No. 12 „Lighting quality with electronics"
ISBN 3-926 193-30-1
32 pages
DIN A4
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Index
No. 12 „Lighting quality with electronics"
- Lighting quality
- Conventional quality features
- Harnessing daylight
- Lighting management
- Lighting control
- Lighting regulation
- Lighting electronics for conservation and economy
- Electronic operating devices
- Ballasts for fluorescent lamps
- Electronic ballasts for other discharge lamps
- Transformers
- Lamps
- Luminair
Extract
Lighting electronics for conservation and economy
Lighting which is tailored to human needs, meets high standards of visual ergonomy, promotes a sense of wellbeing and is good for our health - that is the main argument for the use of lighting electronics. But quality lighting also calls for energy-efficient light generation - a requirement which is met by electronic operating devices: they save energy and cut operating costs.
It was official even before the 1997 Kyoto climate protocol: emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) need to be reduced. In Germany, lighting accounts for less than eleven percent of total energy consumption but every kilowatt-hour saved on artificial lighting also promotes the cause of climate protection.
And the commercial aspect should not be underestimated either: energy costs account for around 50 percent of total lighting costs; acquisition/installation and maintenance costs account for 25 percent each. So the greatest economies are achieved by energy-efficient lighting.
