This library lighting study focused on developing recommendations to improve energy sustainability and user comfort in the George C. Gordon Library. To assess the energy efficiency of the library's lighting systems, the team measured illuminance and found that half of the rooms in the Gordon Library are improperly lit. The team surveyed library users about illumination preferences and energy conservation habits. Technological updates to the existing lighting systems would reduce long term energy costs and increase lighting comfort levels.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Varrichione, Amanda Lee
• Jarvis, Edward Joseph

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Community
• Sustainability
• Energy
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-043015-121155

Keyword

• Energy conservation
• Sustainability
• Library buildings

Advisor

• LePage, Suzanne
• Looft, Fred J.

Year

• 2015

Center

• Sustaining WPI On-Campus Project Center - IQP

Date created

• 2015-04-30

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-13