Book Description

This publication is now withdrawn and superseded by IP23/12 wihich will be published and available from 30th October 2012.

Outlines BRE guidance on site layout planning to achieve good daylighting, both in buildings and in the open spaces between them. Includes quick methods of calculating to see if existing buildings receive enough daylight after a new development or extension to an existing building is built. 3 pages.

For more detailed calculations, see Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight: a guide to good practice (ref BR209).