Practical features of illumination with high pressure sodium lamps

Conference · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Energy Technol. (Wash., D.C.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5365845

Corth, R

A number of concerns raised about the health effects of high pressure sodium lamps (HPS) are discussed. The notion of a ''natural'' human photic environment based on sunlight is disputed. Humans are better adapted to the ''greenish'' spectral composition of forest light than to direct sunlight. It is ironic that the artificial light source which has received the most disapproval, cool white flourescent lamp, has a spectral composition similar to that of forest light. HPS is also available in a full range of colors. Some successful examples of HPS--from North Division High School, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to museum exhibits at National Geographic in Washington--are listed.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Bloomfield, New Jersey
• OSTI ID: 5365845
• Report Number(s): CONF-830213-
• Journal Information: Energy Technol. (Wash., D.C.); (United States), Vol. 10; Conference: 10. energy technology conference, Washington, DC, USA, 28 Feb 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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LIGHTING SYSTEMS
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ILLUMINANCE
VISIBLE SPECTRA
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FLUORESCENT LAMPS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HIGH PRESSURE
SODIUM
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ELECTRON TUBES
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