Detailed simulations of lighting and HVAC energy consumption were performed on a prototype office building in six North American climates. The goal of these simulations was to calculate the overall energy savings attributable to reductions in lighting power density (LPD) from 25.8 W/m (past practice) to 17.2 W/m (current code) to 8.6 W/m (low). Results showed that as LPD decreases, reductions i...

Falls near the bottom of a flight of stairs have resulted from an illusion that the person was stepping off onto the bottom landing when the person was still two treads or more above the landing. The illusion is caused by poor lighting and design defects built into the stairway. The poor lighting may be attributed to a building code that allows inadequate lighting near the bottom of external st...

In order to solve the problems of large energy consumption existing in tunnel lighting control system, an automatic control system of tunnel lighting is designed based on stepless control method. The tunnel lighting control model is established based on “Specifications for Design of Ventilation and Lighting of Highway Tunnel (China)”. Simulation of tunnel lighting control based on the establish...

Within the scope of working areas in residential spaces, home-office method, which is becoming more common as a flexible style, has been examined The relationship between circadian lighting reinforcement system and human biology places from home investigated. In terms interior design setup offices, approaches are taken into consideration, their spatial solutions evaluated point efficiency, conc...

since, in the same vein as public spaces, urban green spaces play a significant role in establishing social interactions in the iranian cities, security concerns need to be taken more seriously in such places than other social environments, the insufficiency of which could diminish their functional capacity. this could in turn lead to a source of subsequent difficulties in urban spaces. therefo...

Perhaps one of the most fascinating and important subjects to be addressed in our industry over recent years is the effect of lamp spectral distribution on visibility. In the past, it has been widely accepted that under virtually all circumstances where artificial light is used, lighting level calculations could ignore spectral effects. In IESNA and CIE practice, recommended lighting levels do ...

Visualizing complicated lighting sequences while designing large theatrical productions proves difficult. The author provides some techniques that achieve fast interaction regardless of scene and lighting complexity, even when used with costly rendering algorithms.