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Fundamentals of Lighting, 2nd Edition

Susan M. Winchip
  • ©2011
  • 368 Pages
  • softcover | full color | 7.375 x 9.25
  • 978-1-60901-086-7
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Fundamentals of Lighting, 2nd Edition is written for college students who are studying lighting in their quests to become interior designers. Taking an integrative approach, the text not only includes lighting system basics, but also demonstrates how lighting relates to the design process, human factors, sustainability, global issues, regulations, business practices and the LEED building certification program.
  • Focus on quality lighting from a design perspective
  • Easy-to-read format; pedagogy designed to appeal to millennial generation

New to this Edition
  • Updated lamp technologies, luminaires, controls, human factor research, energy codes/standards, lighting software programs, and technological developments—including LEDs and OLEDs
  • Innovative approaches to lighting from non-traditional sources, such as visual arts, nanotechnologies, and textiles
  • New art program with more than 300 color photographs of global interiors and new lighting systems
  • New case studies demonstrating best practices as applied in LEED-certified buildings
  • Explanation of LEED certification requirements; boxed features in 10 chapters that apply chapter content to sustainable design and LEED credit categories
  • Visual case studies showcasing successful sustainable lighting design for top-ranking LEED-certified residential and commercial buildings
  • Design projects that guide students through research, comprehension, and application of fundamental concepts
  • Online resources with Web links to manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers as well as professional organizations, government organizations, and trade associations

Instructors Resources
  • Instructor's Guide
  • PowerPoint® Presentation
Principles of Lighting
  • Introduction to Quality Lighting
  • Color and Directional Effects of Lighting
  • Natural and Artificial Light Sources
  • Energy, the Environment, and Sustainable Design
  • Illumination, Human Health, and Behavior
  • Lighting Systems: Luminaires
  • Lighting Systems: Controls
  • Quantity of Light

Lighting Design Applications and the Design Process
  • Lighting Design Process: Project Planning through Design Development
  • Lighting Design Process: Contract Documents through Postoccupancy Evaluation
  • Residential Applications
  • Commercial Applications

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Susan M. Winchip , LEED AP, MIES, IDEC, is a Professor Emerita of Interior and Environmental Design in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at Illinois State University. She has over 20 years of experience designing residential, corporate, and institutional interiors with specialties in lighting and sustainability. She has published monographs and in several academic journals, including Journal of Interior Design Education and Research, Kappa Omicron Nu FORUM, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, Quality in Higher Education, and the College Student Journal. Winchip is winner of the ASID Foundation 2010 Polsky Prize Award for her textbook, Visual Culture in the Built Environment: A Global Perspective (Fairchild).

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