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Condominiums have become the predominant housing form in Canada, and connection to the outdoors, adequate fresh air, and appropriate levels of daylight are essential to people's quality of life. The majority of new condos have balconies, but there are no climate-specific balcony guidelines for comparing design options for multi-unit residential bui...
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... and partitions are highly variable and so the maximum potential illumination was examined. The façade glazing simulated represents commonly used MURB façade materials (Table 1). ...Context 2
... 1 is a shading device on the building façade, and is the worst performing of the three options. Simulations were carried out for two material options: a glazed balcony wall and a solid balcony wall (Table 1). The results showed that this option had the most significant performance difference in the two material studies. ...Similar publications
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