Designing a Quality Lighting Environment

Name: Designing a Quality Lighting Environment
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ISBN: 9781563673177

ISBN-10: 1563673177

ISBN-13: 9781563673177

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Susan M. Winchip

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As the technology behind lighting systems advances, successful lighting designs rely less on the quantity of light and more on the quality of the overall lighting environment. This book shows how to integrate the principles of design and the fundamentals of lighting to create functional spaces.

Book details

List price: $115.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 4/6/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 550
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.00" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 5.588
Language: English

Susan M. Winchip, LEED AP, is a Professor Emeritus of Interior and Environmental Design in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Illinois State University. She has over 20 years of experience designing residential, corporate, and institutional interiors with specialties in lighting and sustainability.



Introduction to Lighting


Lighting Environments


Lighting Systems


Electrical Sources


Lighting Systems


Lamps for Special Applications


Colour


Directional Effects of Lighting


Quantity of Light


Electricity


Lighting Systems


Luminaires


Lighting Systems


Controls


Portable Luminaires and Styles of Fixtures


Energy and the Environment


Illumination and Human Factors


Safety and Security


Illuminating Visual Art


Text Features


Lighting recommendations and practices based on current research


Human factors associated with lighting, including the needs of special populations, the effects of lighting on health, productivity and behaviour, and spatial interpretations


Current issues in energy conservation, "green design", light pollution, light trespass, and international implications


Case studies demonstrating the best practices for lighting design in residential and commercial fields


Design strategies from the needs of a client, user, and architectural details


Colour photographs specially chosen to demonstrate how quality lighting has been achieved in residential and commercial spaces


Design projects, exercises, and Internet assignments to reinforce text material


Appendix includes the Munsell colour system, lighting guides, shapes of lamps, beam spread charts, fixture light distribution, lighting documents, lighting symbols, lighting-related abbreviations, Internet resources, selected bibliography, lighting manufacturers and suppliers, lighting and professional organisations, and glossary


Instructor's Guide