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Category 'Lighting' - Technical Articles

“Lighting” category refers to technical articles related to the lighting design and calculations for various interior and exterrior electrical installations. Lighting control and energy efficiency improvement are given a special attention in this category.

Lighting

How to Dim LED Lighting in the Home?

LED lighting in the home is becoming more popular due to the energy and money saving benefits it offers over traditional halogen lighting. One of the most common problems that an electrician faces when installing LED’s is enabling them to… Read more

Nov 08, 2012 | By

How to Dim LED Lighting in the Home
Lighting

Difference Between Diffuse and Directed Light

Having dealt with light quantity, conside-ration must be given to the quality of light, the difference between diffuse light and directed light being one of the most important aspects. We are familiar with these different forms of light through our… Read more

Oct 13, 2012 | By

Difference Between Diffuse and Directed Light
Lighting

Light Emission Depreciation

Illuminance provided initially by a lighting installation will decrease in a gradual way during its use due to a reduction in lamp lumens, to lamps which burn down, and to accumulation of dirtiness in lamps, luminaires and surfaces of the… Read more

Apr 24, 2012 | By

Dirty surface of the fluoroscent lamp
Lighting

Architectural Luminaires – Unusual Visual Effects

Architectural luminaires are custom-designed and built fixtures that offer features not available in commercial luminaires. They can be built to fit specific locations or perform desired functions as well as provide unusual visual effects. These luminaires can be made from… Read more

Mar 31, 2012 | By

Architectural luminaires used for interior lighting design
Electronics

Under the Hood of Light Detector

Detectors of electromagnetic radiation in the spectral range from ultraviolet to far infrared are called light detectors. From the standpoint of a sensor designer, absorption of photons by a sensing material may result either in a quantum or thermal response…. Read more

Feb 24, 2012 | By

Light Detectors - Introduction And Purpose
Lighting

Luminous Measurement Graphic Representation

The collection of luminous intensity emitted by a source of light in all directions is known asluminous distribution. The sources of light used in practice have a more or less large luminous surface, whose radiation intensity is affected by the… Read more

Jan 16, 2012 | By

Goniophotometer
Energy Efficiency

Potential Energy Savings In Utility Buildings Using EIB

Flexibility, utilisation value and energy saving are the three main requirements for utility buildings (administration, office and public buildings, schools, hospitals, etc.). Apart from recouping investment costs, so-called life-cycle costs are also becoming increasingly important. These are made up of… Read more

Jan 11, 2012 | By

ABB - Intelligent building control and energy savings with i-bus ® KNX
Lighting

The Physics of Light

Man has always been fascinated by light and has constantly striven to unravel its mysteries. History has produced various theories that today strike us as comical but were seriously propounded in their time. For example, since no connection could be… Read more

Dec 11, 2011 | By

A prism makes the colour spectrum of light visible
Lighting

Illuminance recommendations

Recommended minimum illuminances (E) for typical interior lighting tasks. The illuminances are aimed at a lighting level appropriate to the specific visual tasks to be performed in the space or in a part of the space. They do not include… Read more

Sep 10, 2011 | By

Office lighting design
Lighting

Technical analysis of LED light

A Light Emitting Diode (LED) is a semiconductor device which converts electricity into light. Each diode is about 1/4 inch in diameter and uses about ten milliamps to operate at about a tenth of a watt. LEDs are small in… Read more

Jun 24, 2011 | By

Technical analysis of LED light
Energy Efficiency

How to achieve energy-efficient lighting?

Technological development has focused primarily on such things as the fluorescent lamp and the ballast and has chiefly been geared to boosting their luminous efficacy. The chart “Milestones to energy conservation with modern lighting” shows how much has been achieved… Read more

Jun 13, 2011 | By

How to achieve energy efficent lighting?


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