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Author Rea, Mark Stanley, 1950-

Title Value metrics for better lighting / Mark S. Rea
Published Bellingham, Wash. (1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA) : SPIE, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (110 pages) : illustrations
Series SPIE Press monograph ; PM228
SPIE monograph ; PM228
Contents Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Measurement matters -- Chapter 3. Added value from new metrics -- Chapter 4. An invitation -- Chapter 5. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Acronyms, abbreviations, and notation -- Appendix 2. Determinations of chromaticity -- Appendix 3. Color rendering metric calculations -- Appendix 4. How to optimize illumination on a residential wall display -- Appendix 5. Relative SPDs of the light sources in Table 4.1 -- Appendix 6. Luminous efficiency functions for different benefit metrics -- Appendix 7. Resources for maximizing the value of daylight controls -- References
Summary We often do not fully understand what lighting can do for us. We know that we need lighting, but often that is as far as the thinking goes. We do a really good job, however, of conceptualizing the costs of those lighting systems because we can readily measure those costs. Reducing costs will certainly increase the value ratio for lighting if the benefits of the lighting system are held constant. Without a clear purpose for the lighting system, and no clear idea of benefits, there is little else that can be used in the value engineering process. This book is dedicated to the notion that our society undervalues light because we do not properly measure the benefits of light, in terms of both the lighting system and how it is applied. Consequently, we unnecessarily waste our natural and capital resources. The problems associated with inadequate light-measurement systems are not hard to grasp or even to fix, and are the subject of Value Metrics for Better Lighting. This book was written as a starting point for thoughtful consideration, discussion, and action by those vested in better and more-sustainable lighting, including manufacturers, practitioners, regulators, advocates, educators, and, of course, users
Notes "SPIE Digital Library."--Website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-110)
Subject Lighting.
Electric lighting -- Energy consumption
Lighting, Architectural and decorative.
Lighting
lighting.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
Electric lighting -- Energy consumption
Lighting
Lighting, Architectural and decorative
Form Electronic book
Author Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
ISBN 9780819495891
0819495891
9780819493231
0819493236