In conjunction with the current upgrade of the FAA's Air Traffic Control (ATC) system, significant effort has been devoted to identifying an appropriate facility lighting design. The new ATC environment will entail more extensive and intensive use of computer displays than in the current system. Studies of facility lighting techniques were performed, validating the relative advantages of indirect lighting versus direct lighting, examining proper illumination levels, and identifying appropriate positioning of luminaires.
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