*Attention:* The IES website will be temporarily unavailable from May 9th to May 13th for site updates. We apologize for any inconvenience and will provide an update closer to the time. Thank you for your continued support of the Illuminating Engineering Society.
DonateJoinMy IES

daylight factor

[10.5.9.11]

A measure of daylight illuminance at a point on a plane, expressed as the ratio of the illuminance at that point to the simultaneous exterior illuminance on a horizontal plane from an unobstructed sky of assumed or known luminance distribution (typically overcast). Direct sunlight is excluded from both interior and exterior illuminance values.

NOTE: This definition was modified in ANSI/IES RP-16-17 Addendum 2.

« Back to Definitions Index