Title
NLPIP Lighting Answers: Photovoltaic Lighting
Creators and Contributors
Description
Lighting Answers: Photovoltaic Lighting includes information and a process for selecting and specifying a photovoltaic (PV) lighting system for some outdoor lighting applications. This Lighting Answers also discusses issues to consider when deciding between PV power and utility-generated electric grid power for lighting, appropriate expectations for illumination levels from PV lighting, and the technological possibilities, related costs, and maintenance and integration issues associated with PV lighting.
Date Created
July 2006
Publisher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Type of Resource
DigitalDocument
Rights
Research relating to the Lighting Research Center is funded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and various sponsors. This digital document was provided to Rensselaer Libraries by the Lighting Research Center. Use of this digital version is prohibited without the expressed permission of the Lighting Research Center.
Identifier
- NLPIP Lighting Answers v9 i3b
Additional Information
- Photovoltaic power generation
- Exterior lighting