ANSI/IES RP-6-20: Sports and Recreational Area Lighting
To master any sport, athletes hone their talents and abilities through diligent practice. Through experience, training, and muscle memory, players can gather the skills needed…
ASTM F1637-21: Standard Practice For Safe Walking Surfaces
Trips and falls can happen anywhere. In 2019, there were 244,000 workplace injuries from falls, slips, and trips, according to the National Safety Council. Uneven…
IEEE Guide, Interactions Between Power System Disturbances & Surge Protective Devices
Power system disturbances can wage severe adverse effects on electrical equipment. To help consumers navigate the darkness outside normal state operations, manufacturers produce surge protectors….
SAE J 578-2020: Vehicle Lighting Color Requirements
With car lights, function came first. Then came aesthetics. Over the years, this superficial interest grew into a major factor driving lighting design. In 2012,…
IES Standard File Format for Photometric Data, IES LM-63-19
In the sun’s absence, darkness flourishes throughout the earth. Of course, we have lighting (illumination) to provide visibility throughout the night and indoors. Key to…
ANSI | Health Care | Lighting
ANSI/IES RP-29-22: Lighting Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities
Workplace lighting is a very nuanced subject, especially when the psychological and physiological effects that poor lighting can have on people are taken into account….
IES G-1-16: Guideline on Security Lighting for People, Property, and Public Spaces
***Update: This standard has been revised. IES G-1-22: Guide For Security Lighting For People, Property, And Critical Infrastructure is available on the ANSI Webstore. You…
IEC 62922 Ed. 1.0 b:2016, OLED Performance Requirements
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) functions by a series of thin, light-emitting films composed of hydrocarbon chains, which allow it to produce a notably…
Street Light Standards
Ever since the early days of natural gas escaping volcano leaks through bamboo pipes to serve as street lamps for ancient Peking in 500 BCE…