Ian Ashdown, P. Eng. (Ret.), FIES Senior Scientist
SunTracker Technologies Ltd.

U.S. Department of Energy
LIGHTING R&D WORKSHOP
Co-sponsored by the Illuminating Engineering Society

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Topics

Lighting Design Software Today

• Physically realistic renderings
• Illuminance and luminance
• Visual glare (UGR)
• Daylight factor (DF)
• Spatial daylight availability (sDA)
• Annual Sunlight Exposure (ASE)
• Physically realistic renderings
• Illuminance and luminance
• Visual glare (UGR)
• Daylight factor (DF)
• Spatial daylight availability (sDA)

Lighting Design Software Tomorrow

• Visualization
• Lighting controls
• Color-changing
• Dynamic lighting
• Adaptive lighting
• Virtual sensors
• Color vision
• Circadian
• Germicidal
• Horticultural

Lighting Design Visualization

• Networked lighting controls
• Color-tunable luminaires
• Building façade lighting
• Adaptive streetlighting

Virtual Sensors

• Human Vision
  • Color sensor (CIE xyY)
  • Color rendering (TM-30)
  • Spectroradiometer
• Circadian-based lighting
  • Melanopic luxmeter
  • Circadian dosimete
• Germicidal
  • UV-C irradiance
  • UV-C fluence rate
• Horticulture
  • PAR (quantum) sensors
  • Daily Light Integral (DLI)
  • Spectroradiometer

Lighting Design Software Tomorrow TODAY?

• All tools and features discussed here have been
  implemented and validated
• Experimental lighting design software only
• Commercial availability dependent on market
  demand

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