? Lighting type
Ambient lighting: this is usually the main source of room lighting and creates comfortable brightness at the "rest" level of the room. Thinking about this unified lighting is like walking into a room and flipping a switch. You should be able to see the whole space easily and walk around easily without too much glare or excessive brightness. Ambient lighting can be achieved by wall and ceiling lamps, chandeliers, lanterns and embedded or track lighting. ?
Task lighting: Task lighting is usually brighter than ambient lighting because it allows you to perform specific tasks, such as preparing food, facial hygiene and makeup, reading or writing, and engaging in hobbies. This type of lighting is aimed at specific spaces, including embedded or track lighting, chandeliers, floor lamps or table lamps, and under-cabinet lighting. ?
Accent lighting: This kind of lighting highlights certain areas of your home and creates visual interests by attracting your eyes to key points in the room, such as painting, sculpture, wall texture or window care. It should usually be at least three times brighter than the surrounding environment to be effective. Accent lighting is usually provided by spotlights, embedded or track lighting and wall lamps. ?
Space application
Living room: Use ambient lighting to create the required brightness, and then use accent lighting to create the visual interest of walls or corners. If you use space to read, there may be work lights, such as desk lamps. ? (as shown in the figure below)
? How to choose according to the label of the light bulb?
FTC (Composite Flame Retardant and Thermal Insulation System) requires a label on the light bulb package, which is similar to the nutrition label on food packaging, including how long the life of the light bulb is, how much energy it will use, whether it meets the requirements of Energy Star, the brightness level of light and color temperature information. This label contains key information on how to find the best lighting for each room in the home.
Brightness:? Lumen is an index to measure the brightness of a light bulb. The more lumens in a light bulb, the brighter the light. A typical household light bulb produces about 800 lumens, which is equivalent to 60 watts. ?
Living room: 1, 500-3000 lumens?
Kitchen:? 5000- 10000 total lumens?
Restaurant: 3000 to 6000 lumens in total?
Bedroom:? 2000-4000 total lumens?
Toilet: the total lumen is 4000-6000.
Color temperature: Kelvin is a measure of the color temperature of a light bulb, or how warm or cold the light it emits. The higher the Kelvin, the colder the light. Studies have found that warmer light will make you feel more relaxed, while colder light will make you feel more alert. When you are trying to find the best lighting for your home, please consider the color temperature measured by Kelvins. ?
White light bulbs are usually between 3,000K and 4,500K K.?
Cold (blue) bulbs are usually 4500K to 6,000K K. ..
Space application
Living room: choose a warm white light bulb of about 2,700K to bring attractive feeling, or prefer a brighter one, and you can use a soft white light bulb of about 300K K?
? What kind of lamp?
Desk lamp: This is one of the most decorative lighting types. Put a key light on the bedside table, desk, bedside table or dresser to light up your room. ?
Floor lamp: Floor lamp glows around the line of sight of standing, and does not occupy the desktop space. ?
Ceiling lamps: usually built at home, these lamps are controlled by switches and emit light downwards. ?
Chandelier/chandelier: This kind of lamp hangs from the ceiling, which often gives the room a patchwork feeling. ?
Wall lamp: Wall lamp is attached to the wall, and the lighting is layered outwards. ?
Embedded/track lighting: This type of lighting can illuminate the whole room. ?
Space application
Living room: table lamp, floor lamp, ceiling lamp, wall lamp?
Kitchen: ceiling lamp, embedded/track lamp?
Dining room: chandelier, chandelier?
Bedroom: desk lamp, floor lamp, ceiling lamp?
Toilet: ceiling lamp, embedded/track lamp, wall lamp.
Bulb type
Incandescent light bulbs: These bulbs are the longest bulbs and probably the most traditional of all. Incandescent bulbs use a filament heated to the light-emitting point to produce warm light. Incandescent light bulbs have a life of about one year and contain no mercury. ?
Led: Light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs use current flowing through semiconductor materials to illuminate tiny light sources called LEDs. These bulbs keep cool and tactile because the radiator inside the bulbs generates heat. LED produces various brightness and hue. These bulbs are more energy-efficient than incandescent bulbs and can last up to 20 years. ?
CFL: Electric current flows between electrodes at both ends of a gas-filled tube, generating ultraviolet (UV) heat and light. The phosphorescent coating inside the bulb touches ultraviolet light and converts it into visible light. Like light-emitting diodes, these bulbs have different brightness and hue. These bulbs can last about 9 years, but they do contain mercury, so they need more treatment. ?
Halogen: Halogen bulbs produce light in the same way as incandescent bulbs, but they use less energy. They can last for one year and contain no mercury. ?
Fluorescent lamp: Fluorescent bulb is a tube filled with mercury vapor, which emits ultraviolet rays when electrified. These tubes have internal coatings that can convert ultraviolet light into visible light. Like CFL, fluorescent lamps contain mercury and need to be handled with care. ?
Generally speaking, finding the best lighting for your home is a long process. Through this guide, I believe you will be happy to take the time to find the best lighting for each room, because light really affects your physical and mental health.
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