a. Circle the best response: Splaying window openings is a recognized strategy t

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a. Circle the best response:
Splaying window openings is a recognized strategy to:

Minimize Insolation gains Defeat Discomfort Glare Maximize Daylight Penetration Reduce UVs Fading Coefficient

(5 pts.)
b. Fill in the Blank

The Splayed Window Strategy has increased value in buildings with ______________________ walls.

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c. Circle the best response:

Maximizing the strategy being addressed in this question is best achieved by increasing the: Absorptivity of the surface of the Splayed Opening.
Transmittance of the surface of the Splayed Opening.
Reflectivity of the surface of the Splayed Opening.

Emissivity of the surface of the Splayed Opening.

Explanation / Answer

a.) Maximize Daylight Penetration

b.) Thick walls, as splayed windows are required to make an angle with the wall. On a thick wall, a variation of the angle is having much more freedom.

c.) Increasing the Transmittance of the surface of the Splayed Opening. Because the entire question is about increasing the daylight penetration. Normal glass transmits around 90% of the visible light falling on it and becomes opaque to the infrared light returning back. Definitely, if we can increase this 90% transmittance, we can increase the daylight penetration.

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