About the Lighting Technology Laboratory

The Lighting Technology Laboratory offers students of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication Technologies a specialised environment for practical training in lighting, photometry, colorimetry, spectrophotometry and spectroradiometry.

The laboratory is part of the Department of Electrical Power Engineering at Brno University of Technology. Its equipment combines classical measuring instruments used for demonstration purposes with modern digital devices for accurate light measurement. This makes it possible to explain both the physical principles of light measurement and the workflow used in current lighting practice.

What the laboratory offers

Students work with measurements of illuminance, luminous intensity, luminous flux, spectral properties of light sources, material reflectance and transmittance, display luminance and colour parameters, and electrical characteristics of luminaires and sources. Many assignments require not only instrument operation, but also correct selection of measurement geometry, calibration conditions, data evaluation and interpretation of uncertainty.

Typical laboratory work includes luxmeter measurements, photometric comparison methods, integrating-sphere measurements, spectroradiometric evaluation of light sources, colour measurements of displays and materials, and operating measurements of luminaires and control gear.

Laboratory equipment

The laboratory includes integrating spheres, photometric benches, luminance meters, spectroradiometers, colour analyzers, luxmeters and other instruments used in lighting practice and research. Several older instruments remain available for demonstration, because they show measurement principles very clearly, while newer computer-controlled instruments provide precise digital data for advanced processing.

Photographs of selected instruments and workplaces are available in the photo gallery, and the equipment overview provides links to individual instruments used in laboratory teaching.