Perimeter Blocks in Nordic Towns - How latitude affect daylighting

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
• Main Authors: Sundborg, Bengt, Matusiak, Barbara Szybinska, Arbab, Shabnam
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2019
• Subjects: Anchorage; Jokkmokk; Mo i Rana; Rovaniemi
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/352/1/012016; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/352/1/012016/pdf; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/352/1/012016

Abstract One of the design principles for future sustainable towns is compactness. The densification of cities is very much needed, but it usually compromises the access of daylight. Densification is especially challenging in the Nordic region characterized by low angled sunlight, something that als...