No. 14 „Ideas for Good Home Lighting"
ISBN 978-3-926193-45-2
60 pages
DIN A4
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Index
No. 14 „Ideas for Good Home Lighting"
- Entrance
- Hall and stairway
- Lighting Special: Lighting design and planning
- Living room
- Lighting Special: Lighting control, light and colour
- Dining room
- Kitchen
- Bathroom
- Lighting Special: Safety and standards
- Home office
- Nursery/teenager's room
- Bedroom
- Balcony and patio
- Lighting Special: Energy efficiency and environment
- Lamps
Extract
Reading light
Any part of a living room used for reading has special lighting requirements. First of all, directional light is important for illuminating the reading area; secondly, attention needs to be paid to the ambient lighting. It is not advisable to bathe the book in bright light and leave the background in darkness. This would present the eye with a constant need to compensate for marked differences in brightness. Which invariably results in early visual fatigue.
Good background illuminance in the room – and thus comfortable reading light - is achieved with uplights or wallwashers for indirect lighting. Bright wall surfaces reflect the light softly and evenly into the room. To enable the lighting to be adjusted to different personal needs, all luminaires should be dimmable.
