Lighting Design
Daylighting
Electrical Lighting
The art and craft of creating the visual environment
by means of illuminating it.
There are two general fields of lighting design:
- Daylighting
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This means all measures that influence the input and
use of natural daylight, be it the diffuse light off
the clear or overcast sky or the directed light of the
sun, into built spaces. Daylighting is influenced by
the general structure of a building, the design of
facades, windows and skylights, and can be further
extended by the use of special devices for
redirecting or transporting light.
- Electrical lighting
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This is sometimes a misnomer, as it ignores
the many cities that are still illuminated by gas lamps.
Generally speaking it covers all measures to
illuminate spaces inside and outside of buildings
with the help of technical light sources,
either in combination with or in absence of natural daylight.
