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Lighting Terms: /watt. The Higher The Efficacy, The More Energy Efficient The Lamp or The Lighting
Lighting Terms: /watt. The Higher The Efficacy, The More Energy Efficient The Lamp or The Lighting
Luminous efficacy: It is the ratio of light output to power input measured in lumen
/watt. The higher the efficacy, the more energy efficient the lamp or the lighting
system will be.
Colour Rendering: Colour rendering is a measure of the ability of the light source to
show colours. It is measured in terms of Colour Rendering Index (CRI). CRI will
becoming less when going out of white color.
CRI of the incandescent lamp = 100