Artificial light has a range of characteristics you should be familiar with. These include:
If you are interested in lighting design you may also want to download dialux (www.dialux.com) and try it out. You’ll need to allocate quite a bit of time, and should have experience in using CAD programs.
Please review the resources below, before taking the three quizzes associated with this lesson. You may find it hard to answer some of the quiz questions if you don’t review these resources!
CRI and CCT
Colour rendering index (CRI) – video
Correlated Colour Temperature (CCT) – video
Light sources
Brief introduction to different light sources – video
Very good overview of lighting (2014), dated in reference to LED – pdf
Photometrics and light distribution
Introduction to photometrics – video
Understanding polar curves of luminous intensity – video
Photometric Distribution and how to read manufacturer photometric data – webpage
How to read photometrics (first page most useful) – pdf
Daylighting
Energy 101: Daylighting (US Department of Energy) – a good intro, just 2:43 – video
Lighting design
Fast intro to lighting design (how many lights needed to provide X level of illumination) – video
Up to date information on LED lighting
LEDs Magazine – webpage
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