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  PIER Skylight Photometry Download Page

Description
File
File Type
File Size
SkyFit spreadsheet. Provides adjustment factors for using skylight photometric files with lighting software. SkyFit21.xls MS Excel Spreadsheet. Contains Macros. 51 kBytes
Description of PIER skylight photometric testing program. 5D5.3.5a_photometry.pdf Adobe Acrobat file 400 kBytes

Adobe Acrobat file of presentation on how to apply skylight photometrics.
PEC_4_June.pdf Adobe Acrobat file 2.3 MBytes


This page contains photometric data files in IESNA LM-63-1985 file format (IES files) and photometric reports for 16 combinations of skylights and light wells. Each file or a given skylight well/combination is zipped containing around 14 files - one file of clear sky data for each 10 degree increment in solar elevation in the morning and evening and a file for performance under overcast skies. Each zipped set of IES files for a given skylight well/combination is around 17 kBytes and each zipped photometric report set is 257 kBytes.

For those who would like a complete skylight photometry library, the last listing are for files that contain the photometric data files and the photometrics reports for ALL the skylight/light well combinations. The photometric library file all of the photometric data files (Posted_IES_Files) is 257 kBytes and the library containing all of the photometric reports (All_Posted_PDF) is 4 MBytes.

Description
(Note: THE PHOTOMETRICS MUST BE ADJUSTED USING THE SKYFIT21.XLS WORKSHEET BEFORE USING THEM IN A LIGHTING SOFTWARE APPLICATION)
Name of Zipped IES Files
Name of Zipped Photometric Reports
Single-glazed white acrylic dome skylight over 1 ft white light well skydom_1wtacr_1ww_IES skydom_1wtacr_1ww_PDF

Single-glazed white acrylic dome skylight over 3 ft specular (mirror-like) metal surface light well and well bottom diffuser
skydom_1wtacr_3swd_IES skydom_1wtacr_3swd_PDF

Single-glazed white acrylic dome skylight over 3 ft specular (mirror-like) metal surface light well
skydom_1wtacr_3sw_IES skydom_1wtacr_3sw_PDF
Single-glazed white acrylic dome skylight over 3 ft white light well skydom_1wtacr_3ww_IES skydom_1wtacr_3ww_PDF
Single-glazed white acrylic dome skylight over 6 ft specular (mirror-like) metal surface light well and well bottom diffuser skydom_1wtacr_6swd_IES skydom_1wtacr_6swd_PDF
Single-glazed white acrylic dome skylight over 6 ft specular (mirror-like) metal surface light well skydom_1wtacr_6sw_IES skydom_1wtacr_6sw_PDF
Single-glazed white acrylic dome skylight over 6 ft white light well skydom_1wtacr_6ww_IES skydom_1wtacr_6ww_PDF
Double-glazed white acrylic dome skylight over 1 ft white light well skydom_2wtacr_1ww_IES skydom_2wtacr_1ww_PDF
Double glazed clear flat glass skylight over a 6 ft white light well and well bottom diffuser skyflt_2clrgls_6wwd_IES skyflt_2clrgls_6wwd_PDF
Single-glazed white PET polyethylene terephthalate compound parabolic skylight over 1 ft white light well. Skylight rotated 90 degrees skypar90_1wtpet_1ww_IES skypar90_1wtpet_1ww_PDF
Double-glazed prismatic acrylic compound parabolic skylight over 1 ft white light well. Skylight rotated 90 degrees skypar90_2prisacr_1ww_IES skypar90_2prisacr_1ww_PDF
Single-glazed white PET polyethylene terephthalate compound parabolic skylight over 1 ft white light well skypar_1wtpet_1ww_IES skypar_1wtpet_1ww_PDF
Double-glazed prismatic acrylic compound parabolic skylight over 1 ft white light well skypar_2prisacr_1ww_IES skypar_2prisacr_1ww_PDF
Double-glazed prismatic acrylic compound parabolic skylight over 6 ft white light well skypar_2prisacr_6ww_IES skypar_2prisacr_6ww_PDF
Fiberglass insulating panel (no fill) crystal over crystal pramidal skylight over 1 ft white light well skypyr_2cryfbr_1ww_IES skypyr_2cryfbr_1ww_PDF
Fiberglass insulating panel (no fill) crystal over crystal pramidal skylight over 6 ft white light well skypyr_2cryfbr_6ww_IES skypyr_2cryfbr_6ww_PDF
All of the above skylights in one file Posted_IES_Files (257 KB) All_Posted_PDF (3.92 MB)

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