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Light pollution and design

The term light pollution is now the talk of everyone who has to do directly or indirectly with the lighting industry (design and production) and is often used inappropriately.
The definition of light pollution is introduced by the end of the twentieth century by the will of groups of [...]

Control glare - UGR (Unified Glare Rating)

C 'is a bit' of confusion on the issue dell'UGR. We have been told that the UGR must be less than 19, a bit 'as it is known that the lux on the table must be 500. I doubt that anyone who launches into discussions of these techniques to know exactly what he's talking about.
Here then is a [...]

Good old incandescent lamp

In a previous article we talked about overcoming the incandescent bulbs and their future withdrawal from mareco and gradual replacement with more energy efficient.
In this' article I will summarize in a (hopefully) more clearly as possible the principle of operation.
Let's leave out the troubled history of the invention of the incandescent lamp, Edison attributed the American [...]

Translucent concrete blocks

Surely you will have already heard: it is called Litracon ™ (Light Transmitting Concrete), and is a patent for a Hungarian architect Aron Losonczi. These blocks and prefabricated concrete slabs inside which are blended in a small percentage (4%) glass fibers, these perpendocolarmente oriented surfaces allow the transmission of light, giving the material [...]

A little 'Technique # 2: Illuminance and Luminance

In the previous article I described the two basic values of lighting: the intensity and luminous flux. Next step is the quantitative definition of light that affects or that is emitted from a surface.
There are two sizes qunatitative: illuminance and luminance.
The illumination is a quantity independent of the objective position of the surface observer, which measures [...]

Candela and Lumen: intensity and luminous flux

And here comes a big demand a nice article on the technical unit basic lighting. in this article I will try to give some 'fundamentals of lighting, especially the definitions of intensity and luminous flux, lighting concepts necessary for newbies (and not). Particularly needed to introduce a series of articles [...]

Who is the light professional?

Hello James and lovers of all types of light!
And 'the only unitary definition that comes to mind to describe those who work with light.
If we want to be more inaccurate you might call physicists, architects, engineers, light technicians, photographers, electricians, artists, optical, stokers, light designers, scientists ... you do. The fact is that now there is a [...]

incandescent lamps goodbye??

It 'a long time that we speak, but it seems that now has come veramentene the turning point, and news of these days, in fact, that among the measures "salvaclima" that is aimed at reducing emissions and fuel consumption proposed by the government there is genuine desire to retire the old "light bulb" [...]

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