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The Lighting Handbook
Light for Education and Science
Environmental aspects
Use daylight Energy efficiency through lighting management
Efficient luminaires and
intelligent control
– LED solutions are highly efficient
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Frequent dimming and switching does not affect the
LEDs’ service life
Ergonomic compatibility
Performance and concentration –
Standards cover basic visual requirements such glare or
illuminance
– Emotional components enhance concentration
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Open room ambience thanks brightening ceiling and walls
Feeling ease and health Feeling ease enhances people’s performance
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Light stabilises the inner biological clock, measurably stimulates
hormonal processes
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Medical evidence shows that light enhances cognitive performance
Adjusting light activities and
visual tasks
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Blackboard lighting: high visual demands because accommodation
required from the eye for close and distant vision when reading and
copying from the blackboard
– Teamwork
Application areas
