- Author
- Treado, S. J. | Collins, B. L.
- Title
- Lighting System Design and Evaluation in Federal Office Buildings.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- General Services Administration, Washington, DC
- Report
- NISTIR 4960, March 1993, 68 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
- lighting equipment | office buildings | evaluation | ballast | building technology | energy efficiency | fixture | lamp | lighting | luminaire | luminous efficacy | testing procedures
- Abstract
- This report describes the results from a research project on developing methods for designing and selecting efficient and effective lighting systems for federal office buildings. It includes a review of current GSA and IES lighting design guidelines and a discussion of relevant testing and rating procedures. A comprehensive procedure for measuring and evaluating lighting components and systems was developed and used to assess the performance of a range of typical office lighting equipment. This procedure accounted for interactions between different components of a lighting system. The measurement results showed a wide range of performance characteristics related to light output and energy efficiency. The T-8 triphosphor lamps and electronic ballasts exhibited the best performance, but some of the more traditional lighting system components also performed well.