Intelligent Lighting Control Principles.

Abstract

It is generally recognized that compared to illumination from ceiling-mounted electric lighting, an equal amount of daylight illumination from windows can be about three times more effective in producing visibility. If this is true, then visibility-based lighting controls will result in greater energy conservation than will illumination-based lighting controls. A mathematical technique has been developed suitable for an intelligent microprocessor-based equi-visibility lighting control system. In an example room, a computer simulation compares the energy consumption for on-off, high-low-off, equi-illumination, and equi-visibility lighting controls systems. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078619

Entities

People

  • William Pierpoint

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Central Processing Units
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Contrast
  • Control Systems
  • Energy Conservation
  • Energy Consumption
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Illumination
  • Luminance
  • Measurement
  • Simulations
  • System Software

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  • Computer Vision.
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Robotics and Automation.