Bright ideas. Some rules of thumb for interior lighting design and selection.
Interior lighting design and selection can be a demanding assignment for a health facilities manager or department head. It requires a balance between conflicting needs, such as providing good task lighting for a nursing station while also shielding luminaires that are visible from patients' rooms to avoid glare.
Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., USA. gilsoc@rpi.edu
Claudia M
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Hunter
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