TY  - BOOK
AU  - Christophel, Snowy  S (PG190964)
AU  - Agarwal, Minu (Guide)
TI  - Understanding active shading usage behaviour of external movable shades in residential buildings of Ahmedabadshades in residential buildings of Ahmedabadshades in residential buildings of Ahmedabad (Softcopy is also available) 
U1  - MBEP TH-0058 
PY  - 2021///
N1  - Table of contents
Abstract	4
Acknowledgement	5
CHAPTER 1	9
INTRODUCTION	9
1.1  Background	9
1.2  Statement of the problem	10
1.3  Aim	10
1.4  Objectives	10
1.5  Scope and limitations	10
CHAPTER 2	11
LITERATURE REVIEW	11
2.1  Identifying motivating factors from online survey	11
2.2  Monitoring balcony shade usage from field study	11
2.3  Sky type identification experimentation	13
2.4  Data analysis for Shade position metrics	13
2.4.1  Mean Shade Occlusion	13
2.4.2  Frequency of shade movement	14
2.4.3  Statistical analysis using ANOVA	14
CHAPTER 3	15
METHODOLOGY	15
3.1  Methodology flow chart	15
3.2  Questionnaire survey	15
3.3  Field study	16
CHAPTER 4	22
RESULTS	22
4.1  Questionnaire survey responses	22
4.1.1  Manual shade closing reasons	22
4.1.2  Manual shade opening reasons	23
4.1.3  Frequency of shade movement with floor levels	23
4.1.4  Frequency of shade movement with time of a day	24
4.2  Field study analysis	24
4.2.1  Number of shade movement	25
4.2.2  Frequency of shade movement	26
4.2.3  Average Shade Occlusion	28
4.3  Contextual variable wrt Average Shade Occlusion (%)	29
4.3.1  Sun exposure hours	29
4.3.2  Solar Radiation	31
4.3.3  Space type wrt Average Shade Occlusion	32
4.3.4  Floor levels wrt Average Shade Occlusion	32
4.3.5  CIE sky types wrt Average Shade Occlusion	32
4.4  Outdoor variables wrt Average Shade Occlusion (%)	33
4.4.1  Outdoor temperature wrt Average Shade Occlusion	33
4.4.2  Direct Solar Radiation wrt Average Shade Occlusion	33
4.5  ANOVA	34
CHAPTER 5	35
CONCLUSIONS	35
5.1  Recommendations	37
5.2  Discussions	37
6.0 REFERENCES	38
7.0 APPENDIX A: BALCONY SHADE USAGE BEHAVIOUR SURVEY	39
APPENDIX B: STATISTICAL TEST_ TABLES	40
APPENDIX C: USER CATEGORY CALCULATION	41


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