A modified CIE mesopic table and the effectiveness of white light sources

Since practical application of the recently developed CIE mesopic system assumes the development of new measurement devices, recommendations and software for road lighting design, this paper presents a corrected photopic luminance table, which enables lighting designers to use the existing design procedures and measurement methods until all of these tasks are accomplished. It is also shown that there are numerous reasons for the practical application of the CIE mesopic system, although only photopic vision is involved in on-axis object recognition. Using the corrected photopic luminance table, an analysis is conducted regarding the potential electricity and cost savings when applying white light sources, which are more visually effective in the mesopic range.

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