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Daylight availability in Thailand is sufficient to be used in
buildings. Daylighting reduces the use of electric lighting during
the daytime. The literature reviews suggested that simple
methods of predicting daylight quantity from windows are (a) Rule
of thumb and (b) Mathematical model. However, these methods
were developed in the United Kingdom and had never been
studied in Thailand. This paper attempts to test the methods of
predicting window daylighting in actual buildings in Thailand. Field
surveys were conducted to measure daylight quantity from actual
buildings. Firstly, the measured data and the window
configurations were studied to find relationship between the

daylight zone and the height of window. Secondly, the measured

data were then used to compare with calculated values from the
mathematical method. The results showed that the measured
values were higher than the calculated values. Further study is
necessary to determine other factors for improving the methods
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