According to BCA’s requirements on daylight reflectance, there are different requirements for the following installation locations:
- Facade
- Low-sloped roof, with less than 20 degrees of inclination angle from the horizontal plane
- High-sloped roof, with more than 20 degrees of inclination angle from the horizontal pane
We were asked by many customers if we test the daylight reflectance at different inclination angles, in order to meet BCA’s requirements.
The short answer is: no, we do not test the daylight reflectance at different inclination angles.
Daylight reflectance, as a material property, is independent of its inclination angle. The angle in BCA’s requirement is the installation angle, it does not mean that daylight reflectance needs to be tested at various inclination angles.
More explanations
Daylight reflectance is a material property and it does not change with its inclination angle.
For example, for a surface with 10% of total daylight reflectance, its total daylight reflectance remains 10%, when the surface is tilted.
The test angle in the laboratory is dependent on the test instrument design and it is different from the installation angle in a building project.