BRE Expert Collection 6 Daylight and shading

BRE is an independent, research-based consultancy, testing and training organisation, operating in the built environment and associated industries. The BRE Trust uses the profits made by BRE to fund new research and education programmes that advance knowledge, innovation and communication for public benefit.

BRE Expert Collections are topic-specific compilations of BRE digests, good building guides, good repair guides and information. BRE Expert Collection 6 Daylight and shading is a collection of BRE expert guidance on designing for daylight and sunlight, and shading of buildings.

It includes:

• IP 15/88. Average daylight factor: a simple basis for daylight design.
• IP 12/02. Control of solar shading (now replaced by Control of solar shading IP 4 17).
• IP 3/98. Daylight in atrium buildings.
• IP 10/95. Daylighting design for display screen equipment.
• IP 9/00. Developments in innovative daylighting.
• DG 309. Estimating daylight in buildings: Part 1.
• DG 310. Estimating daylight in buildings: Part 2.
• IP 23/93. Measuring daylight.
• IP 11/02. Retrofitting solar shading (now replaced by Retrofitting solar shading IP 3 17)
• IP 23/12. Site layout planning for daylight.
• IP 22/12. Site layout planning for sunlight and solar gain.
• IP 3/87. Solar dazzle reflected from sloping glazed facades.
• IP 5/01. Solar energy in urban areas

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