Product Description

Intended Audience: Lighting practitioners, electrical engineers, civic planners, civil engineers, architects, community based planning groups, general public.
Intended Interest Categories: Specifier (US), Affected (UA), Public Interest (UP), Academic, Research (GAR), Government, Regulatory (GGR), General SME (GSME), Organizational (OM) Test Equip User (TEU), Test Equip Manf (TEM).
Description: Light source selection for those involved in the design of the luminous environment, including architects, interior designers, engineers, lighting designers, owners, sustainability consultants, energy engineers, landscape architects, lighting product representatives, lighting manufacturers, contractors, and distributors.
Page count: 98 pages
Publisher: Illuminating Engineering Society (2026)
SKU: ANSI/IES LP-4-20(R2026)
ISBN: 978-0-87995-523-6
Previous edition: LP-4-20
Chapters:
- 1.0 Introduction and Scope
- 2.0 Solid State Lighting
- 3.0 Fluorescent
- 4.0 Induction Fluorescent
- 5.0 Cold Cathode
- 6.0 Metal Halide (MH)
- 7.0 High Pressure Sodium (HPS)
- 8.0 Plasma
- 9.0 Filament
- 10.0 Low Pressure Sodium (LPS)
- 11.0 Miscellaneous
- Annex A – Light Source Comparison Tables
Citation Format:
Illuminating Engineering Society. ANSI/IES LP-4-20(R2026), Lighting Practice: Electric Light Sources – Properties, Selection, and Specification. New York: IES; 2026.


