{"title":"Editorial: Towards smart spaces","authors":"P. Thorns","doi":"10.1177/14771535221142639","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"There is a trend towards smart buildings, smart cities and smart everything else. This is generally a good direction of travel, as there is the potential to save significant amounts of energy while at the same time creating better, more useful spaces for people. Using energy to light a space poorly is always a waste, no matter how low energy the lighting installation may be. Occupants will not enjoy the space and will not operate efficiently within it. Using the minimum energy required to correctly light a space is a more efficient use of energy, and smartness has the potential to facilitate this. However smartness comes with a caveat or two.","PeriodicalId":18133,"journal":{"name":"Lighting Research & Technology","volume":"61 1","pages":"3 - 4"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Lighting Research & Technology","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14771535221142639","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
There is a trend towards smart buildings, smart cities and smart everything else. This is generally a good direction of travel, as there is the potential to save significant amounts of energy while at the same time creating better, more useful spaces for people. Using energy to light a space poorly is always a waste, no matter how low energy the lighting installation may be. Occupants will not enjoy the space and will not operate efficiently within it. Using the minimum energy required to correctly light a space is a more efficient use of energy, and smartness has the potential to facilitate this. However smartness comes with a caveat or two.
期刊介绍:
Lighting Research & Technology (LR&T) publishes original peer-reviewed research on all aspects of light and lighting and is published in association with The Society of Light and Lighting. LR&T covers the human response to light, the science of light generation, light control and measurement plus lighting design for both interior and exterior environments, as well as daylighting, energy efficiency and sustainability