Lighting

Creative Lighting 2

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Creative Lighting 1

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Fluorescent Bulb - a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light.

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Incandescent Bulb - a source of electric light that works by incandescence, which is the emission of light caused by heating the filament

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2 x 4 fixture - a fixture that is flatter than typical recessed lighting and is mounted flush in drop-in ceilings for a clean, attractive fixture type.

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Sconce - a lamp or candlestick or group of candlesticks fastened to a wall.

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Wall Washing - produced by mounting lights on the ceiling so that the beam of light falls on the wall at a wide angle

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Drop Lighting - an electric light suspended by a cord or on a portable extension.

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

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Cove Lighting - ights are often directed towards the ceiling or the top of the walls of a room.

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Up Lighting -- strategically placing lighting fixtures on the floor and pointing them up.

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Perimeter Lighting - a lighting design technique that focuses on illuminating the outer edges or boundaries of a space.

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Grazing - a lighting technique where lights are positioned closely to a wall, either from the floor or ceiling, to force the beam of light to hit the wall at a narrow angle.

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Ambient Lighting provides overall illumination for a room, and is intended to create a uniform light level throughout a space, independent of any special lighting that may be needed in targeted areas of a room.

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Accent Lighting - emphasizes objects by focusing light directly on them.

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Task Lighting - provides increased light for specific tasks in a room that may already have some ambient light

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Natural Lighting - a technique that efficiently brings natural light into your home using exterior glazing (windows, skylights, etc.), thereby reducing artificial lighting requirements and saving energy.

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