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“Lighting Control Systems To Improve energy performance…” R-5<br />

2 Lighting control and the quality of lighting design<br />

A new phase of the cultural debate on the significance of a lighting project began in the nineties:<br />

the definition of the concept of lighting quality took on a value that went beyond purely illuminating<br />

engineering aspects [1] [2] [3] [4].<br />

Agreement has traditionally been reached on recognising that light has an influence on:<br />

- vision;<br />

- visual performance in carrying out a task;<br />

- subjective behaviour;<br />

- determination of a state of mind;<br />

- health;<br />

- formulation of an aesthetical evaluation.<br />

An illuminated environment, characterised by a good quality, should therefore:<br />

- create optimal perception conditions;<br />

- create optimal conditions for carrying out an activity or precise visual task;<br />

- favour correct behaviour;<br />

- contribute to the determination of appropriate states of mind;<br />

- favour healthy conditions and avoid phenomena that are dangerous for one’s health;<br />

- contribute to the creation of an appreciable aesthetic environment, taking into<br />

consideration and valorising the architectonic characteristics.<br />

Considerations from the 1998 CIE Symposium on Lighting Quality [1] have made the concept of<br />

lighting quality a more holistic approach, apart from falling back on the sphere of visual comfort and<br />

related criteria (illuminance, light<br />

distribution, glare, etc.), greater<br />

importance has been given to the<br />

HUMAN NEEDS<br />

role of aspects, not directly dealing<br />

Visibility<br />

with lighting, underlying the<br />

Task performance<br />

multidimensional nature of the<br />

Visual comfort<br />

lighting design. In the proposed<br />

Social communication<br />

model (Fig. 1) the definition of<br />

Mood and atmosphere<br />

lighting quality encompasses the<br />

Helth, safety, well being<br />

spheres of human needs,<br />

Aesthetic judgment<br />

architectural integration, and<br />

environmental/ economic con-<br />

LIGHTING<br />

straints.<br />

ECONOMICS AND<br />

QUALITY<br />

ARCHITECTURE<br />

Form<br />

ENVIRONMENT<br />

Installation<br />

Maintenance<br />

Operation<br />

Energy<br />

Environment<br />

Composition<br />

Style<br />

Codes and<br />

standards<br />

Fig. 1 – Lighting Quality definition developed at First CIE<br />

Symposium on Lighting Quality [4]<br />

Within this framework it is<br />

clear that the use of lighting<br />

controls might have a positive<br />

influence on the global quality of<br />

lighting design. These systems are<br />

intended to increase the flexibility<br />

of lighting and optimise energy<br />

consumption, taking into account<br />

actual space occupancy and<br />

daylight availability during<br />

“Lighting engineering 2006” stran 39

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