Sunlighting and daylighting strategies in the traditional urban spaces and buildings of the hot arid regions.

Belakehal, A.; Tabet Aoul, K.; Bennadji, A.

Abstract

In hot arid regions, sunlighting is an essential consideration to achieve an environmentally conscious architecture. This paper aims to identify the sunlighting strategies and their resulting typology in some urban spaces, different types of buildings and constructional details as they have been developed in the hot and arid regions of the Islamic world.

Citation

BELAKEHAL, A. TABET AOUL, K. and BENNADJI, A. 2004. Sunlighting and daylighting strategies in the traditional urban spaces and buildings of the hot arid regions. Renewable energy [online], 29(5), pages 687-702. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2003.09.001

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 7, 2003
• Online Publication Date: Nov 27, 2003
• Publication Date: Jan 30, 2004
• Deposit Date: Jan 19, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 19, 2017
• Journal: Renewable energy
• Print ISSN: 0960-1481
• Electronic ISSN: 1879-0682
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 687-702
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2003.09.001
• Keywords: Daylight; Typology; Urban space; Islamic architecture; Arid regions
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2104