Application Guide on the BEGA Library App
This tool has been designed and written to provide current information and recommendations for a wide audience of specifiers, with a desire to give you and insight into our exciting world of lighting.
Design & Application
This first chapter includes a brief discussion of basic lighting design concepts, an overview of types of luminaires and their defining characteristics, and an in-depth discussion of fundamental lighting design philosophy. A wide selection of common spaces is presented. Each is discussed with a comprehensive narrative that addresses both analytic and aesthetic lighting objectives.
Technical Information
The second chapter is an overview of the science and technology related to lighting. We discuss fundamental lighting terminology. The qualitative and quantitative aspects of light, breakthroughs in technology regarding the biological effect of light on personal health, an overview of different types of lamps, photometry, and step-by-step methods for calculating illuminance levels in practice with appropriate formulae.