Exterior lighting design program
A desktop computer program used at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM simulates a user-defined lighting configuration. This program is an engineering tool developed to aid the designer in verifying a particular exterior lighting configuration defined by a site/system specification. Although primarily for perimeter security lighting systems, this program has potential use in any application where the light is approximated by a point source. A data base of luminaire photometric information is maintained for use with this program. The user defines the simulation configuration with a rectangular grid and specified luminaire positions. Illumination calculations for regularly spaced points in that area and for isocandela contour plots are performed. The numerical and graphical output for a particular site model are then available for analysis to verify the site specifications. The amount of time spent on point illumination computations with this program is much less than that required for tedious hand calculations. The ease with which various parameters can be interactively modified with the program also reduces the time and labor expended. This program has been used to aid designers in several lighting scenarios for both foreign and domestic projects. Good results have been obtained in the field from using the program simulations as a design aid.
- Research Organization:
- EG and G Energy Measurements, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (USA). Kirtland Operations; Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 5995182
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-85-7245C; CONF-8604122-1; ON: DE86006461
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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