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Explore Our New Daylighting Tool
Check out the Daylighting Pattern Guide, a no-cost, online resource to help integrate proven daylighting strategies into commercial building projects. The guide is the latest addition to New Buildings Institute's (NBI) Advanced Buildings suite of tools and was developed by NBI in partnership with the Integrated Design Labs in Seattle and Boise.
Previously offered in book form as the Advanced Lighting Guidelines (ALG), ALG Online is a comprehensive lighting resource that will help you take your knowledge to the next level. Take a look at the site map to see all ALG Online chapters. Try a 14-day trial! Use coupon code: ALGFREETRIAL |
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Green building represented one quarter of all new construction in 2010, according to McGraw Hill Construction. As lighting accounts for a large portion of the energy used by commercial buildings, industry professionals are playing an increasingly vital role in ensuring a building is realizing its energy performance potential.
ALG Online has tools you can use to help meet your goals. This comprehensive guide, with more than 1,000 pages of information and graphics in eight chapters and two directories, covers theory and best practices--from the health effects of daylighting to the latest technologies. Additionally, there are detailed design schematics and non-proprietary luminaire schedules for a variety of applications.
Read on to learn more and sign up for a 14-day trial to explore all of the valuable resources ALG Online has to offer. Use coupon code: ALGFREETRIAL
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| Light + Vision—Avoiding Glare |
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Good lighting should address both the visual and efficiency needs of a space. Glare can be tricky to tackle from a design perspective since it's dependent on several factors including light source, surrounding conditions, and the time of day. It's important to address, however, since it can reduce occupant comfort, visibility and performance. There are several methods for reducing glare--the most common is to simply restrict the angles at which a light source can emit light. Because people's sensitivity to light varies, it is also important to provide a means for occupants to reduce glare on their own (dimmers or adjustable fixtures). Additionally, techniques such as carefully placed windows, shading devices and low-transmittance glass help to block direct light and reduce glare.
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ALG Online was created with the help of 23 authors, leading experts in their field, including education, research, engineering, manufacturing, and design.
Dr. Peter Boyce is co-author of ALG Online's Light and Vision chapter and a recognized authority on the interaction between people and lighting. Adequate lighting meets the needs of clients and users, says Boyce. But it takes experience, skill and taste to add the inspiration that "raises adequate lighting to the level of lighting which lifts the spirit," he said. For 24 years, Dr. Boyce worked as Research Officer at the Electricity Council Research Centre in England. There, he conducted research on topics such as visual fatigue, the influence of age on visual performance, hue discrimination, safe lighting for emergency conditions and security lighting. Beginning in 1990, he became Head of Human Factors at the Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, and conducted research on visual performance, visual comfort, circadian effects and emergency lighting. Dr. Boyce co-authored the ALG Online chapter with Owen Howlett of Heschong Mahone Group.
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| Retail—Specialty Markets |
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ALG Online's Application Directory offers comprehensive lighting designs and control recommendations for various types of office and retail environments. Additional applications will be available in the future, such as healthcare, warehousing, schools and exterior lighting.
The primary goal for retail and specialty market stores is to highlight their products while providing appropriate ambient lighting that lends a pleasant backdrop to the shopping experience. In order to meet various code and lighting power density requirements, designers must consider general lighting, display lighting, decorative lighting allowances, and other lighting needs (storage, dressing rooms, etc.) all while taking energy efficiency into account.
Subscribe now for more details and design recommendations at Retail Applications and Specialty Market Applications.
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