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DAYLIGHTING

9-9

Where uniformity throughout a building is important, approximately equal

minimum

daylight can be obtained on all floors by increasing (below the

top floor) the window heights and window-to-floor area ratios. The greatThe top-story window area
est increase is necessary on the ground floor.
should equal about 30 per cent of the floor area.
The use of high-reflectance brick, tile, or paint for the walls of enclosed
courts in place of low-reflectance surfaces may produce a large increase in
daylight illumination on the lower floors.

Table 9-3.

Daylight Illumination

(in

Footcandles) Provided at Various

Points on a Horizontal Plane by a 100 -Foot-Long Series of

30-Degree Sloping Windows of Various Heights with

Sills at Various Heights above the Plane*
SLANT HEIGHT OF

SILLJ

FEET

FROM
PLANE

15

OF

WINDOWt
3'0'

Feet

Slant Heigh

slant Height
of Window
6'0"
9'0'
12'0"

3'0"

2.6 3.3 3.9

8.3 10.6 16.9
13.8 18.4 21.3
10.1 16.3 19.3
6.8 11.9 16.2

0.6 1.0
1.6 2.3
2.5 4.1
3.3 6.2
3.9 7.1

1.6

10
15

20
25

4.8
7.0
4.9
3.5

30
35
40
45
50

2.5
1.8
1.3
1.0
0.8

55
60
65
70
75

0.6 1.6 3.0

0.5 1.4 2.5
0.5 1.2 2.1
0.4 1.0 1.7
0.4 0.8 1.5

4.9
3.8
3.0
2.4
1.9

35 Feet

25 Feet

of Window
6'0'
9'0"

Slant Height

Slant Height

ofWi ndow
12'0"

3'0'

6'0"

9'0"

12 '0"

3'0"

of Window
6'0*
9'0'

12'0"

1.5 2.1 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.5 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
3.5 4.6 0.9 1.5 2.2 2.9 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.8
6.3 7.4 1.3 2.3 3.4 4.5 0.8 1.6 2.3 2.9
8.9 10.1 1.7 3.1 4.6 6.0 1.2 2.4 3.3 4.3
9.6 11.6 2.0 3.8 5.7 7.5 1.6 3.1 4.5 5.S

8.5 12.8 3.5 6.8 9.5 11.9

6.3 9.8 3.0 6.1 8.9 11.7
5.1 7.8 2.6 5.4 8.1 11.1
4.3 6.2 2.2 4.7 7.2 9.8
3.6 5.3 1.9 4.0 6.3 8.6
4.4 1.7
3.8 1.4
3.2 1.2
2.7 1.0
2.3 0.9

45 Feet

3.5 5.3 7.5

3.0 4.5 6.4
2.5 3.8 5.5
2.1 3.2 4.7
1.7 2.7 4.0

2.4 4.6 6.7 8.9

2.8 5.3 7.6 10.0
2.9 5.6 8.1 10.6
2.7 5.2 7.6 10.0
2.3 4.6 6.9 9.1

1.5
2.3
2.5
2.4
2.3

3.9
4.5
4.7
4.7
4.5

5.8
6.8
7.1

7.0
6.9

7.4
8.6
9.1
9.1
8.9

2.0 4.1 6.2 8.3 2.1 4.2 6.5 8.6

1.7 3.6 5.5 7.5 1.9 3.9 6.0 8.0
1.5 3.1 4.9 6.8 1.8 3.5 5.5 7.3
1.3 2.6 4.3 6.1 1.6 3.2 5.0 6.7
1.1 2.3 3.8 5.4 1.4 2.9 4.5 6.1

80
85
90
95
100

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.7 1.2
0.6 1.0
0.5 0.9
0.4 0.7
0.4 0.6

1.9
1.6

0.7 1.4 2.2 3.3 0.9 2.0 3.2 4.8 1.3 2.6 4.0
0.6 1.2 1.9 2.7 0.8 1.7 2.8 4.1 1.1 2.3 3.5
1.4 0.5 1.0 1.6 2.3 0.7 1.5 2.4 3.5 1.0 2.0 3.1
1.1 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.9 0.6 1.3 2.1 3.0 0.9 1.8 2.8
1.0 0.4 0.7 1.2 1.6 0.5 1.1 1.9 2.6 0.8 1.6 2.5

5.5
5.0
4.4
3.9
3.5

105
110
115
120
125

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4

0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.5

130
135
140

0.7
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5

1.4
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.0

2.3

1.0

2.3
2.0
1.8
1.6
1.4

2.1
1.9
1.8
1.6

3.2
2.9
2.6
2.4
2.2

0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.9
0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.9
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.8

1.3
1.2
1.1

0.4
0.4
0.3

0.9
0.9
0.8

1.4
1.3
1.2

2.0
1.8
1.6

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2

0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4

1.0 1.5
0.9 1.3
0.8 1.1
0.7 1.0
0.6 0.9

0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3

1.0

0.9
0.8
0.7
0.7

1.6
1.4
1.3
1.1

* Sky brightness, 980 footlarnberts; efficiency factor, 0.64; maintenance factor, 0.50; interreflections
neglected. 2 Correction factors for other lengths given in Fig. 9-7.
t Measured from intersection of window plane and horizontal reference plane.
t Measured between sill and intersection of window plane and horizontal reference plane.