Page 16 - Vertical City
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16 The vertical city
the maximum (100%) corresponds to 1100 kWh/m2
per year 15 [figure 1].
–– day light (in lux) for each day and hour of the year
on vertical surfaces to the north, south, east and
west as well as on horizontal surfaces [figure 2].
[figure 1]
solar energy intake at every point of the
hemisphre that surrounds us (100% =
1100 kWh/m² year).
15 It is interesting to note that a vertical surface oriented to the north
still receives 35% of this energy!