Human Lighting Demands : Healthy Lighting in an Office Environment
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Human lighting demands : healthy lighting in an office environment Citation for published version (APA): Aries, M. B. C. (2005). Human lighting demands : healthy lighting in an office environment. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. https://doi.org/10.6100/IR594257 DOI: 10.6100/IR594257 Document status and date: Published: 01/01/2005 Document Version: Publisher’s PDF, also known as Version of Record (includes final page, issue and volume numbers) Please check the document version of this publication: • A submitted manuscript is the version of the article upon submission and before peer-review. There can be important differences between the submitted version and the official published version of record. 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Published as issue 94 in the Bouwstenen series of the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning of the Eindhoven University of Technology The work described in this thesis has been carried out in the group Building Physics and Systems at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Architecture, Building and Planning. This research was supported by the Knowledge Center for Building and Systems TNO- TUE (KCBS). The Light & Health Research Foundation gave financial support for printing of this thesis. Human Lighting Demands Healthy Lighting in an Office Environment PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, op gezag van de Rector Magnificus, prof.dr.ir. C.J. van Duijn, voor een commissie aangewezen door het College voor Promoties in het openbaar te verdedigen op dinsdag 6 september 2005 om 16.00 uur door Maria Bernardina Cornelia Aries geboren te Zevenaar Dit proefschrift is goedgekeurd door de promotor: prof.dr.ir. S.H.A. Begemann Copromotor: dr. A.D. Tenner Human Lighting Demands M.B.C.Ariës Table of contents Summary............................................................................................................................ 7 Samenvatting ..................................................................................................................... 9 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 11 1.1 Human lighting demands..................................................................................11 1.1.1 Human photoreception ................................................................................11 1.1.2 Current recommendations ...........................................................................16 1.1.3 Concluding remarks ....................................................................................18 1.2 Problem statement ............................................................................................19 1.3 Research objectives ..........................................................................................19 1.4 Hypotheses........................................................................................................20 1.5 Outline ..............................................................................................................21 2 Experimental set-up for a field study .................................................................... 23 2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................23 2.2 Measuring equipment .......................................................................................23 2.2.1 Theory .........................................................................................................23 2.2.2 Retinal Exposure Detector...........................................................................25 2.2.3 Experimental set-up.....................................................................................26 2.2.4 Concluding remarks ....................................................................................28 2.3 Parameter study................................................................................................28 2.3.1 Test facilities ...............................................................................................29 2.3.2 Results and discussion.................................................................................31 2.3.3 Concluding remarks ....................................................................................38 2.4 Determination of contribution of light sources.................................................39 2.4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................39 2.4.2 Method ........................................................................................................39 2.4.3 Validation method .......................................................................................41 2.4.4 Concluding remarks ....................................................................................42 3 Actual lighting in the office environment (field study) ........................................ 43 3.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................43 3.2 Method ..............................................................................................................43 3.3 Results and discussion ......................................................................................45 3.3.1 General ........................................................................................................45 3.3.2 Architectural parameters .............................................................................46 3.3.3 Architecture and light parameters ...............................................................54 5 Human Lighting Demands M.B.C.Ariës 3.3.4 Individual parameters..................................................................................61 3.3.5 Individuals and light parameters .................................................................65 4 Evaluation of several healthy lighting conditions................................................. 67 4.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................67 4.2 Simulation of possible solutions .......................................................................68 4.2.1 Method ........................................................................................................68 4.2.2 Results .........................................................................................................70 4.2.3 Concluding remarks ....................................................................................72 4.3 Validation of visual acceptance in full scale test offices ..................................72 4.3.1 Experimental set-up.....................................................................................72 4.3.2 Method ........................................................................................................74 4.4 Results...............................................................................................................79 4.4.1 Light parameters..........................................................................................79 4.4.2 Visual satisfaction at the window position..................................................81 4.4.3 Visual satisfaction at the room position ......................................................86 4.4.4 Preferences ..................................................................................................90 4.4.5 Concluding remarks ....................................................................................90 5 Design elements for lighting concepts with ‘healthy lighting’...........................