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Lighting
• Lighting has a huge impact on the
quality of the visual environment,
affecting human health, comfort
and performance in building
interiors.
• With a high quality lighting design,
Introduction – Contrast sensitivity, visual acuity,
the visual speed, color sensitivity
are increased and glare is reduced
at the same time, providing an
improved visual capacity.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Lale E. Atılgan – Visual health is maintained.
– Accidents are prevented.
ELK 371E Illumination Techniques – The efficiency of work is increased,
Fall 2022-23 the potentials of trade and
economy are ameliorated.
– Security in normal and
extraordinary situations are
maintained.
– Aesthetics and comfort are
established.

Lighting

LIGHTING QUALITY means achieving Lighting accounts for

an optimum balance among human
needs, architectural considerations,
and energy efficiency.
https://www.iald.org/Advocacy/Advocacy/Qu
ality-of-Light
approximately 19% of
electricity consumption
worldwide and approximately
14% in the European Union
(EU).

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The Purpose of Lighting Design Types of Lighting According to Purpose

• The most common objective for a lighting installation is to allow the users of a space to
carry out their work quickly and accurately, without discomfort.
• However, most lighting installations have to serve multiple functions.
• For traffic routes, the objective of lighting is to facilitate the safe and rapid movement of
vehicles after dark.
• For urban areas where people and traffic may come into conflict, safety is the primary
concern although the appearance of people and buildings is also important.
• In areas where crime is rampant, lighting can be used to enhance security.
• Sport facilities are lit at night to encourage their use.
• Businesses use lighting to promote their brand and attract customers.
• When designing lighting it is always desirable to identify all the functions that the
lighting is expected to fulfill.
• Physiological lighting
– For this type of lighting, the main purpose is to provide the visualization of objects with their forms, colors and
details as they are, easily and quickly. Physiological lighting does not aim for satisfying aesthetics or a warm
atmosphere. Economics are important. The lighting of a metal factory, a warehouse, a highway or a tunnel are
examples to this type of lighting.
• Decorative lighting
– For decorative lighting, the main purpose is the create a more aesthetic and intriguing atmosphere. The lighting
of a night club for example is decorative lighting.
• Decorative physiological lighting
– This type of lighting is a mixture of physiological and decorative lighting, used in offices, educational spaces,
residental areas, hotels, restaurants, parks, etc.
• Attentive lighting
– Here the main purpose is to grab the attention of the users. For this, higher luminances, lights with changing
colors, aesthetic and decorative elements are used. Advertisements panels are an example to this kind of
lighting.

Types of Lighting According to Light Source Types of Lighting According to Light Source
• Daylighting / Natural lighting • Artificial Lighting

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Types of Lighting According to Space Artificial Lighting

• Interior • Exterior /
lighting Outdoor
– Residential lighting
– School – Roads
– Hospital – Parks
– Factory – Sports
– Theater areas
– Concert – Docks
hall – Façades of
– Office buildings
– Shopping
mall
Etc.

Daylighting Daylighting

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Interior/Indoor Lighting

Exterior/Outdoor Lighting General / Ambient Lighting

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Task Lighting Accent Lighting

Mood Lighting School Lighting

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Library Lighting Office Lighting

Hotel Lighting Retail Lighting

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Museum Lighting Restaurant Lighting

Lighting of Religious Buildings Lighting of Historical Buildings

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Façade Lighting Road & Tunnel Lighting

Energy Efficient & Sustainable Lighting Design of Light Sources and Auxilary Devices

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LEDs OLEDs
• Nick Holonyak turned on the world's first LED in 1962, producing
monochromatic red light.
“The latest dramatic laser discoveries, (…) may someday make the electric
light obsolete, (…) If these plans work out, the lamp of the future may be a
speck of metal the size of a pencil-point which will be practically
indestructible, will never burn out, and will convert at least ten times as
much current into to light as does today's bulb.”
• For over three decades, LEDs were utilized only as indicator lights in
household electric appliances and other applications.
• With the technological advancements, the LEDs rapidly moved into the
field of lighting and gained a significant position as an essential light
source in the fight against greenhouse gas emissions and global
warming.
• The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was awarded jointly to Isamu
Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura "for the invention of
efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and
energy-saving white light sources".

http://www.acuitybrands.com/oled/why-oled

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Near Future of LEDs – Li-Fi Near Future of LEDs - Human Centric Lighting

LEDs Magazine, Maury Wright

Near Future of LEDs - Human Centric Lighting Horticultural Lighting

SLE Projects – Human Centric Office

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Lighting Simulation Programs – DIALux Evo DIALux Evo – Youtube Channel

DIALux – is an important software for planning, calculation
and visualisation of indoor and outdoor lighting. The
software makes professional lighting design easier and
accessible to everyone. DIALux is available as a desktop
version and as a basic mobile app.
With Dialux you can design, calculate and visualize light for
single rooms, whole floors, buildings and outdoor scenes.
You can plan and design using the electronic luminaire
catalogues of numerous luminaire manufacturers. You can
also superimpose on the CAD data of other architectural
programmes and create your own lighting design.
With Dialux Evo it’s possible to use artificial light and
daylight together in buildings along with calculations for
outdoor areas and road lighting.

[https://www.dial.de/en/dialux/]

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• With DIALux Mobile the user can plan a lighting system roughly on site. With the mobile version it is possible to
enter the room dimensions and select the lighting requirements such as illuminance and maintenance factor
from the utilization profiles. The calculation result shows the number of luminaires required and where these
should be placed to achieve the prescribed average illuminance, as well as the overall performance and specific
connected load.

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