Glare and shadows can detract from the beauty of the furniture and carefully selected finishes after dark. Whether in the home, hotel or restaurant setting, custom lighting solutions influence interior spaces’ appearance, atmosphere and use, and allow spaces to be comfortable in each season of the day.
Understanding Custom Lighting Solutions
Custom Lighting Solutions is a product of understanding. Custom Lighting Solutions is the result of understanding.
Custom lighting scenarios tie in fixtures, location, intensity, light color, control systems to the unique design and function of each interior. This offers customizable pendants, hidden LED lights, modifiable spotlights, or regular items integrated into a user-designed lighting plan.
A pendant around a reception desk will reflect nearby furniture, and hidden strips will keep lines clean and accentuate materials.
Understanding Custom Lighting Solutions
Layered lighting uses general, task and decorative lighting to provide clear purpose to each area of a room.
- Ambient lighting levels provide general lighting and allow people to move around comfortably, while setting a base level for additional lighting.
- Task lighting this type of light is used to illuminate specific areas such as reading, working or cooking, so that the area is more visible and people can focus on the task being performed.
- Accent lighting is used for artwork, shelving, and architectural features to give the room a bit more interest and to highlight certain features.
For instance, a kitchen might have ceiling fixtures, lights under cabinets and pendants on an island, and have separate controls for each function.
Improve Comfort and Reveal Materials
The positioning of fixtures and viewing angles are important to comfort particularly when exposed lamps are aimed towards the user sitting on a sofa close by. Recessed fixtures, diffusers and well-placed lighting fixtures can help limit the amount of glare and help make the seating areas more comfortable for reading and talking.
Test lighting samples with actual paint, stone and upholstery as materials can look different under the lighting fixtures that are chosen for installation. Test the room after dark and at usual levels of illumination – reflections, shadows, ability to carry out tasks.
Improve Energy Efficiency with LEDs and Controls
In terms of energy efficiency, LEDs can produce up to 90% more light while incandescent bulbs only produce 20%, according to Energy Star. Actual savings will vary in relation to previous equipment, operating hours, installation quality and the lighting systems ability to meet daily needs.
Appropriate zoning, timing, and lighting sensors will ensure that lighting is not used unnecessarily, and reacts to occupancy and natural daylight. A hotel lounge may provide a brighter environment for daytime reading, and a softer lighting for the nighttime use, allowing one space to serve multiple purposes.
Please ensure that the LEDs, drivers and/or dimmers selected will work reliably together in all brightness levels needed for the project before ordering.
Choosing Hospitality Lighting Companies
Compare hospitality lighting companies based on the solutions they offer to enhance the comfort of their guests, their daily operations and the practicalities of maintenance.
- Ask for examples of similar projects, with spaces having similar operating times, architectural issues, and performance requirements for the artwork’s lighting and atmosphere.
- Discuss proposed light levels, glare control, color quality and dimming performance with the client and ask to see a demonstration with the lighting equipment provided.
- Define delivery timelines, installation duties, warranties, replacement parts and if the provider is involved in fixture manufacturing, lighting design or control set up.
Take into account cleaning access and future maintenance, particularly if the fittings are fitted above a stairwell or in an exceptionally tall area.
Make Lighting Part of the Design from the Start
High-quality custom lighting fixtures link atmosphere to daily use, which makes the interior comfortable and beautiful every day. Begin by considering the activities, architecture, and daylighting of the room to be tested, then test any fixtures and controls that are being considered prior to installation of the entire system.
