Research Article

Comparative Analysis of All-Sky Luminous Efficacy Models Based on Calculated and Measured Solar Radiation Data of Four Worldwide Cities

Table 1

Performance summary of various luminous efficacy models in various location.
(a)

ModelsTypeMBE (lx)RMSE (lx)Reference: city used in the research

Constant (110 lm/W)Global−1667.03277.0[18]: Edinburgh, UK
Constant (120 lm/W)Diffuse−82.01870.0[18]: Edinburgh, UK
Littlefair [6]Global−767.02842.0[18]: Edinburgh, UK
Diffuse−945.01580.0[18]: Edinburgh, UK
Global−1120.02210.0[18]: London, UK
Diffuse100.0990.0[18]: London, UK
Perez [1]Global410.01160.0[18]: London, UK
Diffuse180.0660.0[18]: London, UK

(b)

ModelsYieldMBE (%)RMSE (%)Reference: city used in the research

Constant (110 lm/W)Global0.68.2[17]: Arcavacata, Italy
Constant (120 lm/W)Diffuse3.720.2[17]: Arcavacata, Italy
Constant (110 lm/W)Global−2.16.7[17]: Osaka, Japan
Constant (120 lm/W)Diffuse8.715.0[17]: Osaka, Japan
Littlefair [6]Global−1.610.4[19]: Helsinki, Finland
Perez [1]Global−0.66.7[19]: Helsinki, Finland
Global−4.110.2[17]: Arcavacata, Italy
Diffuse8.224.4[17]: Arcavacata, Italy
Global−6.510.1[17]: Osaka, Japan
Diffuse5.916.4[17]: Osaka, Japan
Global12.013.0Muneer, 2005: Fukuoka, Japan
Olseth and Skartveit [8]Global−0.48.0[19]: Helsinki, Finland
Muneer and Kinghorn [7]Global4.39.4[19]: Helsinki, Finland
Global3.39.4[17]: Arcavacata, Italy
Diffuse3.719.9[17]: Arcavacata, Italy
Global2.25.3[17]: Osaka, Japan
Diffuse6.414.3[17]: Osaka, Japan