Lighting Design & Smart Buildings

Bucureti, February 19th, 2015

Introduction in Lighting
Dr.ing. Dorin BEU
Laboratorul de Ingineria Iluminatului

Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca

Human eye anatomy

Light colour components

Wavelength
COLOUR
Indigo
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
Red

RANGE [nm]
380-450
450-490
490-560
560-590
590-640
640-750

Emotional aspects
View means also emotional aspects or
correlations related with educational
process

e.g.:

warm,stimulation - red, orange

cold,relaxing-blue-green,indigo
neutral- yellow-green, green

Psychological associations are very

important were mood is an isssue.
e.g.:
fire- red
rich - gold
cold- blue
anger- red
nature - green
purity- white

Luminous flux -
Definition: quantity derived from radiant flux e by evaluting the radiation

according to its action upon the CIE standard photometric observer.

Formula: = kme, V() d
where V() is the spectral luminous efficiency function,

km photometric equivalent, km = 683 lm/W,

e, - radiant flux [W/lm]
Unit: lumen [lm]

Luminous intensity - I
180

Definition: quotient of the luminous flux d

150

leaving the source and propagated in the

150

120

120

element of solid angle d containing the

given direction, by the element of solid angle.

Formula: I = d / d

90

180

120

60

90

60

Unit: candela [cd]

60

30

30
0

cd/klm

C180 | C0
C270 | C90

Illuminance - E
Definition: quotient of the luminous flux d incident on an element of the
surface containing the point, by the area d of that element.

Formula: E = d/dA
Unit: lux [lx]
Measurement equipment: Luxmeter

Lambert law
I cos i
E
2
r

Good lighting, %

Viteza medie de detecie, s-1

Influence of illuminance on visual performance

and visual comfort performance and visual
comfort

Illuminance, lx

Iluminarea, lx

Luminance - L
Definition: Ratio between Luminous intensity dI in a given
direction and the area of a section of that beam containing

the given point.

Formula: L = dI / dA cos
Unit: candela per square meter [cd/m2]
Measure equipment: Luminacemeter

Luminous efficacy-
Definition: Ratio between total luminous flux from a lamp and total electric
power P used by the lamp and auxiliarry equipment.

Formula: = /P
Unit: [lm/W]

Shades of white light: Color Temperature range

Colour temperature Tc in Kelvin (K)

Color temperature and color rendering

CIE test samples

1
3
5
7
9
11
13

2
4
6
8
10
12
14

Color rendering index

Rendering on a continuous spectrum

Color rendering index

Rendering with monochromatic yellow
(sodium lamps)

Lamp code
Lamp T26 36W/830

First number comes from color rendering index Ra

5 means Ra=50-80
8 means Ra=80-90
9 means Ra>=90

Lamp code
Lamp T26 36W/830

Last two numbers comes from color temperature:

27 means Tc=2700 K, warm white (incandescence)
30 means Tc=3000 K, warm white (halogen)

40 means Tc=4000 K, neutral white

65 means TC=6500 K, coolwhite

Clasification
Protection index for dust and water (IP)
Protection against:
fingers or dust

IP20

water

1. Digit
Dust

2. Digit
Water