Center for Integrated Building Design Research Jan 2009 | Page 48
ARTIFICIAL SKY
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Charlotte, North Carolina
Artificial Sky
The artificial sky simulates the typical overcast sky condition for Charlotte, NC. We modeled three typical bays in two different
scenarios. One scenario was with 20 percent glazing and the other was with 100 percent glazing. We used these to learn the average
illumination in each space and to determine a basis for optimizing these conditions in the final design.