ABSTRACT
Some aspects of architectural lighting control, especially those related to general energy management, are dealt with in Chapter 14.
With the exception of practical applications like dimmers for auditorium lighting, lighting control using dimmers was not common outside of the theater until the development of the electronic dimmer. The arrival of the thyristor and the triac then led to two main streams of architectural lighting control: • low cost, directly controlled dimmers made for the consumer market. Here the driver was (and still is) price. • remote control dimmers and dimmer systems of significantly higher cost and complexity for public buildings etc.
