Toward commercial production of head vegetables in plant factories with artificial lighting

Authors describe performance of Tospovirus-resistant tomato varieties under commercial production settings in Dade County, FL. Virus resistance has become important for this area since the emergence of two new tomato-infecting tospoviruses. Knowledge of availability and performance of resistant varieties will help growers who are looking for alternative varieties.

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Why it is Necessary to Revise the Standards of Exhibition Lighting

Light & Engineering ◽

10.33383/2018-145 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 5-10

Author(s):

Alexei V. Bogdanov ◽

Vladimir A. Smirnov

Keyword(s):

Modern World ◽

Museum Visitors ◽

Artificial Lighting ◽

Works Of Art

In the modern world, one of the main functions of museums is to organize the preservation of pieces of art and arrange their presentation to museum visitors. Since the modern exhibition is based on the artificial lighting, it is necessary to properly arrange this lighting; otherwise, it can negatively affect the safety of museum pieces. The article sets out the views on the criteria of professional lighting of works of art, as it is always a compromise between the custodians and the lighting engineers. The authors also attempt to disclose the processes of organizing museum lighting and give a generalized description of the standards and rules, which serve as a basis to realize this lighting. The main reasons for the need to rethink these standards and rules (and even to revise them), in connection with the emergence of new LED sources, have been outlined.

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Interrelation of Architectural Concepts and Principles of Artificial Lighting in the Moscow Concert Hall Zaryadye

Light & Engineering ◽

10.33383/2018-117 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 4-13

Author(s):

Maria M. Ilyevskaya

Keyword(s):

Concert Hall ◽

Distinctive Features ◽

Artificial Lighting ◽

Building Type ◽

Concert Halls ◽

Architectural Language ◽

The Creation ◽

Architectural Planning ◽

The Individual ◽

Formal Features

The article is focused on the analysis of the Zaryadye Concert Hall building in Moscow in terms of the significance of artificial lighting for the creation of the imagery and perception of this facility within the typology of entertainment music-oriented buildings. Through the example of modern places of entertainment, the author reveals a number of formal features (typological attributes), which, being common to buildings of this function, constitute the basis of their image and become obvious due to the realized lighting concept. The interpretation of these attributes in the interaction of architectural planning and lighting concepts in the Zaryadye Concert Hall is traced. In conclusion, the distinctive features of the building under consideration are determined. At the same time, they reflect a new understanding of concert halls as a building type, the changes related to the overall development of architecture, as well as the elements of the individual architectural language.

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Review of the Current State and Future Development in Standardising Artificial Lighting

Light & Engineering ◽

10.33383/2019-011 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 4-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Peter Thorns

Keyword(s):

Internet Of Things ◽

Future Development ◽

Best Practice ◽

The Internet ◽

Artificial Lighting ◽

Current State ◽

Internal Structures ◽

European Regulations ◽

The Internet Of Things

This paper discusses the organisations involved in the development of application standards, European regulations and best practice guides, their scope of work and internal structures. It considers their respective visions for the requirements for future standardisation work and considers in more detail those areas where these overlap, namely human centric or integrative lighting, connectivity and the Internet of Things, inclusivity and sustainability.

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Lighting of Engineering Structures and Industrial Facilities New Aspects of the Topic

Light & Engineering ◽

10.33383/2017-071 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 29-36

Author(s):

Nikolai I. Shepetkov ◽

George N. Cherkasov ◽

Vladimir A. Novikov

Keyword(s):

Fundamental Problem ◽

Lighting Design ◽

Aesthetic Value ◽

Engineering Structures ◽

Industrial Facilities ◽

Artificial Lighting ◽

Industrial Structures ◽

Design Solutions ◽

Architectural Lighting ◽

The Aesthetic

This paper considers the fundamental problem of artificial lighting in various types and scales of industrial facilities, focusing on exterior lighting design solutions. There is a lack of interest from investors, customers and society in highquality lighting design for industrial facilities in Russia, which in many cities are very imaginative structures, practically unused in the evening. Architectural lighting of various types of installations is illustrated with photographs. The purpose of the article is to draw attention to the aesthetic value of industrial structures, provided not only by the architectural, but also by a welldesigned lighting solution.

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Review of the Current State and Future Development in Standardizing Natural Lighting in Interiors

Light & Engineering ◽

10.33383/2018-080 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 5-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Stanislav Darula

Keyword(s):

Human Life ◽

Natural Light ◽

Artificial Lighting ◽

Computer Tools ◽

Natural Lighting ◽

Current State ◽

Minimum Requirements ◽

Life On Earth ◽

Window Design

Three elements mainly wind, water and sun seemed to determine in ancient ages the basic phenomena of life on Earth. Architectural history documented the importance of sun influence on urban and building construction already in layouts of Mesopotamian and Greek houses. Not only sun radiation but especially daylight played a significant role in the creation of indoor environment. Later, in the 20th century, a search of interaction between human life in buildings and natural conditions were studied considering wellbeing and energy conscious design recently using computer tools in complex research and more detail interdisciplinary solutions. At the same time the restricted daytime availability of natural light was supplemented by more efficient and continually cheaper artificial lighting of interiors. There are two main approaches to standardize the design and evaluation of indoor visual environment. The first is based on the determination of the minimum requirements respecting human health and visibility needs in all activities while the second emphasizes the behaviour and comfort of occupants in buildings considering yeararound natural changes of physical quantities like light, temperature, noise and energy consumption. The new current standardization basis for daylight evaluation and window design criteria stimulate the study of methodology principles that historically were based on the overcast type of sky luminance pattern avoiding yearly availability of sky illuminance levels. New trends to base the daylight standardization on yearly or longterm availability of daylight are using the averages or median sky illuminance levels to characterise local climatological conditions. This paper offers the review and discussion about the principles of the natural light standardization with a short introduction to the history and current state, with a trial to focus on the possible development of lighting engineering and its standards in future.

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Effect of planting time on the performance of broccoli under Mizoram conditions

Science Vision ◽

10.33493/scivis.17.01.03 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 15-18

Author(s):

Donnie Lalfakzuala Kawlni ◽

Chhungpuii Khawlhring

Keyword(s):

Commercial Production ◽

Plant Performance ◽

Average Weight ◽

Plant Spacing ◽

Vegetable Crop ◽

Marketable Yield ◽

Sowing Time ◽

Planting Time ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Cultural Requirements

Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica), a popular vegetable crop, has one of the most exacting climatic and cultural requirements, which limit its commercial production to a few favored locations. A field experiment was conducted at Mizoram University, Tanhril, Mizoram during winter of 2013/2014 to find out the effect of time of sowing on plant performance and yield of broccoli. Six sowing time was done viz. 17 October (T1), 24 October (T2), 31 October (T3), 7 November (T4), 14 November (T5) and 21 November (T6) with plant spacing of 45cm x 45cm. Yield and yield contributing characters were significantly influenced by the planting time. Highest average weight of marketable curd per plant (199.20 g) was obtained from T2, whereas lowest average weight obtained from T6 (75 g). The influence of planting time also showed significant difference on the calculated yield (tonnes per hectare) of broccoli, in which T2 showed highest marketable yield of 9.83 t/ha.

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Lighting of Office Buildings New Approach to Natural and Artificial Lighting

10.15396/eres1997_110 ◽

1997 ◽

Keyword(s):

Office Buildings ◽

New Approach ◽

Artificial Lighting

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LIGHTING AND PERFORMANCE: AN ANALYSIS ON LIGHTING EFFICIENCY OF ARCHITECTURE STUDIO

Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment ◽

10.24191/myse.v1i1.5563 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 92

Author(s):

Fazidah Hanim Husain

Keyword(s):

Learning Environment ◽

Comfort Level ◽

Artificial Lighting ◽

Level Measurement ◽

Acceptable Range ◽

Creative Learning ◽

Illuminance Level ◽

And Performance ◽

Effect Of Light

Lighting is one of the key elements in any space and building infrastructure. Good design for an area in the building requires sufficient light that contributes to the efficiency of the activities. The correct method allows natural light to transmit, reduce heat and glare in providing a conducive learning environment. Light plays a significant influence to the quality of space and contributes focus of the students in an architecture studio. Previous research has shown that the effect of light also controlled emotions, behavior, and mood of the students. The operations of artificial lighting that have been used most of the time in an architecture studio during day and night may create lavishness and inadequacy at the same time. Therefore, this paper focuses on the identifying the quality of light for the architecture studio in UiTM (Perak), to instill a creative learning environment. Several methodologies adopted in this study such as illuminance level measurement using lux meter (LM-8100), and a questionnaire survey in gauging the lighting comfort level from students’ perspective. The study revealed that the illuminance level in the architecture studio is insufficient and not in the acceptable range stated in the Malaysian: Standards 1525:2007 and not evenly distributed. The study also concluded that the current studio environment is not condusive and appears monotonous.

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