ILUMINACION Flashcards
VOCABULARIO
quality ligth-stabilized plastics used in making diffusers and lenses
arcrylic
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recesses fixture supplies or returns air to or from a room
air-handling
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surrounding envirometn of fixture or ballast
refers to temp. or sound conditions
ambient
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auxiliary device used with flourescent, mercury vapor, metal haide & high pressure sodium lamps.
ballast
VOCABULARIO
lumens containes within the beam spread of a floodligth
beam lumens
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a term used to express candlepower
(cd)
candela
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intensity of ligth given off by a ligthsource in a particular direction
(cp)
candlepower
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upper, lower or intermediate zone of a room designated as ceiling, floor or room cavity
cavity
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geometric proportios of the ceiling, floor and room cavities
(CR)
what is the formula?
cavity ratio
room length = room width
VOCABULARIO
% of a light fixture that reaches the seeing task
(CU)
Coefficient of Utilization
VOCABULARIO
% of ligth from a floodligth that reaches the seeing task relative to the beam lumens
(CU)
What are the factors?
coefficient of beam utilization
Factors:
Fixture effieciency, distribution and mounting height
Room proportions
Room- surface reflectances
VOCABULARIO
see lens
diffuser
VOCABULARIO
relationship of lamp lumens to watts required to generate the lumens and expresed as lumens per watt
efficacy
VOCABULARIO
see luminaire efficiency
efficiency
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amount of ligth in footcandles produced by luminous sphere on a seeing task in the center of the sphere that will render the same “seeability” as the raw footcandles render the same task in the sepcific seeing enviroments under consideration.
(ESI)
equivalent sphere ilumination
VOCABULARIO
device that hold, protects and provides an optical system and power connections for the lamps
refferd to as interior ligthing
fixture
VOCABULARIO
see lumens
flux
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the amount of ligth falling of ona surface
(fc)
What is the formula?
footcandle
fc = lumens/square feet
VOCABULARIO
unit of birgthness as detected by the eye
(lf)
foorlambert
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excessive brightness either direct or indirect
glare
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type of ceiling construction where the supporting members (inverted T’s) are exposed and the ceiling tiles and lighting fixtures are laid-in on the flanges of the t’s.
grid (lay-in)
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industrial lighting where highmounting heights may be encountered
HID- type fixture
highbays
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family of light source consisting of mercury vapor, metal haide and high pressure sodium lamps
for commercial spaces
high intensity discharge (HID)
VOCABULARIO
line that is plotted ona graph or diagram to show all points on a surface where the illumination is the same
isolux
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the accepted term for all commercial artificial ligthing sources
lamp