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- Title
Occupant-Centred Lighting (OCL) to well-being: a review.
- Authors
Simtinica, M.; Husch, M.; Caluianu, S.
- Abstract
People in the past spent most of their time outdoors and received the benefits of exposure to natural light. Nowadays we spend a large part of our day indoors where we predominantly use artificial lighting. Against the backdrop of the accelerating climate change we are experiencing, the need to reduce energy consumption in the lighting component of buildings can be achieved by maximising the use of natural daylight during the day in conjunction with identifying the human presence in indoor spaces for efficiency. Occupant Lighting Control technologies offer a real tool to achieve these goals. Adaptive lighting automation controllers, sensor networks and wireless actuators for occupancy-based lighting control, user-centric lighting control based on video cameras, platforms for intelligent lighting control based on life logs are just some of the techniques and methods used to apply Occupant Lighting Control principles. Although lowering energy consumption in buildings is the primary goal of lighting management systems, taking into account the inhabitants' feeling of comfort and their general level of wellbeing is just as vital, if not more so. The adoption of integrative lighting, by complementing natural light with artificial lighting in an articulated manner and in conjunction with the human presence in interior spaces, is the efficient and humanaccepted path to sustainable energy efficiency. A collective effort by society is needed to make human-centred lighting an everyday reality.
- Subjects
WIRELESS sensor networks; ENERGY consumption of lighting; ENERGY consumption of buildings; CLEAN energy; WELL-being; NATURAL ventilation; CAMCORDERS
- Publication
Romanian Journal of Civil Engineering / Revista Română de Inginerie Civilă, 2023, Vol 14, Issue 4, p293
- ISSN
2068-3987
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37789/rjce.2023.14.4.1