Class Info
- Date: Friday April 16th, 2021
- Meeting Info: Lighting/ Electricity. Online via Zoom. invite to be sent to your University email prior to the beginning of class.
To-Do Before Class
Watch “The Current War” on Amazon Prime
Topic
Lighting/ Electricity
History of Electricity in the USA.
Objectives
- Incandescent, Fluorescent and High Intensity Discharge light fixtures; their color rendition, life span and efficiencies
- Calculation of fixture requirement for desired illumination levels
- Prisms, louvers, baffles, and indirect, direct, and emergency lighting
- Types of currents: alternating and direct current
- Sources of direct current and use in buildings
- Current, voltage, resistance, frequency, and power; formulas showing relationships and units
To-Do After Class
work on your final class project
