Product Description
Intended Audience: Lighting practitioners, building owners/managers, code officials, the 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: Quality lighting design distinguishes the designer, provides full value to the client, and supports the design intent. This document will introduce the reader to the principles and background involved in achieving this level of lighting for people and buildings. In addition, the essential process that a lighting practitioner follows in concert with members of the building team to document a design for construction.
Page count: 177 pages
Publisher: Illuminating Engineering Society (2025)
SKU: ANSI/IES LP-1-24
ISBN: 978-0-87995-486-4
Chapters:
- 1.0 Light + Quality
- 2.0 Light + Vision
- 3.0 Light + Visual Comfort
- 4.0 Light + Modeling
- 5.0 Light + Color
- 6.0 Light + Cost
- 7.0 Light + Maintenance
- 8.0 Light + Energy
- 9.0 Light + Energy
- 10.0 Light + Environment
- 11.0 Light + Control
- 12.0 Light + Architecture
- 13.0 Light + Distribution
- 14.0 Light + Daylight
- 15.0 Light + Safety
- 16.0 Light + Special Considerations
- 17.0 A New Project: Collecting Information
- 18.0 Brief Application Examples
- 19.0 Introduction
- 20.0 Project Team Responsibilities
- 21.0 The Phases of The Lighting Design Process
- 22.0 Construction Documentation
- 23.0 Quality Assurance
- Annex A – Definitions
- Annex B – Application of Luminaire Symbols on Lighting Design Drawings
- Annex C – Building Information Modeling
- Annex D – Flicker
- Annex E – Physiological & Behavioral Effects of Lighting In Interior Daytime Environments
Illuminating Engineering Society. ANSI/IES LP-1-24, Lighting Practice: Designing Quality Lighting for People and Buildings. New York: IES; 2025.