Book of light
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Indoor Luminaires 1 Task Lights and Floor Standing 2 Linear Fluorescent Luminaires for Surface and Suspended Mounting 3 Linear Fluorescent Luminaires for Recessed Mounting 4 Compact Luminaires for Surface and Suspended Mounting 5 Compact Recessed Luminaires Outdoor Luminaires 6 Floodlights and Accent Lighting 10 Decorative Mast and Catenary Suspended Luminaires 11 Building Vicinity Lighting <§> 8 High Protection Class Luminaires and + Luminaires for Special Demands jÇ" 9 Emergency Luminaires and Components, Signage Luminaires 14 Secondary Reflector Systems Siteco Mirrortec® 15 Lighting Management Systems Siteco Lighting Systems | Ohmst eMail: info@siteco.de Surfen: vi © 2004 I Siteco Beleuchtungstechnik GmbH

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industry traffic shopping public Dr. Peter H. Emmert, CEO, Siteco Book of Light for Consultants and Designers. With this Book of Light we would like to give you, the architect, lighting- consultant or electrical-consultant, suggestions for the planning and designing of interior and exterior areas with the use of light. The focal point is not so much technical details as fundamental questions about functionality and aesthetics. How to plan a space in the best light in order to offer its users optimal visual conditions - that's the main theme in the first part of the Book of Light. With the...

Siteco brings perfect light everywhere: light to work with and to feel good with, light for interiors and exteriors. Standardised light and individual light. We ensure the highest product quality in the development of future-oriented systems. A major commitment is competent and creative advice for our customers, whether they be architects, lighting-consultants or electrical-consultants. Our lighting consultants are always there for you, and they speak your language. Their ideas are the basis for a successful lighting implementation.

office industry traffic shopping public sports Contents Facets of Light Lighting Concepts Page 10 - 23 Page 24 - 125 office industry traffic shopping public sports Products Indoor Lighting Outdoor Lighting Chapter 1-9 10-13 Secondary Reflector Systems / Siteco Mirrortec® 14 Light Management / Sitecontrol 15 Appendix 9

Quantity The eye is able to adapt itself to extreme light intensities, whether it be finding the way in moonlight conditions or detailed daytime viewing. Planned lighting levels in the area of artificial, architectural lighting range from the economically justifiable area of 1 lux to over 2000 lux. 10

"Everything that exists lives from light", wrote the American architect Louis I. Kahn. And the writer Novalis called light "the inner soul of life". Without sunlight there are no sunflowers and no moonlight. Without light there would be no cosmos, no evolution and no Homo Sapiens. We see nothing without light. Light serves as orientation in space and time. Light guides our biological rhythm. It creates moods and generates atmosphere. Light stimulates and vitalises. Artificial light allows us moreover to be independent from daylight. It allows us the use of architecture 24 hours a day. Light...

Dynamics The dynamics of natural daylight follow the biological rhythm of the human organism. Hormones steer phases of activity by day and phases of rest by night. The use of daylight and the dynamic controlling of artificial light play an important role in the maintenance of health and biological rhythm. 12

industry traffic shopping public Light in summer or light in winter, on a fresh spring day or a cloudy day in autumn, at dawn or dusk: at every instant the dynamics of daylight inform us about climatic, meteorological and seasonal changes and the progress of the day. Daylight gives us in this way a spontaneous orientation in space and time. The cycles of the cosmos allow it to become a tactile experience. But it's not only outside that daylight serves a function. Architecture must make sure that during the daytime, contact to outside and to daylight is maintained. In the hours of darkness...

Colour Shades of light can intensify the effects of colour within architecture. Warm white light emphasises warm colours, daylight white light emphasises cold colours. Shaded light on the other hand changes the appearance of colours and opens up a completely new dimension for night architecture. luminescent/ comfortable/warm stimulating peaceful/weighty harmonious cheerful 14 gentle active/lively fresh cool

industry traffic shopping public A central concern in the planning of light is the creation of atmosphere. Planned light imparts desired values of feeling, such as a friendly, festive and warm ambience. The starting-point for a planning approach is the function of the space. Where work is done, objectiveness is required; whoever enters a hotel room looks for security. A foyer requires an exalted light, a bar an intimate light and a restaurant a sociable light. It's here that under consideration of cultural backgrounds, a planning competence is called for when dealing with lighting....

industry traffic shopping public A good lighting concept helps to significantly underscore architecture. Light helps to accentuate lines, to model surfaces and to circumscribe spaces; details in architecture can be emphasised and highlighted, provided that a lighting plan is included at an early stage in the architectural design and consequently becomes an integral part of the architecture. It can only then be guaranteed that the lighting plan assimilates the design intentions of the architect and that form, colour and materials can come into their own. Light Effects Shadow, brilliance and...

Visibility Visibility is not only a question of the strength of illumination; in architecture it's much more the result of the spacial distribution of intensity and colour of light. 18

Architecture does not only become visible with light; with artificial light it's possible to convey specific messages and to communicate a desired image. The instrument of light and its impact is many and varied. It ranges from an illuminated company logo to the deployment of defined lighting colours as a continuous element in the evolution of an image. Light facilitates night-time appearances in that it positions retail outlets and petrol stations; with the aid of lighting concepts the flagship-store becomes just as much the brand emblem as the manifestation of an industrial corporation....