9-8

E S LIGHTING HANDBOOK

The

daylighting on every floor of a multistory building can be improved

it and the shading structure.
The
daylighting on the lower floors will be improved more than that on the
upper floors. Closing the open space of an E- or a U-shaped building to
form a court reduces the illumination within the building; the greatest
reduction occurs on the lower floors.
Service towers on the near walls of adjacent buildings tend to reduce
the minimum illumination on lower floors of the opposite buildings as
much as one third to one half.

by widening the distance between

Table 9-2.

Daylight Illumination

(in

Footcandles) Provided at Various

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

Windows

Sidewall

of Various Heights with Sills at

Various Heights Above the Plane*

SILL

FEET
BACK

HEIGHT ABOVE HORIZONTAL REFERENCE PLANE

25 feet

IS feet

45 feet

35 feet

FROM
WIN-

Window

DOW

>0

5
10
15

r-i

Window

ieight

Window

height

rp

oo

3.04.0 5.1 6.0 6.7 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.5 0.6 0.9

20
25

9.8 11.2
6.68.0 10.6 12.8
6.0 7.7 9.8 12.1
5.1 6.8 8.5 10.6

12.0
13.8
13.6
12.1

2.2
3.0
3.5
3.8

30
35
40
45
50

4.3
3.6
3.1
2.5
2.1

9.2
7.8
6.0
4.5 5.5
3.7 4.7

10.7
9.1
7.8
6.6
5.6

3.6 5.0 6.1

3.4 4.6 6.2
3.1 4.2 5.5
2.8 3.7 4.9
2.6 3.3 4.4

55
60
65
70
75

1.7 2.4
1.3 2.0
1.1 1.7
0.9 1.4
0.8 1.2

3.0
2.5

80
85
90
95

0.611.0

1.3

5.817.4

5.8
4.8
4.0
3.4
2.8

7.5
6.4
5.4

2.1

1.8
1.5

2.9
4.3
5.4
5.9

8.4 10.0 2.9 3.7 4.6 6.0

7.8 9.2 2.7 3.6 4.5 5.9
7.0 8.1 2.5 3.4 4.3 5.8
6.2 7.3 2.3 3.1 4.0 5.3
5.5 6.5 2.1 2.8 3.7 4.9

2.9 3.9 4.9

2.6 3.4 4.4
2.3 3.1 3.9
2.1 2.7 3.4
1.4 1.9 2.4 3.0

2.1

1.8

2.2 1.3 1.6 2.2 2.7

2.3
2.0
1.8
1.5

5.8
5.2
4.6
4.0
3.5

1.9
1.7
1.6
1.4
1.3

C-4

height

1.1 1.4 1.6 0.4 0.9 1.4 2.0 2.9

3.0 3.6 4.3 4.7 1.3 1.9 2.3

4.4 5.2 6.5 7.1 1.9 2.7 3.3
5.1 6.3 7.8 9.0 2.4 3.3 4.0
5.2 6.6 S.3 9.8 2.7 3.6 4.5

4.8
4.0
3.4
3.0
2.5

3.9
3.3
2.8
2.4

Window

height

2.6 3.3 4.5

2.3 3.0 4.1
2.1 2.7 3.7
1.9 2.4 3.4
1.8 2.2 3.0

3.6
5.2
6.6
7.3

1.2
1.7
2.3
2.7

1.7 2.4 3.3 4.2

2.5 3.3 4.1 5.1
3.2 4.0 4.8 5.8
3.S 4.6 5.4 6.3

7.5 2.9 4.2

7.5 2.8 4.0
7.1 2.6 3.7
6.8 2.4 3.5
6.4 2.2 3.2

4.9
4.9
4.6
4.4
4.0

5.8
5.7
5.5
5.2
4.9

6.6
6.4
6.2
5.9
5.5

2.0 2.9
1.9 2.6
1.7 2.4
1.5 2.2
1.4 2.0

3.7
3.5
3.2
2.9
2.7

4.5
4.2
3.9
3.6
3.4

5.3
4.9
4.6
4.3

5.9
5.4
4.8
4.3
3.9

4.1

3.1 1.2 1.6 2.0 2.7 3.5 1.2 1.8 2.4 3.1 3.8

0.50.9 1.2 1.6 2.0 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.4 2.8 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.4 3.1 1.1 1.7 2.2 2.9 3.6
0.50.8 1.0 1.4 1.8 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.5 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.2 2.8 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.7 3.3
0.4 0.6

1.6 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.8

1.4 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.5

2.2 0.9 1.2 1.5 2.0 2.5 1.0 1.4 2.0 2.5 3.1
2.0 0.9 1. 1.4 1.8 2.3 0.9 1.3 1.9 2.3 2.9

0.9

1.2

100

0.40.6 0.8

1.1

105
110
115
120
125

0.40.5 0.7 0.9

130
135
140

0.20.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.6 1.9
0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 (i
0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 0.6 O.S 1.1 1.5 1.9
0.2,0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.3 (i
0.5 0.8 0.6 O.S 1.0 1.2 1.4 0.6 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.8

1.3 0.5
0.8 1.1 0.4
0.7 1.0 0.4
0.30.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.3
0.20.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.3

0.3,0.5 0.6
0.3,0.4 0.5

0.8
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4

1.0
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.6

1.4
1.2
1.0

0.9
0.8

0.8
0.8
0.7
0.7
1.1 0.7
1.8
1.2
1.4
1.2

1.1 1.3 1.7

1.0 1.2 1.6
1.0 1.2 1.5
0.9 1.1 1.4
0.9 1.1 1.3

2.1

I)

S 1.2 1.7 2.2 2.7

1.1 1.6 2.1 3.0

2.0 O.S
1.9 0.7
1.7 0.7
1.6 0.6

1.0 1.5 2.0 2.3

1.0 1.4 1.8 2.2
0.9 1.3 1.7 2.1

li

* Sky brightness, 980 footlamberts; efficiency factor, 0.64; maintenance factor, 0.50; interreflections
neglected. 2 Correction factors for other lengths given in Fig. 9-7.