diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7eb2d8b..53e2c15 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Not all functions of the chip are supported, especially not the interrupt handli
 In September 2019 it was discovered (and fixed) that:
 
 - previously the sensor was never shutdown between measurements which wastes power but still takes measurements successfully
+- the UVA light intensity was calculated wrongly (too high) for `rset != RSET_240K` due to wrong compensation: higher `rset` leads to higher sampling time leads to higher absolute ADC step counts which *should* lead to every ADC step indicating a smaller amount of `W/(m*m)` of UVA power and a higher precision of the final UVA power but it wrongly behaved the opposite way. The `integration_time` worked correctly all the time.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/tests/veml6070_test.py b/tests/veml6070_test.py
index ac22358..4cd6cb5 100644
--- a/tests/veml6070_test.py
+++ b/tests/veml6070_test.py
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ class TestVeml6070(snapshottest.TestCase):
             0x38+0: [0x06, 0x06]
         })
         veml = veml6070.Veml6070()
-        self.assertEqual(veml.get_uva_light_intensity(), 0x0106 * 0.05625 / 1)
+        self.assertEqual(veml.get_uva_light_intensity(), 0x0106 * (0.1/0.1125) * 0.05 / 1)
         veml.set_integration_time(veml6070.INTEGRATIONTIME_4T)
-        self.assertEqual(veml.get_uva_light_intensity(), 0x0106 * 0.05625 / 4)
+        self.assertEqual(veml.get_uva_light_intensity(), 0x0106 * (0.1/0.1125) * 0.05 / 4)
         self.assertMatchSnapshot(mockbus._log)
 
     def test_get_refresh_time(self):
diff --git a/veml6070/veml6070.py b/veml6070/veml6070.py
index f4e1797..09c2e3e 100644
--- a/veml6070/veml6070.py
+++ b/veml6070/veml6070.py
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ INTEGRATIONTIME_4T = 0x03
 # Note: 0.1 seconds (100 ms) are applicable for RSET_240K and INTEGRATIONTIME_1T
 RSET_TO_REFRESHTIME_SCALE = 0.1 / RSET_240K
 
+# The refresh time in seconds for which NORMALIZED_UVA_SENSITIVITY
+# is applicable to a step count
+NORMALIZED_REFRESHTIME = 0.1
+
+# The UVA sensitivity in W/(m*m)/step which is applicable to a step count
+# normalized to the NORMALIZED_REFRESHTIME, for RSET_240K and INTEGRATIONTIME_1T
+NORMALIZED_UVA_SENSITIVITY = 0.05
+
 class Veml6070(object):
 
     def __init__(self, i2c_bus=1, sensor_address=ADDR_L, rset=RSET_270K, integration_time=INTEGRATIONTIME_1T):
@@ -60,8 +68,19 @@ class Veml6070(object):
         return (msb << 8) | lsb
 
     def get_uva_light_intensity(self):
-        uv = self.get_uva_light_intensity_raw()
-        return uv * self.get_uva_light_sensitivity()
+        """
+        returns the UVA light intensity in Watt per square meter (W/(m*m))
+        """
+        raw_data = self.get_uva_light_intensity_raw()
+
+        # normalize raw data (step count sampled in get_refresh_time()) into the
+        # linearly scaled normalized data (step count sampled in 0.1s) for which
+        # we know the UVA sensitivity
+        normalized_data = raw_data * NORMALIZED_REFRESHTIME / self.get_refresh_time()
+
+        # now we can calculate the absolute UVA power detected combining
+        # normalized  data with known UVA sensitivity for this data
+        return normalized_data * NORMALIZED_UVA_SENSITIVITY # in W/(m*m)
 
     def get_command_byte(self):
         """
@@ -83,21 +102,3 @@ class Veml6070(object):
             INTEGRATIONTIME_4T: 4
         }
         return self.rset * RSET_TO_REFRESHTIME_SCALE * case_refresh_it[self.integration_time]
-
-    def get_uva_light_sensitivity(self):
-        """
-        returns UVA light sensitivity in W/(m*m)/step
-        """
-        case_sens_rset = {
-            RSET_240K: 0.05,
-            RSET_270K: 0.05625,
-            RSET_300K: 0.0625,
-            RSET_600K: 0.125
-        }
-        case_sens_it = {
-            INTEGRATIONTIME_1_2T: 0.5,
-            INTEGRATIONTIME_1T: 1,
-            INTEGRATIONTIME_2T: 2,
-            INTEGRATIONTIME_4T: 4
-        }
-        return case_sens_rset[self.rset] / case_sens_it[self.integration_time]