General Terms
- Lumen Output: (lm)
- The SI unit of luminous flux.
A quantity of light emitted by a source i.e.: a lamp
- Lumens per Watt: (lm/w)
- How many lumens are produced for one watt of power. The ratio of light emitted by a lamp to the power consumed by the lamp
- Illuminance: E Unit: (lux)
- The luminous flux at a point on a surface.
The physical measure of brightness
- CRI: Color Rendering Index
- The effect of a light source on the color appearance of objects
- CCT: Correlated Color Temp
- Color temperature is a simplified way to characterize the spectral properties of a light source. SI unit for color temperature is Kelvin (K).
- Lux: (lx)
- The unit of illuminance, equal to one lumen per square metre
- WP:
- Working Plane: The surface or level on which light is measured
- Maintenance Factor:
- The method of calculating light loss after installation
- RSMF:
- Room Surface Maintenance Factor Calculates the loss of light from reflective surfaces such as floors and walls
- LMF:
- Luminance Maintenance Factor Considers the loss of light from a luminaire after a given usage due to dirt disposition
- LLMF:
- Lamp Lumen Maintenance Factor The proportion of the initial light output of a lamp produced after a given time
Emergency Lighting
- Non Maintained:
- A luminaire incorporating one or more lamps which function from the emergency supply only upon a full mains failure
- Maintained:
- A luminaire incorporating one or more lamps which function from both mains and emergency supply
- Combined:
- A luminaire incorporating two or more lamps, one of which only functions from the emergency supply, the remainder from the mains
- Sustained:
- A luminaire containing two or more lamps, at least one of which is energized from the emergency supply and the remainder from the normal supply
- Self-Test:
- A Self–Test luminaire carries out regular dependable automatic testing of the battery, charger and lamp(s), if any faults there is visual/wireless fault identification.