1. Light sources

3. Fluorescent

4. High intensity discharge (HID)

5. Low pressure sodium

6. Induction lamps

7. Light emitting diode (LED)

8. Luminaires

[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

• Out of the Dark: The History of Lighting (2:16) https://youtu.be/85wz-jVfa1U
  
• Evolution of Light Bulbs, inventions - 2020 | History of Lighting, Documentary video (7:36) https://youtu.be/uszG5FD1_Uw
  
• Illuminating History: The Evolution of Lighting from Torches to LEDs (11:59) https://youtu.be/PTgxuqMToKU
• What is HID? (4:06) https://youtu.be/3oHwO-Xu8w4
  
• LEDs and OLEDs - How it Works, Inventors (7:18) https://youtu.be/8quZrUcRFlw
• History of LED Lights - How do they Work? (8:54) https://youtu.be/yIx_g2mztcY
• Learn the basics of a lighting Luminaire (5:25) https://youtu.be/sqsP7xY2AyE
  

• The Electric Light (Edison Tech Center) http://www.edisontechcenter.org/Lighting.html
  
• Incandescent Lamps http://www.edisontechcenter.org/incandescent.html
  
• The Fluorescent Lamp http://www.edisontechcenter.org/Fluorescent.html
  
• Mercury Vapor Lamps http://www.edisontechcenter.org/MercuryVaporLamps.html
  
• Metal Halide Lamps http://www.edisontechcenter.org/metalhalide.html
  
• Sodium Lamp http://www.edisontechcenter.org/SodiumLamps.html
  
• LEDs and OLEDs http://www.edisontechcenter.org/LED.html
  
• Lamp types, lamp data and control gear http://ibse.hk/IBTM5680/Lamps.pdf

• De Almeida A., Santos B., Paolo B. & Quicheron M., 2014. Solid state lighting review – Potential and challenges in Europe, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 34: 30-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.02.029
• Kitsinelis S., 2015. Light Sources: Basics of Lighting Technologies and Applications, 2nd Ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. [HKALL online]
• van Bommel W., 2019. Interior Lighting: Fundamentals, Technology and Application, Springer International Publishing, Cham. [HKALL]

• The Historical Evolution of Lighting https://www.stouchlighting.com/blog/the-historical-evolution-of-lighting
  
• List of light sources - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_light_sources
  
• Museum of Electric Lamp Technology http://www.lamptech.co.uk/
• 3-way lamp - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-way_lamp