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Design and specification

How to write a lighting spec, choose a spectrum, use daylight, and design for Australian climates.

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A good lighting specification is a maintenance document that happens to mention aesthetics. It names the task, the standard, the dirt, the control protocol and who pays when a driver fails in year four.

This hub holds how to write a commercial lighting specification, colour temperature, CRI and TM-30, daylight in Australian buildings, and tropical, arid and temperate design.

If you are commissioning rather than designing, start at audits and the write for us page if you have a spec clause that failed in the field.

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