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Lighting technology improving every day, and it's getting harder to keep up with all the changes. Luckily, you don't have to be a know-it-all to design great lighting - all you need is the right knowhow. DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC) has developed a series of lighting design guides - the knowhow™ Series - an easy-to-use model for designing and specifying lighting in commercial facilities. The guides will show you step-by-step how to achieve high quality, comfortable, energy efficient lighting - whether you're a lighting contractor, architect, owner, manager, or manufacturer.
Each eight-page guide in the lighting knowhow™ Series is filled with colorful graphics, photos and recommendations for lamps, fixtures, and controls, plus full design layouts developed by leading lighting designers. The guides even provide electrical contractors with information on footcandles, layout and directional standards.
And if you're concerned about lighting safety, its important to know that all our design recommendations meet or exceed ASHRAE/IESNA standard 90.1-1989R, Draft Final Standards-June 1999.
The knowhow™ Series consists of six guides:
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Office
Designing lighting for an office is often the most difficult challenge for many commercial lighting providers. By making sure that the lighting is both comfortable and efficient, you can increase the productivity of this human environment. The Office lighting guide gives you the knowhow to provide effective lighting systems that save energy while creating a comfortable and productive work environment.
Retail
Selecting the right lighting can make a significant contribution to retail sales. And just as important, poor lighting can have a devastating effect on sales. Effective lighting can establish a store's image, lead customers inside, focus their attention on products, and make these products highly visible and attractive. "Energy effective" lighting provides all these benefits for the lowest life-cycle cost - saving energy, operating costs and maintenance. The Retail lighting guide will help you make the right choice - and the right impression.
Classroom
Classroom lighting requires lighting designers to focus on the task at hand - to provide energy-effective lighting systems that create a productive, comfortable and adaptable learning environment. That's because classrooms require high-quality ambient light as well as focused task lighting. The Classroom lighting guide will give you plenty of bright ideas on how to achieve these goals and save energy with efficient lighting.
Highbay Industrial
Manufacturing spaces and assembly tasks - which only require average light levels - are areas where energy-efficient lighting really gets to flex its cost-cutting muscle. The Highbay Industrial guide is your key to getting the most savings out of energy-efficient lighting, regardless of the size of the industrial building.
Lowbay Industrial
A companion to the Highbay Industrial knowhow™, the Lowbay Industrial guide gives information on energy-effective lighting in small industrial spaces with lower ceiling heights.
Retail Skylighting
The most efficient light is natural light, and taking full advantage of natural lighting is a key component to saving energy. The Retail Skylighting guide will show you how to design a daytime skylighting system that will enhance your store's appearance, attract and retain shoppers, and lower lighting costs. More information on Retail Skylighting is available in the the Skylighting section of this Web site.
Warehouse Skylighting
Natural lighting is not only the most efficient, it's also the safest form of lighting. That's why the Warehouse Skylighting guide can be such an important tool in the construction of new warehouse or other industrial spaces. Learn how skylights take advantage of daylight to increase worker safety and productivity while reducing energy and maintenance costs. More information on Warehouse Skylighting is available in the the Skylighting section of this Web site.
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