ILLUME scientists on the Technical Committee of the International Commission on Lighting (CIE) | Gdańsk University of Technology

The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) is an international non-governmental organization devoted to worldwide cooperation via the exchange of information on all matters relating to the science and art of light and lighting, colour and vision, photobiology and image technology.

Members of this organization are National Committees from 40 countries, along with more than fifteen individual members from countries or regions where no national committees have been formed.

The main goal of the CIE's activities is to create a forum for international discussion and to exchange of information on matters relating to science, technology, and practice in the field of light and lighting. The organization creates basic standards and establishes procedures for measuring light quantities. It’s also responsible for the publication of appropriate standards, recommendations, reports, and other publications. The CIE also conducts substantive work in eight Departments and for over 150 technical committees.

The main objective of the new CIE Technical Committee (TC 2-95), co-initiated by Karolina Zielińska-Dąbkowska, PhD, Eng., Arch., is to provide guidelines and examples for metrics, measurement methods, and corresponding instrument specifications for the measurement of obtrusive light and sky glow. This includes the estimation of measurement uncertainty contributions for the measurement, necessary to validate the assessment criteria of its effects on the environment. The proposed guidelines and examples can be used as a common base with reliable and traceable techniques for various disciplines that deal with obtrusive light and sky glow measurements, light pollution assessment, and research in natural and urban environments.