Artifical illumination

Course guarantor:

Pavla Dvořáková

Lecturer:

Pavla Dvořáková, Bohumír Garlík

Tutor:

Pavla Dvořáková, Bohumír Garlík

Supervisor:

Department of Indoor Enviromental and Building Services Engineering

Synopsis:

The course provides a basic orientation in the field of artificial lighting. The teaching includes lighting technical quantities and related calculations. The theoretical principles of interior lighting and the design of lighting systems with applications for various types of buildings and operations are discussed. Students are introduced to an overview of light sources and luminaires, including their characteristics. Attention is also paid to the power supply, control, management, and maintenance of lighting systems and their energy consumption. Basic information on emergency lighting and outdoor lighting is also an integral part of the course. The course is supplemented by excursions. During the seminar students work with the DIALux evo program.

Requirements:

Follow-up to other courses is not required.

Syllabus of lectures:

1Geometric concepts and Units in lighting technology. Photometric concepts and measurement units. Lighting requirements.

2Light, space, human - history. The sun and the building. Insolation of buildings and its regulation. Building orientation and time of insolation.

3Physiology of vision. Criteria and limits of daylighting. The calculation of daylight factor. Measurement of lighting.

4Daylight and building. Window and interior lighting. Terms of interior illumination. Design the lighting system of the building.

5Technical expertise of lighting. Normalization. Problems daylight for different types of buildings. Light sources.

6Design of artificial lighting. Economic indicators. Computational methods. Calculation of the lighting point on illuminated level.

7Lighting calculations. Method cavities. Point method. Lighting of sequential space. Classification of artificial lighting according to the operational purpose. Design of main lighting. Associated lighting. Examples.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Light-technical calculations

Lighting design in Dialux for the specified space

Measurement of space illuminance

Creation of lighting design documentation

Design of outdoor lighting system

Study Objective:

A basic introduction to artificial lighting. Familiarity with the design of the lighting system and the design of the project documentation.

Study materials:

!Habel J., Dvořáček K., Dvořáček V., Žák P. : Světlo a osvětlování, 2013, ISBN 978-80-86534-21-3

?Lechner N.: Heating, Cooling, Lighting, 2009, ISBN 978-0-470-04809-2

?ČSN EN 12665 Světlo a osvětlení.

?ČSN EN 12464 Světlo a osvětlování. Osvětlování pracovních prostorů.

?ČSN EN 36001 Měření osvětlení vnitřních prostorů. (č.1 Základní ustanovení, č. 3 Měření umělého osvětlení)

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2025/2026:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2025/2026:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
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Thu	roomTH:A-233 14:05–15:45 EVEN WEEK (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (budova FSv) roomTH:A-233 14:05–15:45 ODD WEEK (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Thákurova 7 (budova FSv)
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The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Budovy a prostředí, specializace Technická zařízení budov (compulsory elective course)
• Budovy a prostředí, specializace Stavební fyzika (compulsory elective course)