9-6 I E S LIGHTING HANDBOOK

Saw-tooth roofs. Saw-tooth roofs often are provided in a building so

wide that light from side-wall windows is ineffective over a large area in
the center of the building. Frequently they are used to provide a uniform
level of north-sky light.
Usually the faces of the teeth (the sides containing windows) are turned
to the north to secure the advantages of daylight with a minimum discom-
fort from direct sunlight. In some instances it may be advantageous to
face the saw teeth to the south. The southern sky usually is brighter than
the northern sky and thus ensures maximum daylight illumination in the
dark winter months. For southern orientations, probably it will be neces-
sary to provide some means of brightness control for summer use.
The design and location of saw teeth should follow the principles out-
lined for monitors. Usually the open width (base of triangle) should not
be less than twice the height of saw-tooth windows.
Thirty-degree sloping windows six months after cleaning will admit no
more light than vertical windows six months after cleaning. Either is
likely to provide more than 10 footcandles on the horizontal reference plane
if the glass area is more than 30 per cent of the floor area. Narrowing the
span of the saw teeth or increasing
the height of the windows increases
the minimum daylight illumination
faster than it increases the maximum.
This is illustrated in the diagrams of
Fig. 9-6. The illumination curve for
a 40-foot saw tooth is shown at the
left. At the right is shown what
happens when the 40-foot saw tooth
is converted into two 20-foot was
teeth, the window height remaining
t^t/-. r, n t^cc r xi r
unchanged. Note how the minimum
1IG. 9-6. Effect of saw-tooth root ...... , ., ,
design on relative daylight illumination
lamination increases while the mal-
distribution inside a building (neglect-
mum illumination remains about the
inginterreflections). same, thus improving the uniformity.

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Multistory Buildings
Multistory buildings frequently are erected in congested districts. They
often are built in the form of an E or a U . The chief multistory daylighting
problem is the interference caused by surrounding buildings or by other
parts of the same building.
When the windows in a multistory building are of uniform height and
any structure is located near enough to shade them, the illumination on any
given floor of the building will be considerably lower than it is on the floor
above.