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Daylighting

Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology

Synonyms

Correlated color temperatures; Daylight; Daylight spectra; Standard daylight illuminants

Definition

Daylight is the totality of visible radiation originating from the sky and, when visible, the sun during the hours of daytime.

Introduction

The colors or, more specifically, the spectra of the various phases of daylight are closely related to the commonplace experience of naturally occurring sun and sky conditions, e.g., clear blue skies, white clouds, and red sunsets. Prevailing conditions can be characterized in terms of a correlated color temperature. For certain typical sun and sky conditions, there are standardized spectral power distributions. From these it is possible to estimate the time-varying spectra of daylight from illuminance values in standardized climate data files. Thus, it becomes possible to predict the daylight spectra experienced by building occupants. This has found application in studies on the nonvisual effects of daylight and the performance of dynamic...

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Mardaljevic, J. (2019). Daylighting. In: Shamey, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_258-2

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