Method and system for designing human-centric lighting

1 . A method for designing human-centric lighting (HCL) for illuminating a space, the method comprising:

providing use-related information to a floor plan of the space;

performing a search in a database of historical lighting solutions based on the floor plan to find a lighting solution matching the space;

extracting a layout method from the lighting solution matching the space;

performing a search in a lighting device database;

selecting a lighting device available for the space and layout from the lighting device database;

simulating an installation of the lighting device into the space based on the layout;

calculating lighting data;

performing a search in a lighting standard database;

checking whether the calculated lighting data meets an applicable lighting standard; and

generating an HCL lighting plan if a result of the checking shows a conformity of the calculated lighting data to the applicable lighting standard;

wherein the database of historical lighting solutions comprises historical HCL design solutions and empirical data.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the use-related information comprises information about a function designated to the space within the floor plan.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the use-related information includes target group-related information.

4 . A system configured to perform the method according to claim 1 .

5 . The system according to claim 4 , wherein the system comprises at least one of:

a server; and

an interface configured for receiving input from a user.

6 . A method for designing human-centric lighting (HCL) for illuminating a space, the method comprising:

providing use-related information to a floor plan of the space;

performing a search in a database of historical lighting solutions based on the floor plan to find a lighting solution matching the space;

extracting a layout method from the lighting solution matching the space;

performing a search in a lighting device database;

selecting a lighting device available for the space and layout from the lighting device database;

simulating an installation of the lighting device into the space based on the layout;

calculating lighting data;

performing a search in a lighting standard database;

checking whether the calculated lighting data meets an applicable lighting standard; and

generating an HCL lighting plan if a result of the checking shows a conformity of the calculated lighting data to the applicable lighting standard;

modifying one or more search criteria; and

repeating each of the following from the method until the calculated lighting data meets the applicable lighting standard:

performing the search in the lighting device database;

selecting the lighting device available for the space and layout from the lighting device database;

simulating the installation of the lighting device into the space based on the layout;

calculating the lighting data;

performing the search in the lighting standard database;

checking whether the calculated lighting data meets the applicable lighting standard; and

generating the HCL lighting plan if the result of the checking shows the conformity of the calculated lighting data to the applicable lighting standard.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the use-related information comprises information about a function designated to the space within the floor plan.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the use-related information includes target group-related information.

9 . A system configured to perform the method according to claim 6 .

10 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein the system comprises at least one of:

a server; and

an interface configured for receiving input from a user.

11 . A method for designing human-centric lighting (HCL) for illuminating a space, the method comprising:

providing use-related information to a floor plan of the space;

performing a search in a database of historical lighting solutions based on the floor plan to find a lighting solution matching the space;

extracting a layout method from the lighting solution matching the space;

performing a search in a lighting device database;

selecting a lighting device available for the space and layout from the lighting device database;

simulating an installation of the lighting device into the space based on the layout;

calculating lighting data;

performing a search in a lighting standard database;

checking whether the calculated lighting data meets an applicable lighting standard;

generating an HCL lighting plan if a result of the checking shows a conformity of the calculated lighting data to the applicable lighting standard; and

at least one of:

(a) providing at least one of dynamic change data and maintenance coefficient data and performing the search in the database of historical lighting solutions based, at least in part, on the at least one of the dynamic change data and the maintenance coefficient data;

(b) providing data about at least one of color rendering index (CRI), uniform glare rating (UGR), flicker, and dynamic requirement change and selecting the lighting device based, at least in part, on the data about the at least one of CRI, UGR, flicker, and dynamic requirement change; and

(c) providing melanopic daylight efficacy ratio (MDER) data and selecting the lighting device based, at least in part, on the MDER data.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the use-related information comprises information about a function designated to the space within the floor plan.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the use-related information includes target group-related information.

14 . A system configured to perform the method according to claim 11 .

15 . The system according to claim 14 , wherein the system comprises at least one of:

a server; and

an interface configured for receiving input from a user.