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Lighting Energy Need and Sustainability

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Affordable and Clean Energy

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Illumination; Luminescence; Luminosity; Radiance

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Lighting energy need in general terms can be defined as the integral of the instant lighting loads throughout a given period (e.g., a year, kWh). The amount of light needed within a given space and time to provide a certain level of visual comfort and/or productivity is referred to as the lighting load. Lighting involves both the state of “being illuminated” and a “process of illuminating” a place using an illuminant such as charcoal burners, light bulbs, kerosene lanterns, daylighting, etc. Light forms part of the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum whose wavelength and frequency distinguish it from other forms of radiant energy such as radio and infrared waves (DiLouie 2011; Lenk and Lenk 2017). The human eye as a physiological sensor can detect and respond to the presence of light, thus, enabling us to interpret the happenings in our surroundings. Light can be produced in different ways – naturally or...

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  1. School of Engineering, University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Sunyani, Ghana

    Felix Amankwah Diawuo

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Diawuo, F.A. (2020). Lighting Energy Need and Sustainability. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71057-0_45-1

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