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Daylighting systems for the Kuwait National Museum

Daylight has a deteriorating effect on the museum objects. For this reason, usually museums totally block the daylight. This research is the part of restoration works of Kuwait National Museum (KNM), which was destroyed during the Gulf War in 1990. The purpose of this research is to investigate the lighting performance of the top lighting and side shading devices in KNM. This research will cover daylighting systems for Building 3 and 4 of the KNM. Daylighting systems are evaluated by using the scale model and Desktop RADIANCE, a lighting simulation program. This research will present how to make use of daylight in museum buildings while protecting museum objects from the harmful portion of daylight.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/2292
Date29 August 2005
CreatorsAhn, Byoungsoo
ContributorsBeltran, Liliana O.
PublisherTexas A&M University
Source SetsTexas A and M University
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeBook, Thesis, Electronic Thesis, text
Format6669430 bytes, electronic, application/pdf, born digital

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