Quality Lighting for High Performance Buildings

Title: Quality Lighting for High Performance Buildings
Author: Michael Stiller
ISBN: 1466501308 / 9781466501300
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 300
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2012
Availability: 45-60 days

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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 language, and examined in a straightforward way to give the reader, whether an architect, interior designer, engineer, building trades professional, or student a broad understanding of the art and science of energy efficient quality lighting.

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Part I : Quality Lighting
Chapter 1 :
What is Lighting Design
Chapter 2 : Understanding Light (Luminance, Illuminance, & Lumens)
Chapter 3 : Glare & Contrast
Chapter 4 : Visual Comfort & Visual Interest
Chapter 5 : Color & Light

Part II : How Much Light Do We Need & Where Do We Need It?
Chapter 6 :
Lighting Space : Calculating the Results
Chapter 7 : Target Illuminance Levels
Chapter 8 : Task Lighting

Part III : Sustainability & Electric Lighting Sources
Chapter 9 :
Choosing Lamp Types & Sonrces
Chapter 10 : Lamps, Source Types & Relative Photometry
Chapter 11 : LED (SSL) Lighting

Part IV : Sustainable Applications : Daylighting & Lighting Controls
Chapter 12 :
Daylighting
Chapter 13 : Lighting Controls

Part V : Building Green
Chapter 14 :
Model Codes, Code : Language Standards & Energy Codes
Chapter 15 : 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