Course Overview
This course shall serve to introduce the fundamentals of lighting, for the purpose of specification and design of appropriate illumination systems for the industrial and commercial workplace. After a brief and very specific review of the principles of vision and light, the course will address those topics of concern to intervals who will work as part of a building services design team. These topics of concern will include: vision fundamentals-the nature of seeing, lighting principles and terminology, lighting measurements and calculations, illumination requirements and specifications, illumination sources and luminaries, illumination consideration.
Prerequisite(s)
- 50% in ELEX 1810
Credits
1.5
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to:
- Apply the basic language of vision and lighting
- Perform basic lighting calculations
- Explain the rationale for workplace lighting
- Apply the most common methods and standards used in the design of workplace and commercial lighting systems to specified projects
- Explain the types and characteristics of common lighting sources
- Explain some of the key costs and benefits of lighting choices
- Communicate productively with professional lighting designers in joint planning and design work.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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