Lighting

Type: Landscape Lighting - the use of outdoor illumination of private gardens and public landscapes; for the enhancement and purposes of safety, nighttime aesthetics, accessibility, security, recreation and sports, and social and event uses.

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Type: Mood Lighting - igniting or illumination, designed to create a temporary state of mind or feeling.

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Type: Fluorescent Light - low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light.

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Type: Incandescent Light -an electric light with a wire filament heated until it glows.

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Type: 2x2 Fixture - a rectangular light fixture that fits into a modular dropped ceiling grid.

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Type: Sconce - A sconce is a type of light fixture that is fixed to a wall.

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Type: Wall Washing - a technique typically used to light flat walls. You get a nice, even distribution of light from floor to ceiling, bringing your attention to a large, smooth vertical surface.

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Type: Drop Lighting - lone light fixture that hangs from the ceiling usually suspended by a cord, chain, or metal rod.

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Type: Recessed Lighting -a light fixture that is installed into a hollow opening in a ceiling.

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Type: Cove Lighting -a form of indirect lighting built into ledges, recesses, or valances in a ceiling or high on the walls of a room. It directs light up towards the ceiling and down adjacent walls. It may be used as primary lighting, or for aesthetic accent, especially to highlight decorative ceilings.

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Type: Up Lighting -Lighting concentrated in an upward direction.

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Type: Perimeter Lighting -Architectural perimeter lights are wall and ceiling­mounted LED luminaires used to define interior or exterior architectural perimeters as well as create patterns of light in space.

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Type: Grazing -Light that is reflected from a source placed close to a surface, usually to emphasize the texture of the surface.

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Type: Ambient Lighting -Ambient (or general ) light is typically seen as the starting point for a space or a room. It makes up the "base" amount of light in a room.

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Type: Accent Lighting - It focuses light on a particular area or object.

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Type: Task Lighting -refers to increasing illuminance to better accomplish a specific activity.

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Type: Natural Lighting -a technique that efficiently brings natural light into the space thereby reducing artificial lighting requirements and saving energy. (Greenhome.osu.edu)

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