The effect of blinds on workplace illuminance

Abstract

The paper explores the effect of blinds on the workplace illuminance. The blinds are used to reduce solar load from the sunshine and decrease energy consumption for cooling in the overheated room. With blinds reducing inside illuminance the standards may not be fit and it is necessary add artificial lighting in this cases. It is important to correctly regulate daylight and eventually supplement it with artificial lighting to set the system for minimum energy consumption to meet all standard requirements. This paper presents the basic effect of the blinds on the internal illuminance of the workplace in the laboratory of lighting systems. This paper indicates that with increasing angles of blinds inside illuminance is decreasing. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017.