Can Designs and Measurements Based on the Circadian Stimulus Model Stand the Test of Time?
Authors: Eric Bretschneider, Ph.D INTRODUCTION When considering the potential circadian impact of lighting, lighting designers have a choice between three different models: melanopic equivalent daylight illuminance, or m-EDI [CIE 2018]; equivalent melanopic lux, or...
Controlling Multicolor LED Luminaires
Ian Ashdown, P. Eng., FIES, Senior Scientist, SunTracker Technologies Ltd. Published: 2016/06/11 San Jose, CA, USA: March 31, 2016. LED Engin, Inc. announces the world’s first 7-color, high power LED to be produced on a single emitter. The compact LZ704MU00...
Color Temperature and Outdoor Lighting
Ian Ashdown, P. Eng., FIES, Senior Scientist, SunTracker Technologies Ltd. Published: 2015/07/22 UPDATE: Sports field lighting analysis added 15/10/12. [An edited version of this article was published as "STREET LIGHTS: Light pollution depends on the light source...
Climate-Based Daylight Modeling
Ian Ashdown, P. Eng., FIES, Senior Scientist, SunTracker Technologies Ltd. Published: 2016/03/26 daylight, n. The light of day. Apart from having a wonderfully circular definition in most English-language dictionaries, daylight really is just another...
Botanical Light Pollution
Ian Ashdown, P. Eng., FIES, Senior Scientist, SunTracker Technologies Ltd. Published: 2016/02/17 Blue-rich light from LED streetlights, we are told, is the nemesis of professional and amateur astronomers. Blue light is preferentially scattered by the atmosphere,...
Blue Light Hazards and Television
Ian Ashdown, P. Eng., FIES, Senior Scientist, SunTracker Technologies Ltd. Published: 2017/05/19 If you have grandchildren, you may be old enough to remember “black and white” (that is, monochrome) televisions sets with rabbit ear antennae and some of...
Blue Light Hazard… Or Not?
Ian Ashdown, P. Eng., FIES, Senior Scientist, SunTracker Technologies Ltd. Published: 2014/11/05 As a professional lighting designer, you will likely have read about the “blue light hazard” associated with white light-emitting diodes. You will have seen...
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