How To Get The Best Out Of Your Lighting
Copyright (c) 2011 David Cahill
Lighting is an incredibly important component in our home and to ensure that you achieve the right amount of illumiantion and atmosphere it is worth investing time and effort to get it right. With the correct technology you can have different scenes at the flick of a switch.
In certain rooms additional dimmers for lamps are worth considering. Such rooms are the living room (i. e. For children and any one needing to visit the bathroom without becoming too wide awake or waking anybody else. Dimmed lamps can gradually achieve full intensity so as not to expose the eyes to a sudden flash of light.
Creation of light scenes and their modification
In large or representative rooms it is worthwhile to program several light scenes (moods). You need one type of light for a romantic dinner, different when having guests over, and still other when reading or watching TV. Several lamps including pendants table lamps etc. activated together at different levels denotes a light scene. At the touch of a button you can change the 'atmosphere', i.e., from general to romantic. Instantly some lamps are turned on whilst others are switched off. All of this is possible with the press of a single button. An automated scene can also encompass your curtains, blinds and heating if desired. Light scenes can be modified by the investor directly through the consoles or via the digital visualisation from any computer.
If one installs lamps in the garden, it's also worth creating different light scenes for various occasions. It's worth it to implement radio remote control of these lamps; one can then carry the remote unit in the pocket instead of having to go into the house each time. Light control outside of the building is executed through consoles, motion detectors, radio remote controls, and centrally through a dusk sensor installed on the roof.
Examples
When a child is afraid in the night to go from the living room to the room upstairs (or from its room to the kitchen downstairs), he or she can press one button to light lamps along its path (corridor, stairs, room).
In case of a fire, all lights are turned on to assist evacuation.
When the inhabitants are absent, the lights can automatically turn on and off, simulating their presence.
Light scenes (sets of lamps turned on simultaneously at various, predetermined power levels), i. e. dinner, reading, guests.
Automatic lights in the driveway and in the garage. Automatic external lights activated at dusk and switched off in the night.
Motion sensor lighting that only comes on at the prescence of a person.
All the above are important to consider when designing your lighting plan, Consulting a lighting expert is often the best route to take in order to get it right.
About the Author
David Cahill is founder and Managing Director of http://www.lightingandliving.co.uk he loves sourcing new and interesting lights for exterior and interior lighting plans and has supplied lighting for some amazing projects from Cathedrals to spas. He is delighted to be able to supply the lights he has sourced to the world and give information on how to successfully light your home.
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