APPLICABILITY OF DAYLIGHT ESTIMATION METHODS UNDER THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF SAUDI ARABIA: THE CASE OF DAMMAM REGION

Document Type : Research Paper

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College of Architecture and Planning, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia P. O. Box 2397 Dammam 31451, Saudi Arabia

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Most of daylight prediction techniques are proposed based on assumed conditions related to the characteristics of the internal and external spaces of buildings, sky conditions and climatic conditions. The goal of this study is to investigate the accuracy of some of the proposed techniques in estimating the internal luminance under climatic conditions of Saudi Arabia.

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