ABSTRACT

This comprehensive and practical guide takes you step-by-step through the core concepts and applications of architectural lighting. Now completely revised and updated for the second edition, this book:

  • Includes all new information on the latest regulations and recommendations
  • Provides special attention to the rapid development of LED lighting
  • Considers the new CIE colour metric system
  • Concludes each chapter with questions for the reader, together with inverted appropriate answers
  • Features full colour throughout, for the first time, to support the text and aid the reader

Covering a wide range of building types and external environments, this book shows how the concepts used in lighting design arise from the needs of the designer and user. These concepts are given a practical context to enable you to develop and improve your design skills, building up from the basics of how much light is needed and the role of shadows, to energy management and the calculations for daylighting, The author provides accessible, user-friendly explanations of technical information and specialist techniques intended for people who need to get to the heart of the subject as quickly as possible.

An indispensible learning tool for students, and for professionals developing their skills, this handbook provides examples and exercises to help you acquire the understanding, knowledge and skill required for examinations and professional training purposes.

part 1|173 pages

Lighting concepts and resources

chapter 1|6 pages

Living in the luminous field

chapter 2|3 pages

The importance of daylight

chapter 3|7 pages

How much light is needed?

chapter 4|3 pages

How lighting levels are set

chapter 5|7 pages

Ensuring visual comfort

chapter 7|9 pages

Colour in lighting

chapter 10|11 pages

‘Lumen' methods

chapter 12|10 pages

Daylight calculations

chapter 13|5 pages

Energy management

chapter 14|43 pages

Electric lighting

Light sources and luminaires (including emergency lighting)

part 2|55 pages

Interior lighting

chapter 15|15 pages

Lighting for offices

chapter 16|5 pages

Industrial lighting

chapter 18|4 pages

Lighting for shops and stores

chapter 19|13 pages

Lighting for public buildings and atria

chapter 20|5 pages

Domestic lighting

part 3|47 pages

Exterior lighting

chapter 21|13 pages

Displaying a building after dark

chapter 22|6 pages

Outdoor sports lighting

chapter 23|17 pages

Motorway and high-speed road lighting