Artificial Lighting in Home
Designing the Lighting Installation
The Living Room
Within a living room users don’t need the
same light intensity throughout the whole room, so normally it won’t be
adequate to light the entire space by a single central light in the ceiling. It
makes more sense to design task lighting where needed and to subdivide the
space in different lighting areas. The standing lamps are particularly
practical in that sense.
The Dining Room
In the dining room, the light should
illuminate the entire table, but not the face of the diners, in order to avoid
glare. To achieve this, it is better to place the light source almost eye
level, so that diners can look below the lamp with their faces out of the light
beam.
The Bedrooms
In the bedrooms it is necessary to
supplement the overhead lighting with reading lamps beside the beds.
The Office
If the house has an office, artificial
lighting on the desk should be designed with the same caution as in the dining table,
the lamp should light evenly across the work surface without producing glare on
the user. Variable height lamps can be very practical.
The Kitchen
In the kitchen, it is imperative that the
work surface is well lit, because poor lighting can cause fatigue. Luminaires
installed under cabinets project the light directly on the worktop with no
shadows.
The Bathrooms
Bathrooms and toilets are the only places
in the house in which the lamps can (and should) directly illuminate the face. However,
precautions should be taken in order to avoid glare.
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