Site Lighting: Optical Systems Design and Application Guide for Site and Roadways

Selecting the right type of site lighting enhances building design, efficiency, and safety
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VII. APPLICATION IN DESIGN

Distribution Pattern Uses
Ideally, all light energy produced would be focused into desired lighted zones with no wasted energy being directed elsewhere. This would require an infinite array of distributions, and the ability to tune them to every site condition. While this is not realistic, the combination of careful luminaire selection, mounting height, and luminaire placement can produce very efficient designs, using just four basic distribution patterns, as shown in Figure 9. For each of the basic distributions, variations such as range and the characteristics of horizontal vs. vertical lamp optics produce additional choices. Further fine tuning can be attained with house-side shields and reflector orientation.

For the past 70 years, Kim Lighting has produced innovative, architecturally relevant, performance oriented lighting products designed for the outdoor environment. Kim combines high performance optical systems, the highest quality materials, the latest manufacturing technologies and practices to complement the architecture in a variety of applications. Kim Lighting is the recognized industry leader in outdoor lighting products that include roadway, area, site, pedestrian area, pathway landscape, building mounted, and parking garage lighting applications.

 

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Originally published in Architectural Record.
Originally published in December 2005

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