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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"skylight"”.
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Design and structural analysis of an elliptical skylight
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.
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Skylight Polarization Patterns as Cues for Honey Bee Orientation; Physical Measurements and Behavioral Experiments
… and physical studies of the use of solar and skylight cues by animals for orientation. The principal features of skylight radiation which may be important for orientation are reviewed, together with previous investigations of honey bee polarization sensitivity. The dynamic properties of …
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Development and Application of a Versatile Balloon-Borne DOAS Spectrometer for Skylight Radiance and Atmospheric Trace Gas Profile Measurements
… and fixed limb, nadir, and direct sunlight). Skylight radiances in the UV/visible range between 330 and 550 nm are measured, and the recorded spectra are analyzed for column densities of ozone, NO2, BrO, H2O, and O4 along the line of sight by applying the Differential Optical Absorption …
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Qualitative and quantitative optimization of skylights : a comprehensive and inclusive analysis of skylight sizes for an office while providing enough daylight, avoiding glare and saving energy
… algorithmic platform to consider a context for skylight design by including all the interests of different stakeholders while either scaling importance of the different interests or requiring minimum qualities and performance targets. This dissertation proposes different methodological …
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Unlocking the Urban Box: A Multi-Use Building for Asheville, NC
… inside and out. The opening, be it a window, skylight, or void, becomes the way that the interior and exterior inform one another. The opening must not only relate to the street and city, but also to the sky and sun. It is an intangible element, created by the form and material that reside in …
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Internalizing the Sun: An Exploration in Light-Driven Architecture
… designed to utilize direct sunlight and ambient skylight for specifically prescribed effects. The foundation of this project draws on the thinking of architectural masters, the perspective of lighting experts, and the lessons of precedent studies to direct a process of designing architecture that …
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Advanced signal processing techniques for the analysis of solar radiometer data in the presence of temporally varying aerosol optical depths
… a customized radiometer that measures diffuse skylight as well as direct sunlight.
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Design and manufacture of a large-scale collagen protein model for educational use
… mold. The mold, created by artist Bob Shure at Skylight Studios, was then used to cast parts using a two component liquid plastic that cures to a solid material. The parting lines of the final parts were cleaned up and the final parts painted to complete the model. This thesis details the …
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Hyperspectral and polarimetric imaging of the ocean for the characterization of the surface effects and measurement uncertainties
… For TOA and especially above water radiance the skylight reflected from the ocean surface represents one of the main sources of measurement uncertainties.</p> <p>NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission, successfully launched in February 2024, has the main hyperspectral …
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Developing office building design
… it is a fixed courtyard which covered by skylight. 3. The blocks are in modules and the rooms function can be changed as needed. 4. The roof at the early stage of this architecture can be used as floors in the future. The site is located in the suburban area of Washington DC, which next to …
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Inside + Outside
… spaces of the home. Window is also a small skylight facing east, scooping in soft morning light to a bedroom. The materials of a building are what it is made of: its cladding, waterproofing, walls and floors. Material makes an emotive space through touch and reflection. Concrete is heavy, …
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Photon Path Lengths Distributions for Cloudy Skies : Their first and second-order moments inferred from high resolution oxygen A-Band spectroscopy
… studies, it is now possible to measure single skylight spectra within a few seconds of one another using modern CCD detectors and optimized instruments. This enables a reduction of the spatial resolution to scales smaller than the radiative smoothing scale. Two different studies are performed …
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Research on Environmental Performance-oriented Evaluation Method of Indoor Arena Roof System
… of daylight performance, the coupled effects of skylight window-to-floor ratio and other design parameters were explored, introducing intermediate variables describing skylight distribution patterns. In terms of energy performance, the thermal performance of the envelope structure, the surface …
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Low Carbon Architecture: New Approach Toward Sustainability in Relation to Existing Buildings
… creating drinking water via a solar still in the skylight, and distilled water from radiant cooling surfaces. In the new construction, a thermal switch facade and double-skin facade for the residential units are proposed, along with providing flexible space with thick mobile interior wall units.
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Chinese Scholar Garden Detail with Grace of Rainwater
… foot high walls around it and under the glass skylight, there's something missing of the natural condition; that is, the weathering test of rain and wind. Standing in the original garden, especially during the rain, there's a better understanding of the architecture. For example, the Cold …
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Towards the reformation of Abu Dhabi to be an environmentally sustainable city
… has a closed atrium in the centre without any skylight, represents a conventional building design. The research involved an environmental investigation of power consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, indoor and outdoor temperature, indoor and outdoor relative humidity, and levels of indoor …
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Energic Architecture in Old Town Alexandria
Every architecure is being with life-force such as a plant who lives on the photosynthesis that need carbon dioxide + water + light energy, and provide oxygen in day time. On the contrary, Plants need oxygen and release carbon dioxide while they can not carry out the photosunthesis in night time. …
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Lighting a building with a single bulb : toward a system for illumination in the 21st c.; or, A centralized illumination system for the efficient decoupling and recovery of lighting related heat
… solar collector for use as a window or skylight, and a solar concentrating wall are disclosed in the conclusory chapter. Material included in this thesis has been patented by MIT. The usage of such material for any commercial means requires a licensing agreement.
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Rodinný dům v České Jablonné
Cílem bakalářské práce je vypracovat projektovou dokumentaci pro provedení stavby. Projekt řeší novostavbu rodinného domu v České Jablonné. Novostavba je určena pro čtyřčlennou rodinu pro celoroční obývání. Objekt je nepodsklepený a má dvě nadzemní podlaží. Budova je zděná z keramických tvárnic …
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Polyfunkční objekt v Jičíně
Předmětem diplomové práce je návrh polyfunkčního objektu v Jičíně, který se skládá z podzemní parkovací garáže se sklepy, technického zázemí, administrativní části, komerčních prostor, zdravotnických zařízení a bytů. Objekt je pěti podlažní samostatně stojící, zcela podsklepený. Půdorys objektu …