
Light shelf installed in an office building Credit: Alcoa A horizontal reflective surface used both to passively channel natural daylighting into an occupied space and provide shading. Sunlight is reflected from the upper surface of the light shelf into the room interior and particularly...
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A means of deflecting incoming
daylight deeper into an internal space. Light shelves are horizontal projections with reflective surfaces, placed either outside, half outside/half inside or fully inside a window, deflecting indirect light deep into an interior spa...
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A horizontal element below a window that reflects direct sunlight up onto a ceiling surface
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21113
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