Energy Consumption and Luminescence Analysis of T8 Fluorescent Lamps, LED-M and LED-B Using DIALux 3D

Abstract

This work presents a comparison between T8 fluorescent lamps and LEDs within a laboratory environment for technological development. Two presentations of T8 LED lamps are used, with matte tubing or LED-M and bright LED-B. Voltage measurements and electrical installation currents determine efficiency when compared to lumens measured at different points in the laboratory area. The comparison of results with DIALux allows to analyze the results in 3D to determine both, the performance and the return in an eventual financial study, extrapolating the results to a case of real application in the Universidade do Contestado, Canoinhas campus, in Brazil.