Quality Lighting for High Performance Buildings

Michael Stiller (Author)

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.