1st Edition

Quality Lighting for High Performance Buildings

By Michael Stiller Copyright 2012
252 Pages
by River Publishers

252 Pages
by River Publishers

300 Pages
by River Publishers

This book provides an overview of the basic concepts of quality, indoor lighting, and explains concepts like visual comfort, visual interest, and integrated design as they relate to the practice of lighting design. Energy-efficient lighting technologies, including LED lighting and digital control systems, and design strategies that increase visual comfort and productivity are discussed in plain... Read more

QUALITY LIGHTING
What is Lighting Design
Understanding Light (Luminance, Illuminance, & Lumens)
Glare & Contrast
Visual Comfort & Visual Interest
Color & Light

HOW MUCH LIGHT DO WE NEED & WHERE DO WE NEED IT?
Lighting + Space: Calculating the Results
Target Illuminance Levels
Task Lighting

SUSTAINABILITY & ELECTRIC LIGHTING SOURCES
Choosing Lamp Types & Sonrces
Lamps, Source Types & Relative Photometry
LED (SSL) Lighting

SUSTAINABLE APPLICATIONS: DAYLIGHTING & LIGHTING CONTROLS
Daylighting
Lighting Controls

BUILDING GREEN
Model Codes, Code-Language Standards & Energy Codes
Paths to High Performance Green Buildings: Advocacy Groups, Advanced Energy Design Guides, Green Construction Codes & Green Building Rating Systems

Appendix A-Color IlIustrations
Appendix B-Lighting Calculations &
Calculation Software
Appendix C-Resources
Index

Biography

Michael Stiller (Author)