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Title: Lighting Long-Term Care Environments with LEDs
There are an increasing number of architects, designers and facility managers that utilize research-driven design, recognizing that the physical environment of a space can have a measurable influence on the well-being of its occupants, especially in a long-term care setting.
Specifying a Lasting Impression with Lighting
By understanding the function of a space and its various architectural elements, specifiers can move from simply providing sufficient illumination, toward implementing multi-faceted and textured lighting solutions that enhance the lighted environment.
Environmental Responsibility Through the Layering and Control of Light
From ASHRAE and LEED® to ENERGY STAR®, the growing list of environmental lighting guidelines can be at times overwhelming for today’s design professional. When you add the need to meet environmental and industry guidelines to creating a sophisticated, unique and aesthetically appealing lighted space, design professionals are facing a dilemma – how to effectively layer light in a way that does not sacrifice style for sustainability or vice versa
Illuminating Designer Potential
Whether a busy office building or a five-star hotel lobby, when one enters a space, you are immediately met with an array of visual elements that tease the senses. What many may not realize is that lighting is one of the most crucial contributors in impacting the look and feel of a space.
Doctor’s Orders: LED Lighting
Lighting is a significant factor in creating an efficient, safe and comforting healthcare environment, and through evidence-based design, lighting specifiers are able to make design interpretations based on reliable research that not only contribute to the building’s décor, but also its bottom line, as well as the health and safety of patients and caregivers, all without sacrificing the quality of light.
Powerful Potential: Advances in LED Recessed Accent Lighting
There is an increasing need to make our interior spaces as comfortable, productive and efficient as possible. And lighting is one of the most powerful solutions for doing just that.
