2. Natural light indoors
2.1 Capture, transmit, distribute
To optimize the natural lighting ambience inside a space, it is necessary to understand the path that a ray of light emitted by the sun follows to a point in that space. As mentioned in the previous chapter, natural light has three components: the direct component emitted by the sun, the diffuse component emitted by the sky and the external reflected component emitted by the external environment.
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The first step in daylighting is to capture natural light at the opening in the envelope that acts as the boundary between the exterior and interior. This depends on :
geographical location ;
facade orientation;
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