+jeremiah sunga queddeng

center for the designed environment professions

+Units of Light

Luminous Flux – rate of flow of light per unit time

Lumen – unit of luminous flux

Luminous Intensity – luminous flux emitted per unit of solid angle by light source
Candela – unit of intensity per square meter

Luminance – quantitative measure of brightness of light source

Lambert –unit of luminance per square meter
Foot Lamnert – unit of luminance per square foot

Illumination – intensity of light falling on a lighted surface

Lux – unit of illumination per square meter
Footcandle – unit of illumination per square foot
Phot – Unit of illumination per square centimeter

+Efficacy – ratio of luminous output to input powers in watts (lumens per watts)
Low Pressure Sodium – up to 180
High Pressure Sodium – 75-140
Metal Halide – 80-100
Fluorescent – 55 - 100
Mercury – 50-60
Tungsten Halogen – 15-25

+Life (Hours)
High Pressure Sodium – 1
Mercury Vapor – 2
Low Pressure Sodium – 3
Fluorescent – 4
Metal Halide – 5
Tungsten Halogen – 6

+Relight Time
Low Pressure Sodium – Immediate
Fluorescent – Immediate
Tungsten Halogen – Immediate
High Pressure Sodium – Less than a minute
Mercury – 3-10 minutes
Metal Halide – 10 – 20 minutes

+Fixture Cost
High Pressure Sodium – 1
Low Pressure Sodium – 1
Metal Halide - 2
Mercury - 3
Fluorescent – 4
Tungsten Halogen – 5

+Operating Cost (lowest to highest)

High Pressure Sodium – 1
Low Pressure Sodium – 2
Metal Halide - 3
Mercury - 5
Fluorescent – 5
Tungsten Halogen – 6

+Light Direction Control

Tungsten Halogen – Very good to excellent
High Pressure Sodium – Very Good
Metal Halide – Very Good
Mercury – Very Good
Low Pressure Sodium – Fair
Fluorescent – Fair

+Lumen Maintenance
High Pressure Sodium – 1
Low Pressure Sodium – 1
Mercury Vapor – 2
Metal Halide – 3
Fluorescent – 4
Tungsten Halogen – 5