buildings when new developments are proposed.