Energy costs are projected to rise as much as 12 percent in 2008, and a facility's "carbon footprint" has become an issue of increasing importance. So, many schools and universities are taking a hard look at their energy consumption. Education facilities can save tens of thousands of dollars in yearly electric costs, and cut harmful emissions by…

This report attempts to clarify some of the myths and facts surrounding low pressure sodium lighting, which is recognized as a high intensity discharge light source. (Author/MLF)

Lighting systems in parks and recreation areas can expand opportunities for nighttime use of recreation facilities. (Editors)

How to avoid the problems of uneven light over a large background area.'' (Editor)

New lighting design and fixture standards improve classroom lighting through glare reduction. (RA)

Building energy-efficient school facilities is not just about being "green." It is about providing high-performance facilities that are safe, healthy, and conducive to learning. It is also about building facilities that are cost-effective from their inception and in the long term. Many school districts are working under ever-tightening…

The aim of this book is to enable everyone working with light in photography, cinematography, and television to build a methodical, rational foundation for techniques from which personal creativity can grow. Fundamentals about the nature of light are explored in a first chapter, and similarities and differences between the eye and the camera in…

Various lighting techniques for educational television production are discussed. Television lighting calls for many angles, quantities, and distributions of light which fall into the following categories--(1) high key light, (2) low key light, (3) key light, (4) base light, (5) fill light, (6) cross light, (7) back light, (8) side back light, (9)…

A discussion of the special lighting design and fixtures of the Ohio University Library. (RA)

Describes the construction of a new lighting system that uses a sulfur light source no bigger than a golf ball that emits enough light for an entire large room. Discusses the theory behind the system. (JRH)

Offers advice on lecture hall lighting, providing a list of "basics" and discussing presets, lighting sources, and control systems. (EV)

A student committee whose main duty is changing light bulbs may sound like the punch line to a bad joke, but as the students and faculty at Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Rockville, MD, know, changing a light bulb is no laughing matter. As part of the district's green initiative, all standard incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs…

In this Activity, students perform quantitative calorimetric measurements on samples of ice/water heated by incandescent light bulbs and with convection with room-temperature surroundings.

Presents some additional comments from the current author regarding his original article "Filling-in models of completion: Rejoinder to Kellman, Garrigan, Shipley, and Keane (2007) and Albert (2007)." Despite repeated assertions by Kellman et al., I have never claimed that luminance constraints block modal completion; rather, they merely weaken…