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Free – Understanding Indoor Lighting Basics

Shahrukh Shaikh
Shahrukh Shaikh
Published November 16, 2023
Free – Understanding Indoor Lighting Basics
Ref: Plant Equipment Specification • ISHRAE / ASHRAE Standards MEP Technical Asset

Lighting: Since light is essential for all human activities, light is the most important element of life. There was a need for a source of artificial light in areas deprived of natural light. Electric currents can be used to produce light through filaments, as in incandescent lamps, arcs formed between metal or carbon rods, or through suitable gases, as in neon and other gas tubes. Some types of lamps use fluorescence to produce light, which is produced by the radiation of electricity passing through mercury vapor.

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Shahrukh Shaikh

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