Addressing the Need of an Automated Light System at the

Silliman University Science Complex

Baxter Gifford B. Bao-as

Joshua KG O. Briones
Dan Meirk T. Acoba
Horace Apura
Fitz Troy R. Tobias
John Nathan Badon
Yeshua Jerry Besario
Silliman University
Hibbard Avenue, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental

ABSTRACT

Light is an essential aspect that constitutes an effective and secure learning

environment; it plays a huge role in ensuring that the school is ready to administer the
development of the student in a physical sense. In Silliman University, there has been an
ongoing issue as noticed in the area around the Science Complex due to the lack of the
presence of light, which poses a threat to the security of the school. The study aims to
address the need for an improvement of the lighting conditions around the Science
Complex grounds with regards to its current lighting system through observing the
amount of light sources present on a 10-day observation period. The data is collected
through a tallying system, where the errors in the manual control of the lighting system
around the Science Complex area is observed during the night time. In order to reach its
objective, the study used a quantitative approach in which it utilizes the
non-experimental, more specifically, descriptive, research design because there is no
manipulation made to the variable throughout the entirety of the data collection
process. The gathered data will then be further analyzed thoroughly with the usage of
relevant statistical tools, specifically the mean, standard deviation, and one sample
t-test, to determine if it is necessary to address the significance of automating the lights
at the Science Complex in Silliman University.

Keywords: Natural Science, Light System Automation, Quantitative Approach,

Non-experimental Descriptive design, Silliman University