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West-facing Windows

West-Facing Windows is a building envelope design element distinguished by its orientation toward the west, thereby receiving direct afternoon and evening solar radiation, which influences thermal performance, daylighting patterns, and energy demand in architectural and environmental engineering contexts.

7

Publications

370

Citations

24

Authors

14

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

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Publications

7

Windows in the buildings of tomorrow: Energy losers or energy gainers?

Steinar Grynning, Arild Gustavsen, Berit Time et al. · Energy and Buildings · 2013 · 214 citations

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Architectural window design and energy efficiency: Impacts on heating, cooling and lighting needs in Finnish climates

Tapio Kaasalainen, Antti Mäkinen, Taru Lehtinen et al. · Journal of Building Engineering · 2019 · 70 citations · Full text

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Access to Daylight and Views Improves Physical and Emotional Wellbeing of Office Workers: A Crossover Study

May Woo, Piers MacNaughton, Jaewook Lee et al. · Frontiers in Sustainable Cities · 2021 · 32 citations · Full text

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A Field-validated Multi-objective Optimization of the Shape and Size of Windows Based on Daylighting Metrics in Hot-summer Mediterranean and Dry Summer Continental Climates

Farzam Kharvari · Journal of Daylighting · 2020 · 16 citations · Full text

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Achieving wind comfort through window design in residential buildings in cold climates, a case study in Tabriz city

Atefeh Tamaskani Esfahankalateh, Mohammad Farrokhzad, Ommid Saberi et al. · International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies · 2020 · 15 citations · Full text

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Authors

24

  1. BT
    Berit Time

    SINTEF, Norway

    1 publications · 214 citations

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  2. US
    Usha Satish

    SUNY Upstate Medical University, United States

    1 publications · 32 citations

    1

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  3. BT
    Brandon Tinianov

    Harvard University, United States

    1 publications · 32 citations

    1

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  4. JV
    Juha Vinha

    1 publications · 70 citations

    1

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  5. JL
    Jaewook Lee

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    1 publications · 32 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

14

  1. Auckland University of Technology

    Auckland, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  2. Golestan University

    Gorgan, Iran

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  3. World Bank Group

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  5. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    642 citations

  6. Tongji University

    Shanghai, China

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    30 citations

  7. Kyung Hee University

    Seoul, South Korea

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Daylighting

    1 publications · 16 citations

    1

    h-index

  2. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities

    1 publications · 32 citations

    1

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  3. International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies

    IJLCT · 1 publications · 15 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. Apollo: The international magazine of arts

    1 publications · 13 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Energy and Buildings

    1 publications · 214 citations

    1

    h-index

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