Publications received 4/94
Publications received 4/94
CANADIAN PATHFINDERThe Canadian National Research Council (NRC) has published a very short and condensed guide to lighting resources: the "Lighting Pathfinder".
LRC PUBLICATIONS As part of the "Specifier Reports" series, The Lighting Research Center in Troy, New York, USA, has issued a new report on electronic ballasts.
RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING "Home Energy: The Magazine of Residential Energy Conservation" devoted a special issue (November/December 1994) to energy-efficient lighting.
A LOOK AT OFFICES "Office Lighting: A Review of 80 Years of Standards and Recommendations" by W K R Osterhaus is a short review, tracing the development of quantitative office lighting standards from their beginnings to the present.
CANADIAN PATHFINDER · The Canadian National Research Council (NRC) has published a very short and condensed guide to lighting resources: the Lighting Pathfinder .
The intended purpose of the Pathfinder was to serve as an internal starting resource for fielding general inquiries about lighting. It was never intended for use by lighting professionals. Nevertheless, many have expressed an interest in it, and the demand for it is growing, according to NRC. The present version is now on the list of available NRC publications. To obtain a copy, contact:
IRC Client Services
Tel. +(1)-613-993-2463
Fax+(1)-613- 952-7673
Cost is $5 Can.; payment by check or credit card (Visa or MasterCard) should accompany the order.
LRC PUBLICATIONS · As part of the Specifier Reports series, The Lighting Research Center in Troy, New York, USA, has issued a new report on electronic ballasts: Electronic ballasts:Non-dimming electronic ballasts for 4-foot and 8 -foot fluorescent lamps. (ISSN 1067-2451. Volume 2, No. 3)
The report is a an update of the 1991 report on electronic ballasts, taking new products and changed US standards into account. The US Energy Policy Act of 1992 will increase the use of 34-watt, 4-foot lamps with electronic ballasts. These were not evaluated extensively in the 1991 report, and are given extensive coverage in the new issue.
The report covers the (US) National Lighting Product Information Program's independent testing and evaluation of ~200 ballasts from 13 manufacturers on the US market. It also discusses important lamp/ballast compatibility parameters, such as glow current, electrode voltage, and electrode preheat time.
Lightly, Mark Rea, Peter Boyce, and Naomi Miller talk about the fundamentals of lighting with Marlene, a fictive executive from a fictive medium-sized American manufacturing company in Light Conversations: A View of Lighting Quality by the Lighting Research Center.
The booklet discusses productivity, comfort, health, safety, and aesthetics in lighting. These lighting issues are discussed in a very easily accessible manner: the audience is clearly all those, like the fictive conversation partner of the booklet, who don't have special knowledge in lighting. For them it should serve as a good introduction to the topic.
The first project in the LRC's international Demonstration and Evaluation of Lighting Technologies and Applications (DELTA) Program has been completed. These DELTA projects must be energy-efficient, aesthetically appealing, and economically sound while taking ergonomics into consideration.
The first project, a supermarket retrofit, is described in the DELTA Portfolio, vol. 1, issue 1. This twelve-page publication is the first in a series of publication to be published under the DELTA banner as projects are being completed. The current issue is available at a special introductory price of $6.
LRC Publications may be ordered from:
Lighting Research Center
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180-3590
Fax: +(1)-518-276 2999
RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING · Home Energy: The Magazine of Residential Energy Conservation devoted a special issue (November/December 1994) to energy-efficient lighting. In the issue, virtually all aspects on residential efficient lighting are covered. Design, utility programs, market characteristics, and consumer advice each have been given attention.
Although Home Energy is written for the US market, many of the issues discussed here are highly relevant to people involved in residential energy conservation elsewhere.
Home Energy(ISSN: 0896-9442)
2124 Kittredge Street No. 95
Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
A LOOK AT OFFICES · Office Lighting: A Review of 80 Years of Standards and Recommendations by W K R Osterhaus is a short review, tracing the development of quantitative office lighting standards from their beginnings to the present. It discusses the sources of recommended lighting practices, the nature of quantitative recommendations, and trends in recommended values. Comparisons are made. The review also critically assesses contemporary standards within this historical context.
The report is a reprint of a paper that appeared in the proceedings of the IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting 1993.
It can obtained from:
Energy and Environment Division
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Berkeley, CA 94720, USA