A validation of a ray-tracing tool used to generate bi-directional scattering distribution functions for complex fenestration systems

LBNL-XXXXE A validation of a ray-tracing tool used to generate bi-directional scattering distribution functions for complex fenestration systems A. McNeil Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory J.C. Jonsson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory D. Appelfeld Technical University of Denmark G. Ward Anyhere Software E.S. Lee Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Windows and Envelope Materials Group Building Technology and Urban Systems Department Environmental Energy Technologies Division November 2013 Published in Solar Energy 98 (2013): 404-414 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.09.032

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