Interior Lighting for Environmental Designers

Interior Lighting for Environmental Designers

Author: James L. Nuckolls

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

Published: 1983-11-11

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13:

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An illustrated book on the principles and practice of architectural lighting of interior space. Discusses the capacities for expanding or minimizing space, the effects on colors and textures, and the atmospheric potential of lighting design. Describes the esthetic as well as the scientific procedures inherent to lighting design.


Interior Lighting

Interior Lighting

Author: Wout van Bommel

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-08-13

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 3030171957

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This book outlines the underlying principles on which interior lighting should be based, provides detailed information on the lighting hardware available today and gives guidance for the design of interior lighting installations resulting in good visual performance and comfort, alertness and health. The book is divided into three parts. Part One discusses the fundamentals of the visual and non-visual mechanisms and the practical consequences for visual performance and comfort, for sleep, daytime alertness and performance, and includes chapters on age effects, therapeutic effects and hazardous effects of lighting. Part Two deals with the lighting hardware: lamps (with emphasis on LEDs), gear, drivers and luminaires including chapters about lighting controls and LEDs beyond lighting. Part Three is the application part, providing the link between theory and practice and supplying the reader with the knowledge needed for lighting design. It describes the relevant lighting criteria for good and efficient interior lighting and discusses the International, European and North American standards and recommendations for interior lighting. A particular focus is on solid state light sources (LEDs) and the possibility to design innovative, truly-sustainable lighting installations that are adaptable to changing circumstances. The design of such installations is difficult and the book offers details of the typical characteristics of the many different solid state light sources, and of the aspects determining the final quality of interior lighting. Essential reading for interior lighting designers, lighting engineers and architects, the book will also be a useful reference for researchers and students. Reviews of Road Lighting by the same author: "If you are going to design streetlighting, you must read this book....a solid, comprehensive textbook written by an acknowledged expert in the field – if you have a query about any aspect of streetlighting design, you will find the answer here.” – LUX, August 2015 “...a realy comprehensive book dealing with every aspect of the subject well...essential text for reference on this subject” – Lighting Journal, March 2015


Visual and Non-Visual Effects of Light

Visual and Non-Visual Effects of Light

Author: Agnieszka Wolska

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-07-29

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1000168107

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The introduction of artificial lighting extends the time of wakefulness after dark and enables work at night, thus disturbing the human circadian rhythm. The understanding of the physiological mechanisms of visual and non-visual systems may be important for the development and use of proper light infrastructure and light interventions for different workplace settings, especially for shift work conditions. Visual and Non-Visual Effects of Light: Working Environment and Well-Being presents the impact of lighting in the working environment on human health, well-being and visual performance. The physiological explanation of the visual and non-visual effects of light on humans which discusses the biological bases of image and non-image forming vision at the cellular level may be of particular interest to any professional in the field of medicine, physiology, and biology. It is one of the intentions of this book to put forward some recommendations and examples of lighting design which take into account both the visual and non-visual effects of light on humans. These may be of particular interest to any professional in the field of lighting, occupational safety and health, and interior design. "What effects on health can a light ‘overdose’ or light deficiency have? What is bad light? The authors of the monograph provide answers to these questions. Just as for a physicist, the dual nature of light comprises an electromagnetic wave and a photon, the duality of light for a physician comprises visual and non-visual effects." --------------------------------------------------------Prof Jacek Przybylski, Medical University of Warsaw "This is a unique publication in the field of lighting technology. The authors have skillfully combined both the technical and biomedical aspects involved, which is unprecedented in the literature available. As a result, an important study has been created for many professional groups, with a significant impact on the assessment of risks associated with LED sources." --------------------------------------------Prof Andrzej Zając, Military University of Technology, Warsaw


Evaluation of Human Work, 2nd Edition

Evaluation of Human Work, 2nd Edition

Author: E. N. Corlett

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1995-10-13

Total Pages: 1156

ISBN-13: 9780748400843

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Comprising a compendium of ergonomics methods and techniques, this text covers every aspect of human work. This edition provides a reworking of existing chapters on the framework and context of methodology, the observation of performance, task analysis, experimental and study design, data collection, product assessment, environmental assessments, measurement of work and the evaluation of work systems. New chapters cover topics including: the human-computer interface; computer-aided design; work stress; psychophysiological function; risk evaluation; fieldwork; and participatory work design.


An Introduction to Interior Lighting Design

An Introduction to Interior Lighting Design

Author: J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A.

Publisher: Guyer Partners

Published: 2018-02-15

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13:

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Introductory technical guidance for electrical engineers and lighting designers interested in interior lighting design. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. VISIBILITY 3. GLARE 4. UNIFORMITY 5. ILLUMINANCE 6. INTERIOR LIGHTING EXAMPLES.


Hospital and Medical Tasks

Hospital and Medical Tasks

Author: Standards Association of Australia

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780733714764

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The objective of this Standard is to set out recommendations aimed at the provision of a visual environment conducive to the safe and efficient performance of tasks associated with hospitals and medical premises. It is intended to be read in conjunction with the general recommendations of AS 1680.1 (AS 1680.1&—1990 Interior lighting, Part 1: General principles and recommendations (to be revised and published as a joint Australian/New Zealand Standard)) and with other specific recommendations in the AS/NZS 1680.2 series which may apply, depending on the function of the interior space or the specific visual tasks involved.