Applied Illumination Engineering

This is a comprehensive, fully-illustrated guide to design, specification and application of state-of-the-art-lighting. This book introduces the basics of lighting, and covers each major type of lighting for general use, including incandescent, fluorescent and high-intensity discharge lighting. It discusses photometric tests, light loss factors, and methods of calculating the quantity and quality of illuminance. It presents basic lighting design methods, and shows how to apply them in industrial, office, commercial, and public settings. It also covers lighting controls, maintenance, and retrofits. All lighting professionals.