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Efficient Windows Collaborative
http://www.efficientwindows.org/

Efficient Windows Collaborative (EWC) members have made a commitment to manufacture and promote energy-efficient windows. This site provides unbiased information on the benefits of energy-efficient windows, descriptions of how they work, and recommendations for their selection and use. Take a look t...
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The SoDa Service for Knowledge in Solar Radiation: Data, Databases, Applications, Education
http://www.soda-is.com/eng/index.html

The SoDa Service offers a one-stop access to large sets of data, databases, applications and other information relating to solar radiation and its use in various domains: - energy production (hot water, electricity, passive solar systems) - building engineering and architecture (climate, weath...
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VELUX Daylight Visualizer 2
http://viz.velux.com

VELUX Daylight Visualizer is a simple tool for daylighting design and analysis. It is intended to promote the use of daylight in buildings and to aid professionals by predicting and documenting daylight levels and appearance of a space prior to realization of the building design. The Daylight Vis...
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Sunrise and sunset calculator
http://stardate.org/nightsky/riseset/

Database with times of sunrise and sunset for selected dates, time zones, and cities....
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Weather Data - Energy Plus Simulation Software
http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/cfm/weather_data.cfm

Weather data for more than 1300 locations are now available in EnergyPlus weather format — 295 locations in the USA, 71 locations in Canada, and more than 800 locations in 100 other countries throughout the world. The weather data are arranged by World Meteorological Organization region and Country....
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Lighting Research Center
http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/

The Lighting Research Center is a university-based research center devoted to lighting. ...
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Radiance Synthetic Imaging System
http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/

Radiance is intended to aid lighting designers and architects by predicting the light levels and appearance of a space prior to construction. The package includes programs for modeling and translating scene geometry, luminaire data and material properties, all of which are needed as input to the sim...
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Daylighting the New York Times Headquarters Building
http://windows.lbl.gov/comm_perf/newyorktimes.htm

This website provides information on a collaboration between The New York Times Company, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, industry, and three major public funding agencies designed to transform the market for emerging automated window shade systems and daylighting controls so that these ty...
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A bibliography on light
http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/courses/arch245/Handouts/Bibliography.htm

This WWW site is a class resource for the Spring 2002 session of Arch. 245: Daylighting in the Department of Architecture at UC Berkeley...
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World Weather Information Service
http://www.worldweather.org/

This global web site presents OFFICIAL weather observations, weather forecasts and climatological information for selected cities supplied by National Meteorological & Hydrological Services (NMHSs) worldwide. ...
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About visual perception
http://www.yorku.ca/eye/thejoy.htm

A web book by Peter K. Kaiser, York University, Canada. The purpose of the book is to stimulate your sense of vision...
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Virtual Lighting Simulator
http://gaia.lbl.gov/vls

The Virtual Lighting Simulator is being developed by the Building Technologies Department of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division at Earnest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It allows you to quickly and easily see the effects of key parameters in daylighting and electric ligh...
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The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
http://www.cibse.org/

CIBSE is the standard setter and authority on building services engineering. It publishes Guidance and Codes which are internationally recognised as authoritative, and sets the criteria for best practice in the profession. The Institution speaks for the profession and so is consulted by governme...
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Tips for Daylighting with Windows
http://windows.lbl.gov/daylighting/designguide/download.html

A site developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The site includes various tips for daylighting with windows....
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World Live - Real-time daylight
http://www.eeph.com/~matthew/worldlive.html

World Live is a real-time map showing daylight over the globe, by Matthew Kaufman. ...
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Lighting Research - NRC-CNRC, Institute for research in construction
http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ie/lighting/index_e.html

Lighting research activities were initiated at NRC-IRC in 1976, and initially focussed on energy-efficiency. Since then the group has grown and its range of activities has broadened. Current staff members have training in engineering, architecture, physics, electronics and psychology. A focus on ene...
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International Commission on Illumination
http://www.cie.co.at/

The CIE is a technical, scientific and cultural, non-profit autonomous organization. It has grown out of the interests of individuals working in illumination. ...
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