Illuminance Features Written by: Camrin Petramale & Neil Adamson In addition to photometric data, information about a fixture’s features is vital to choosing any job’s lighting package. Below, we have included descriptions of features included in our final overview. Wattage – An amount of power, especially electric power, expressed in watts or kilowatts. U.S. power (60 […]
Color Rendition What are we measuring? Written by: Camrin Petramale & Neil Adamson We are given certain numbers to grade a light’s “ color quality”, but what is the grading criteria? What are these numbers measuring? Since quality is such a subjective opinion, measurements should instead be made quantitatively. It is important to understand what […]
Illuminance Falloff Written by: Camrin Petramale & Neil Adamson In Part 1, we looked at how a fixture manipulates its distribution of light. Because the distribution describes how light spreads out from a source, for Part 2, it seems logical to explore how this spreading out directly influences the loss of illuminance measured at further distances. Conceptually, this […]
