SET Proceedings 2978-4387 Caravel Press 10.65582/set.2003.007 2003.007 Artificial lighting for green or sustainable buildings and their fire safety concerns ChowC.L. bewkchow@polyu.edu.hk ChowW.K. Department of Building Services Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China 24102003 2 1 978-1-995850-10-8 37 40 © 2003 Copyright WSSET 2003

In this paper, environmental aspects of artificial lighting including incandescent lamps and compact fluorescent lamps are reviewed. The impact on green or sustainable buildings is discussed from the energy use viewpoint. As there are complaints on the falling down of plastic components, and the long ignition time required for compact fluorescents, the fire environment is simulated with Computational Fluid Dynamics. Results indicated that combustibles placed adjacent to a lamp with the possibility of igniting should be watched carefully.

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