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  2. Daylighting (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Skylights are light transmitting fenestration (products filling openings in a building envelope which also includes windows, doors, etc. [according to whom?]) forming all, or a portion of, the roof of a building space. Skylights are widely used in daylighting design in residential and commercial buildings, mainly because they are the most ...

  3. Architectural lighting design - Wikipedia

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    The history of electric light is well documented, [11] and with the developments in lighting technology the profession of lighting developed alongside it. The development of high-efficiency, low-cost fluorescent lamps led to a reliance on electric light and a uniform blanket approach to lighting, but the energy crisis of the 1970s required more design consideration and reinvigorated the use of ...

  4. Are the Cracks in Your Walls a Sign of a Serious Problem? - AOL

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    Settlement cracks usually show up as vertical lines or hairline cracks (small cracks that are under 1/10 of an inch or 2.5 millimeters wide), especially around weak spots like doors, windows, and ...

  5. Daylight harvesting - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] In an open-loop system, the photosensor detects the amount of available daylight only, and can be positioned on the building's exterior wall or roof, or inside the building facing the window or skylight. In a closed-loop system, the photosensor detects the total photometric amount of light, from both daylight and electric sources in the ...

  6. Lighting - Wikipedia

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    An important property of light fixtures is the luminous efficacy or wall-plug efficiency, meaning the amount of usable light emanating from the fixture per used energy, usually measured in lumen per watt. A fixture using replaceable light sources can also have its efficiency quoted as the percentage of light passed from the "bulb" to the ...

  7. Brownout (electricity) - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, a significant reduction of heat output will occur with a relatively small reduction in voltage. An incandescent lamp will dim due to lower heat creation in the filament, as well as lower conversion of heat to light. Generally speaking, no damage will occur but functionality will be impaired.

  8. Dimmer - Wikipedia

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    A common dual dimmer module used in stage lighting A dimmer. A dimmer is a device connected to a light fixture and used to lower the brightness of the light.By changing the voltage waveform applied to the lamp, it is possible to lower the intensity of the light output.

  9. Rainbows are appearing on walls in historic Outer Banks ... - AOL

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