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daylight, and converges it, to let it pass through a narrow opening in the exterior wall. On the inside, two parabolic mirrors widen the beam to around 60°. The floor area next to the conventional window is lit by the
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reduce external protrusion and attempt to visually blend into traditional facades. However, like other anidolic systems, they are susceptible to glare and offer no protection from overheating on sunny days.
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were designed to bend sunbeams coming through a window upwards, so that they would reach deeper into a room. They were placed in the upper parts of window frames, where they were called "transom lights".
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A second CPC or CEC mirror acting as an angle transformer disperses this beam into a wide-angle, diffused pattern. If it transmits light from a wide external CPC, a light tube actually becomes a flat
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For example, the external CPC in the reference lights a 6-metre deep room. It protrudes 0.67 metres from the exterior wall and employs a 3.6 metre long, 0.5 meter tall
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were set into floors or sidewalks to let light into a basement below. The underside was frequently extended into prisms to direct and spread the light.
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Research in Building Physics: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Building Physics, 14–18 September 2003, Antwerpen, Belgium
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Daylight Redirecting Film (DRF), essentially a prism tile with very tiny prisms, sending light up onto the ceiling
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to redirect daylight. Some forms of prism lighting have been used for centuries, and others are 21st-century.
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and direct it deeply into rooms, while also scattering rays to avoid glare. The human eye's response to light
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It is most challenging to effectively capture and redistribute light on cloudy, overcast days, when the
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to the vertical plane of the supporting wall. An even capture pattern alleviates the need for a
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Two different prescriptions of prism tiles, showing their differing effects on the light
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to light rooms. Light redirected by these systems does not converge to a
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Architectural design also require optimal integration into the building
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See Chaves, pp.75, for a discussion on angle transformer properties.
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Anidolic mirror lighting systems can be divided into three parts:
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Basic zenithal daylighting arrangement. An external parabolic or
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were set into the upper decks of ships to light the decks below.
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mirrors. Lenses are frequently made in multiple sections, like a
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distribution of captured light to target areas inside the rooms
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Daylighting a shop with a shop window using prism tile transoms
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to reduce excessive lighting, glare and heat on sunny days.
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The same light, redistributed by prism tiles in the window.
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optimal transmission of the light (via anidolic ceilings,
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Anidolic lighting uses non-imaging mirrors, lenses, and
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Transom light. The upper part of the window is made of
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Daylighting (architecture)
Woodcut? of a deep, shadowy room with light only near the window at the far end
Woodcut? of the same room, but much more evenly lit, with diffuse light in the former shadows
anidolic optical components
focal point
light guides
sunlight
is non-linear
sunlight is diffuse
parabolic
elliptical
Fresnel lens
light pipes
Prism lighting
optical prisms
Deck prisms
Pavement lights
Prism tiles
Daylight redirecting window film
The basement under a sidewalk daylit with vault lights.
vault lights
Single vault light pendant prism, showing total internal reflection. Multi-prism vault lights were also made.
total internal reflection
Transom light. The upper part of the window is made of prism tiles, so the light passing through them is bent.
prism tiles
Two different prescriptions of prism tiles, showing their differing effects on the light
Daylighting a shop with a shop window using prism tile transoms
Daylight Redirecting Film (DRF), essentially a prism tile with very tiny prisms, sending light up onto the ceiling

elliptical

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