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Terrible lighting takes a toll. Not only does it make a room dark and uninviting, but it also makes any of the tasks we do in the room really difficult to complete.
But there is a solution. Good and strategically placed lighting can transform a room and make a world of difference in your well-being.
Imagine a kitchen with well-placed under-the-cabinet task lighting, a living room with cozy ambient lighting, and a pantry with enough lighting that you can find everything you have stashed there.
Our licensed electricians can assist you with fixing your lighting issues. From fixing your current lighting to switching out your old lighting for new lighting to putting in lights where there isn’t any, we’ve got you covered.
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But there is a solution. Good and strategically placed lighting can transform a room and make a world of difference in your well-being.
Imagine a kitchen with well-placed under-the-cabinet task lighting, a living room with cozy ambient lighting, and a pantry with enough lighting that you can find everything you have stashed there.
Our licensed electricians can assist you with fixing your lighting issues. From fixing your current lighting to switching out your old lighting for new lighting to putting in lights where there isn’t any, we’ve got you covered.
We will:
When you start to delve into the lighting world you find out there is more to it than just picking a pretty light.
To help you out we are going to answer as many lighting questions as we can.
To increase the comfort level and functionality of a room, designers recommend layering your lighting.
To layer the lighting in a room is to use a combination of fixtures that provide ambient, task, and accent lighting in the room.
Ambient or overall lighting is the first layer of lighting and provides general illumination of a room. It lets you see, do basic tasks, and move around a space safely.
The amount of ambient light you need will depend on the room. For example, generally speaking, people prefer the ambient lighting in their kitchens and bathrooms to be brighter than the ambient lighting in their living rooms and bedrooms.
Examples of sources of ambient light are chandeliers, floor lamps, ceiling-mounted fixtures, and recessed lighting.
Task lighting is the second layer of lighting and provides lighting for the workspaces in the room.
It gives focused lighting for specific tasks performed in a room like reading, preparing food, and studying. It should be glare-free, eliminate shadows, and help prevent eye strain.
Examples of task lighting are table or desk lamps, bedside lighting, bathroom vanity lighting, and floor lamps. Really any lighting fixture can be used as task lighting as long as it brightens a specific workspace.
The brightness of the task lighting is dependent on the task you will be doing.
Accent lighting is the third layer of lighting and is decorative. It is used in two ways. One, to bring visual interest into a room (e.g., toe kick lighting). And two, to showcase interesting things in a room (e.g., architectural details and artwork).
For maximum impact, accent lighting should be three times brighter than the ambient lighting in a room.
Examples of accent lighting include picture lights, track lighting, toe kick lighting, and shelf lighting.
Layered lighting in a kitchen might look like pot lights or a ceiling-mounted light providing ambient lighting, under the cupboard lighting (task lighting) to illuminate your counter (workspace), and cabinet interior lighting (accent lighting) to showcase your beautiful china.
The American Lighting Association has some great examples of each layer of lighting.
The common lighting measurements are lumens, lux, and foot-candle and they all measure luminous flux.
Luminous flux is the measure of light power detected by the human eye.
It is not a measure of brightness but rather a measure of the amount of useful light a light source emits. It is the perceived power of a light source, essentially its intensity.
Lumens measured a light source’s total luminous flux passing a given point for one second. So when a light source says it is 25 lumens, it means it emits 25 lumens per second.
The abbreviation for lumen is lm.
There are two ways to determine the number of lumens you need in a room, one is using metric measurements and the other is using imperial measurements.
Metric – Multiply the number of lux per square meter you want by the number of square meters in a room.
Imperial – Multiply the number of foot-candles per square foot you want by the room’s square footage.
There are tables available online that provide recommendations of the lux level per square meter or the number of foot-candles per square foot specific rooms should have.
