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Our standards library is unique in the lighting industry because of our attention to quality, topic breadth, and diversity of expertise. A full Lighting Library™ subscription includes access to all IES lighting standards. A subscription to one or more of our five collections (priced separately) within the Lighting Library is also available. These collections combined include over 100 ANSI-approved lighting standards, and are described below.
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COLLECTIONS: DESCRIPTION AND CONTENTS
Lighting Applications Standards Collection
How do I design a lighting system for a (fill in the blank)? This collection has detailed design criteria for commercial, residential, industrial, museum, healthcare and many other applications. Each standard also includes detailed recommended illuminance criteria, laid out in clear and concise tables, all designed to guide you to design a quality lighting installation.
ANSI/IES OL-IM-03
Includes access to The Interactive Illuminance Selector.
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Lighting Measurements and Testing Standards Collection
This collection establishes the testing and measurement standards for light sources, with the goal of providing a reliable and consistent system for calculating and measuring designed and installed illumination systems. Photometric, optical and electrical, color and color maintenance, life testing, and thermal testing are all included in this Collection.
ANSI/IES OL-IM-04
[Table]
Lighting Practice Standards Collection
The practice of lighting design and illuminating engineering are detailed in this collection, providing basic design principles for indoor and outdoor environments, descriptions light sources, luminaires, and control systems, lighting upgrades, lighting system commissioning, lighting economics, lighting maintenance and other aspects involved with the design, installation, and construction for lighting system.
ANSI/IES OL-IM-02
[Table]
Lighting Science Standards Collection
Every engineering discipline requires a solid scientific foundation. This collection of standards includes the language and physics of lighting, vision and visual performance, color science, color appearance and rendition, photometry, non-visual effects of lighting, photobiology, lighting calculations and more
ANSI/IES OL-IM-01
Free for IES members!
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Lighting Roadway and Parking Facilities Standards Collection
Roadway Lighting design and engineering is unique due to the visual needs at night and the vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-pedestrian interaction. This standard covers all aspects of roadway lighting including streets and roadways, parking lots, intersections, toll plazas, tunnels, and work zones in addition to the environmental issues of light trespass and sky glow.
ANSI/IES OL-IM-05
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HOW TO SUBSCRIBE
Subscriptions to the Lighting Library can be purchased by an individual, or as a Sustaining Member benefit.
Individual Lighting Library Subscription:
Lighting Library Subscription (all 5 collections): IES Member rate: $199 Non-member rate: $499 To purchase a Lighting Library subscription either to individual collections or to the library in full, visit our IES webstore.
*Individual subscriptions to standalone collections are also available.
Sustaining Member Access:
Provide Lighting Library access to multiple users within your organization, on a simultaneous basis, with an IES Sustaining Membership. Sustaining Members are able to collaborate within the Lighting Library, and share access to notes, attachments, reports, and projects across the team. IES Sustaining Memberships feature several other educational and promotional benefits. Discover all of the benefits, and determine which level of membership best fits your organization.
SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIPIf you have any questions or need additional information, please contact lightinglibrary@ies.org.
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