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Earth’s Changing Environment Lecture 17 Lighting Efficiency
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Topics Sunlight Incandescent Fluorescent Controls Using Daylight LED
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Sunlight Sunlight has peak in the middle of the visible spectrum with half the energy in the infrared. Some UV radiation.
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Incandescent Bulb Bulbs are heated filaments at 2,500 K. The Sun is 5,800 K. Spectrum of hot filaments has more red.
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Bulb Efficiency Only 5% of energy input produces useful light. Spectrum is different from sunlight.
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Fluorescent Bulb
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Tube Fluorescent Lights Efficient Reflectors increase light level.
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Compact Fluorescent Bulbs Efficiency is 4X incandescent bulb. 14 W bulb produces light level corresponding to 60 W bulb Last 10X longer, 10,000 hours
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Payback Period Calculation Stop and work problems
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Lighting Controls – Switch Off Switch off campaigns are effective. Fluorescent lights should be switched off if you’ll be gone more than 10 minutes.
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Lighting Controls - Automatic May irritate occupants. Less efficient than switch-off
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Bringing in Daylight Has the right spectrum. Uses no energy. In some locations, need to avoid over- heating and UV effects.
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Skylights
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Skylight Tubes
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LED Lighting Very Efficient Monochromatic Expensive No IR – No heat
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White LED
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Very Efficient Monochromatic Could be the lighting of the future
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