Technical Background / Part A: |
Describing light: flow and intensity |
Illuminance and luminance |
All the units are related |
Reflection and transmission |
Describing colour: surface colours |
Coloured lights and chromaticity |
Seeing light and colour: adaptation |
Central and peripheral vision |
Visual performance |
Visual discomfort |
Wavelength, brightness and colour |
Mixtures and constancy |
Non-visual effects of light |
Light from electricity: incandescent lamps |
The heated filament |
Discharge lamps |
The glowing gas |
Which lamp? |
Controlling the light |
Sun and sky: where is the sun? |
How often does the sun shine? |
Illuminance from sunlight and skylight |
Sky brightness |
Daylight in a room |
Daylight factors |
Design / Part B: |
Information, control and energy: lighting and information |
Lighting and control |
Lighting and energy |
Interrelationships |
Lighting and room character: associations |
In a cave or on a cloud? |
Uniform or glittering? |
Brightness and lightness |
Familiar or unexpected |
The dimensions of colour: a hierarchy of dimensions |
Lamp colour and surface colour |
Light, colour and shape |
People at work: light and task performance |
Shiny reflections |
Modelling |
Colour |
Glare |
View and daylight |
People like windows |
Diffuse brightness |
Task lighting |
Sunlight |
Redirecting daylight devices |
Glare and complexity |
Daylight with electric lighting |
Display: why light displays and 3D objects? |
Display lighting techniques |
Display lighting equipment |
Museums and galleries |
Light decoration |
The exterior of buildings: functional requirements |
Luminance, illuminance and colour |
Buildings and facades |
Pedestrian routes and surrounding areas |
The overall view |
Daytime appearance, energy efficiency and maintenance |
Other requirements: energy conservation |
Escape lighting and standby lighting |
Installation and maintenance |
Costs |
What calculations are for: early estimates / CalculationPart C: |
How big and how many? |
Does it work?. Worksheets: are the buildings too close? |
How big should the windows be? |
How much sunshine will come in? |
How much light will this window give? |
How many lights in this room? |
Which spotlight? |
How many hours will the lights be on? |
References |
Technical Background / Part A: |
Describing light: flow and intensity |
Illuminance and luminance |
All the units are related |
Reflection and transmission |
Describing colour: surface colours |