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Window blind occlusion: a pilot study

1984; Elsevier BV; Volume: 19; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0360-1323(84)90038-6

1873-684X

Mark S. Rea,

Building Energy and Comfort Optimization

Estimations of daylight factors, used to calculate energy savings, typically do not consider occupants' use of window blinds. The data indicate that such estimations should include some assessment of window blind usage, because over half of the window area is usually occluded in some way by blinds. It appears that many occupants purposely use window blinds to prevent sunlight from penetrating their working space.