CIE Publications

CIE has over 200 technical reports, standards and special publications in print. Standards are often joint with ISO. Proceeds from publication sales to Canadians support CIE/CNC activities in Canada as well as CIE activities abroad.

Links to short summaries of the latest publications are provided below. For a complete list of CIE publications visit the CIE website. To purchase CIE publications, go to the CIE Webshop. Links to free CIE publications and position statements can be found at the bottom of this page.

CNC/CIE members who contributed to the new publications listed below are shown following the link. A complete list of Canadian contributions to the work of the CIE since 1970 is available here

Summaries of the latest CIE standards and reports:

• Recommended Reference Solar Spectra for Industrial Applications

• Enhancement of Images for Colour-Deficient Observers

• Goniospectroradiometry of Optical Radiation Sources

• Characterization of AC-driven LEDs for SSL Applications

• ISO/CIE DIS 11664-2:2020 Colorimetry – Part 2: CIE standard illuminants

• Proceedings of the 29th Session of the CIE, Washington D.C., June 14 – 22, 2019

  • Volume II is now freely available for download from the CIE website.

• Non-Linearity of Optical Detector Systems 

• CIE International Standard S 025-SP1/E:2019 Test Method for OLED Luminaires and OLED Light Sources 

• Lighting for Pedestrians: A Summary of Empirical Data 

• Optical Measurement of LED Modules and Light Engines

• A Guide to Urban Lighting Masterplanning

• ISO/CIE 11664-1:2019(E) Colorimetry — Part 1: CIE standard colorimetric observers

• ISO/CIE 11664-3:2019(E) Colorimetry — Part 3: CIE tristimulus values

• ISO/CIE 11664-4:2019(E) Colorimetry — Part 4: CIE 1976 L*a*b* colour space

• Calibration, Characterization and Use of Array Spectroradiometers

• Discomfort Caused by Glare from Luminaires with a Non-Uniform Source Luminance

• Joint ISO/CIE Standard ISO/CIE 17166:2019: Erythema reference action spectrum and standard erythema dose

• CIE Classification System of Illuminance and Luminance Meters

• The Basis of Physical Photometry, 3rd Edition

• CIE Draft International Standard DIS 025-SP1/E:2019: Test Method for OLED Luminaires and OLED Light Sources 

• ISO/CIE TS 22012:2019: Light and lighting — Maintenance factor determination — Way of working 
  

• ISO/CIE 20086:2019: Light and lighting — Energy performance of lighting in buildings 

  • Toby Lau

CIE publications available without charge

• CIE TN 010:2019 Determination of the Optical Beam Axis, Centre Beam Intensity, and Beam Angle of Directional Light Sources 

• CIE TN 009:2019 The Use of “Accuracy” and Related Terms in the Specifications of Testing and Measurement Equipment

• CIE TN 008:2017 Final Report: CIE Stakeholder Workshop for Temporal Light Modulation Standards for Lighting Systems

J. Veitch, C. Suvagau

• CIE TN 007:2017 Interim Recommendation for Practical Application of the CIE System for Mesopic Photometry in Outdoor Lighting

• CIE TN 006:2016 Visual Aspects of Time-Modulated Lighting Systems – Definitions and Measurement Models

L. Whitehead

• CIE TN 003:2015: Report on the First International Workshop on Circadian and Neurophysiological Photometry, 2013

• CIE Position Statement on CRI and Colour Quality Metrics 

• CIE TN 002:2014: Relating Photochemical and Photobiological Quantities to Photometric Quantities

• CIE TN 001:2014: Chromaticity Difference Specification for Light Sources