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Simulation-based daylighting analysis procedure for developing urban zoning rules

Emmanouil SaratsisSustainable Design Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USCorrespondence[email protected]
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Timur DoganSustainable Design Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0749-8465View further author information
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Christoph F. ReinhartSustainable Design Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6311-0416View further author information
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Pages 478-491 | Published online: 05 May 2016

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