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Footcandles and Lux Página 1 de 6 Footcandles and Lux for Architectural Lighting (An introduction to Illuminance) (c) 1999, Bill Williams, Edition 2.1 1.) ILLUMINANCE - INTRODUCTION 2.) HOW MUCH LIGHT IS ENOUGH? 3.) ILLUMINANCE LEVELS 4.) I.E.S. RECOMMENDATIONS 5.) ALTERNATE TO IES METHOD 6.) WHEN TO BREAK THE RULES 7.) DEFINITIONS and CONVERSIONS 1.) ILLUMINANCE - INTRODUCTION One of the factors used when designing architectural lighting systems is ILLUMINANCE. ILLUMINANCE is a measure of the amount of light falling on a surface. It is defined as: the density of the luminous flux incident on a surface. It is the quotient of the luminous flux by the area of the (Ε =Ε = φ /φ / surface when the latter is uniformly illuminated. - Ε =Ε = dφ /φ / dA) One footcandle is the illuminance at a point on a surface which is one foot from, and perpendicular to, a uniform point source of one candela. One lux is the illuminance at the same point at a distance of 1 meter from the source. One lumen uniformly distributed over one square foot of surface provides an illumination of 1 footcandle. If you work in feet, your results will be in footcandles - (1 footcandle = 1 lumen/square ft.) If you work in meters, your results will be in lux - (1 lux = 1 lumen/square meter) Formerly the term ILLUMINATION, was used for illuminance. 2.) HOW MUCH LIGHT IS ENOUGH? In the interior modern workplace or home, illuminance levels commonly range