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  2. Orders of magnitude (illuminance) - Wikipedia

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    1 lux < 1 lux: Extreme of darkest storm clouds, sunset or sunrise 10 1: 1 decalux: 40 lux: Fully overcast, sunset or sunrise 10 2: 1 hectolux < 200 lux: Extreme of darkest storm clouds, midday 400 lux: Sunrise or sunset on a clear day (ambient illumination) 10 4: 10 kilolux: 10–25 kilolux: Typical overcast day, midday 20 kilolux

  3. Illuminance - Wikipedia

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    In SI units illuminance is measured in lux (lx), or equivalently in lumens per square metre (lm·m −2). [2] Luminous exitance is measured in lm·m −2 only, not lux. [4] In the CGS system, the unit of illuminance is the phot, which is equal to 10 000 lux. The foot-candle is a non-metric unit of illuminance that is used in photography. [5]

  4. Light effects on circadian rhythm - Wikipedia

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    Breakrooms require an average melanopic lux of 250. [27] Learning areas require either that light models which may incorporate daylighting have an equivalent melanopic lux of 125 for at least 75% of desks for at least four hours per day or that ambient lights maintain the standard lux recommendations set forth by Table 3 of the IES-ANSI RP-3-13 ...

  5. Lux - Wikipedia

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    The lux (symbol: lx) is the unit of illuminance, or luminous flux per unit area, in the International System of Units (SI). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is equal to one lumen per square metre. In photometry , this is used as a measure of the irradiance , as perceived by the spectrally unequally responding human eye, of light that hits or passes through a ...

  6. Daylight factor - Wikipedia

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    The design day for daylight factor calculations is based on the standard CIE overcast Sky for 21 September at 12:00pm, and where the Ground Ambient light level is 11921 Lux. CIE being the Commission Internationale de l´Eclairage, or International Commission on Illumination.

  7. Surgical lighting - Wikipedia

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    The distance between the center and this point is defined as L1. The similarly measured distance in the direction away from the light is L2. The depth of illumination without needing to refocus is the sum of the two distances L1 and L2. In the second edition of the IEC standard, published in 2009, the threshold value was revised from 20% to 60% ...

  8. Luminous efficiency function - Wikipedia

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    There are two luminous efficiency functions in common use. For everyday light levels, the photopic luminosity function best approximates the response of the human eye. For low light levels, the response of the human eye changes, and the scotopic curve applies. The photopic curve is the CIE standard curve used in the CIE 1931 color space.

  9. Luminous efficacy - Wikipedia

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    Luminous efficacy can be normalized by the maximum possible luminous efficacy to a dimensionless quantity called luminous efficiency.The distinction between efficacy and efficiency is not always carefully maintained in published sources, so it is not uncommon to see "efficiencies" expressed in lumens per watt, or "efficacies" expressed as a percentage.