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Document ID (ISN)33930
CIS number 80-1283
Year 1980
Convention or series no.
Title Good lighting at the workplace
Original title Bra belysning på jobbet [in Swedish]
Bibliographic information Arbetarskyddssfonden, Sveavägen 166, 113 46 Stockholm, Sweden, 1980. 91p. Illus.
Abstract Contents: basic principles (light, lamps and luminaires; physiology of sight; measurement and monitoring of lighting); problems and their solution (glare, rapid transition from light to dark, poor luminance, change of visual distance, perception of details, deficient contrast, poorly illuminated premises, daylight and windows, workplace lighting, lighting and colour, accident hazards); lighting planning and maintenance (examples from practice with annotated checklists: radial drill, film editing and retouching, telephonist, contact testing machine; choice and maintenance of lamps and luminaires). Special brochures are available for metalworking shops (36p.), foundries (28p.), printers (24p.) and restaurants (16p.).
Descriptors (primary) visual tasks; artificial lighting; natural lighting
Descriptors (secondary) contrast; reflection; electric lighting equipment; windows; lighting and colour; glare; physiology of vision; preventive maintenance; light measurement; check lists; illumination design
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Lighting, colour and vision
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Lighting and colour