High quality artificial lighting of public places is one of the necessary functions of sustainable cities. It is much more than just providing sufficient light intensity with reduced energy consumption and low environmental impact. The solution to th...
With the development of a sustainable lifestyle, people are paying more and more attention to the comfort of their own living environment, including public space lighting, which is immediately accessible to residents. The demand on its quality and co...
Saudi Arabian urban roads and highways have witnessed a large number of traffic crashes. Road lighting is one of the most important factors influencing drivers’ safety during the nighttime. Street-lighting design (e.g., spacing and height), vis...
This paper focuses on evaluating lighting conditions in a university classroom used for day and evening classes. The evaluation was made with regard to the legislation requirements for evening classes and adult education. The practical part of this p...
To address the increased use of lighting energy in the building sector, research on the use of light shelves has been increasing. Previous studies have focused on applying operating techniques to improve daylighting performance, which reduces the eco...
Big lighting data are required for evaluation of lighting performance and impacts on human beings, environment, and ecology for smart urban lighting. However, traditional approaches of measuring road lighting cannot achieve this aim. We propose a rul...
Lighting is an essential element for modern life, promoting a sense of wellbeing for users. However, bad illumination may produce health problems such as headaches and fatigue, among other vision problems. For that reason, this paper proposes the dev...
A light shelf is a type of natural daylight system that brings natural light from the outside into an indoor space through a reflector and a ceiling surface. The introduction of light shelves has led to studies evaluating their efficiency. However, p...
The consumption of lighting energy in buildings continues to rise, and many studies are being conducted to address this problem. As part of such initiatives, research is being performed on light shelves, which are natural lighting systems. However, m...
Light penetration depth, as a characteristic parameter reflecting light attenuation and transmission in biological tissues, has been applied in nondestructive detection of fruits and vegetables. Recently, with emergence of new optical detection techn...
Light small-sized, multi-rotor UAVs, with their notable advantages of portability, intelligence, and low cost, occupy a significant share in the civilian UAV market. To further reduce the full lifecycle cost of products, shorten development cycles, a...
In recent years, diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and retinal pigment degeneration caused by excessive exposure to short-wavelength visible light have become significant concerns. With the aim of quantitatively evaluating the toxicit...
Population control of small sucking insects has been challenging, and alternative control methods are constantly being sought. Visual traps have long been used to monitor and control pests. Colored sticky cards are widely used for diurnal pests, but...
Ambient light is inherent in the store environment, making research on the interaction effects between light and other atmospheric cues crucial to understanding how the store environment can affect consumers. This study extends existing research on m...
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In recent years, the need for comfortable visual environments in indoor spaces has increased energy use in buildings. There have been diverse studies on using a light shelf to solve this problem. It is an effective system that allows external natural...
The hollow slab bridge is a widely used bridge type for urban bridges. The slabs are prefabricated in a factory and are assembled on site, and then the hinge joints are poured on site. Shallow hinge joints have been used in most existing hollow slab...
In this article, a calculation model for a fuel system of a light helicopter was developed for experimental and operational testing. The model analyzes the operation of not only the units, but also the whole fuel system, offering the basis for functi...
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Red-light violations of pedestrians crossing at signal intersections is one of the key factors in pedestrian traffic accidents. Even though there are various studies on pedestrian behavior and pedestrian traffic conflicts, few focus on the risk of di...
Noise and blurring in light microscope images are representative factors that affect accurate identification of cellular and subcellular structures in biological research. In this study, a method for l1-norm-based blind deconvolution after noise redu...
In the integration of structured light systems (SLSs) into automotive manufacturing pipelines, achieving reliable 3D reconstruction under industrial conditions remains a critical challenge. Factors such as environmental variability, surface reflectiv...
This study examines energy savings and efficient use through the application of smart adaptive lighting within the framework of “smart energy”, “smart city”, and “smart village”. Adaptive street lighting systems ha...
This work has the objective of developing a methodology for the evaluation of indoor natural lighting systems, which, with speed and practicality, provides from real conditions of use a reliable result about the quality and performance of the propose...
Recycling waste rubber is essential for promoting circular economy practices, reducing environmental pollution, and conserving resources. This study examines the performance of crumb rubber-modified asphalt mixtures incorporating two light oils (arom...
Poverty alleviation is one of the most important tasks facing human social development. It is necessary to make accurate monitoring and evaluations for areas with poverty to improve capability of implementing poverty alleviation policies. Here, this...
The energy performance of buildings has been extensively studied at the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil in order to achieve energy conservation and reduce environmental impacts. Artificial lighting is one of the systems that consume t...
Light-emitting diode (LED) road lighting has been widely implemented in recent years, but few studies have evaluated its performance after installation. This study investigated whether LED road lighting complies with minimum regulations in terms of t...
Daylighting plays a pivotal role in mosques, shaping their sacred atmosphere and enhancing the spiritual experience for worshippers. Beyond a mere architectural consideration, the integration of natural light into mosque design fundamentally influenc...
This paper mainly studies the effect of artificial lighting environmental factors on the psychological emotions of observers in the large and practical space of the museums. The purpose is to reveal the relationship between the observers’ respo...
In plant factories, light is fully controllable for crop production but involves a cost. For efficient lighting, light use efficiency (LUE) should be considered as part of light environment design. The objectives of this study were to evaluate and in...
This study aims to assess the energy efficiency of LED luminaires used in public road lighting by comparing manufacturer-declared photometric and electrical parameters with laboratory simulation results. The research also evaluates the performance of...
Validation of the EBD-SIM (evidence-based design-simulation) framework, a conceptual framework developed to integrate the use of lighting simulation in the EBD process, suggested that EBD’s post-occupancy evaluation (POE) should be conducted more fre...
Sustainability is the most critical point in micro-scale indoor crop systems. It can be improved through the optimization of all of the production factors, such as water, nutrients, and energy. The use of light-emitting diodes (LED) allows the fine r...
Accurate delineation of urban built-up areas is critical for urban monitoring and planning. We evaluated the performance and consistency of three widely used methods—thresholding, multi-temporal image fusion, and support vector machine (SVM)&md...
The recirculating flow hydroponic cultivation unit (RFC) used in plant factories with artificial lighting requires nutrient solution replacement to prevent growth inhibition caused by nutrient imbalances and allelochemical accumulation. Although sust...
University classrooms, core to higher education, have indoor light environments that directly affect students’ learning efficiency, visual health, and psychological states. This study integrates parametric optical simulation and virtual reality...
The B building sector contributes to 40% of the carbon emissions in the atmosphere. Several studies show that high-performance MAN (Madrasah Aliyah Negeri) buildings contribute to reducing carbon emissions. This study discusses the evaluation of natu...
Due to the dynamic nature of load changes, arc devices are receivers that generate disturbances to the network that affect the power quality. The main disturbance generated by these receivers are voltage fluctuations. One of the effects of voltage fl...
In modern society, humans spend most of their time in the indoor environment (home, work, school...). This indoor lifestyle constantly poses challenges to our physical and mental health by affecting our hormone levels and circadian rhythm. This artic...
Energy-intelligent building control is widely advocated as a key strategy for reducing building energy use and associated carbon emissions. However, empirical evidence from real buildings remains relatively scarce and is often affected by methodologi...
The use of lighting simulation tools has been growing over the past years which has improved lighting analysis. While computer simulations have proven to be a viable tool for analyzing lighting in physical environments, they have difficulty in assess...
Applications of adaptive and intelligent lighting technologies such as presence sensitive lighting, potentially offer solutions for reducing the energy consumption of road lighting while maintaining user comfort and safety. However, little is known a...
This study evaluates the feasibility and benefits of adopting the IEC 62034:2012 standard for Automatic Testing Systems (ATS) for emergency and escape lighting on the BorWin5 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore converter platform. The system...
This study assessed whether methods for capturing the pedestrian experience of outdoor lighting, previously evaluated in a full-scale laboratory, were applicable in a real-world setting. It applied an approach capturing the human response to outdoor...
To promote sustainable development in urban environments, minimising the reflected light pollution from glass curtain walls is critical. This study investigates numerical evaluation methods for assessing the impact of curtain wall-reflected light on...
Laying hens require lighting for proper development and reproduction. There is limited research on the effects that lighting types have on birds’ welfare quality. A novel lighting source, Pulsed Alternating Wavelength System (PAWS), is being ev...
Monitoring global greenhouse gas concentration information via satellite remote sensing has become a critical area of research to support the further understanding of global carbon emissions. The Greenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer-2 (GAS-2) is...
The growing demand for sustainable urban infrastructure requires reliable and energy-efficient lighting solutions, particularly for urban parks characterized by dynamic energy consumption patterns. This study proposes an integrated analytical framewo...
Daylight utilization significantly contributes to energy savings in office buildings. However, daylight integration requires careful design so as to include variations in daylight availability and maintain a balance between factors such as lighting q...
Many gesture recognition systems with innovative interfaces have emerged for smart home control. However, these systems tend to be energy-intensive, bulky, and expensive. There is also a lack of real-time demonstrations of gesture recognition and sub...
The ultraviolet (UV) rays emitted from sunlight greatly influence human health. Excessive exposure to UV rays can be harmful to eyes and skin; however, limited UVB exposure is essential for the synthesis of vitamin D. Nowadays, owing to insufficient...
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