des152 - lighting final
Terms
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- dimmer
- an appliance which controls the level of lighting
- ambient
- general lighting
- SAD
- Seasonal Afffective Disorder
- half switch
- One half of an outlet switched to the wall
- fiberoptics
- A filiment with the light source at one end and the light at the other end.
- Cold Cathode
- A cousin to neon, often used for signs or indirect lighting.
- Daylight
- Natural Light
- Lamp
- Commponly known as a bulb
- 3-way
- A switch operated at two locations
- luminaires
- An appliance that holds a lamp and enables it to give light.
- Accent
- A center of interest type lighting
- Low voltage
- A type of light source which operates off of less than 110 amps.
- Task
- A type of lighting for a specific area or work
- Light symbolizes
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goodness
warmth
scorching
protective
creativity -
T or F
Exterior lighting is strictly for utility and safety - F
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T or F
Ultraviolet light is always harmful and to be avoided - F
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T or F
All lighting systems are universal - F
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T or F
A pendant light can be hung from a track, rail, or pendant and can be used modularly in many different ways, changing from one connector to another - F - specific to a manufacturers
- Dimmers can be used on the following:
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Fluorescent
HID
Halogen
Incandescent -
T or F
There is only one type of switch available - False
- gang
- Multiple controls in one location
- The insides of can lights are alike all exterior trim is limited to
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white
spot lights
one directional
framing projectors
very expensive
and more -
T or F
A room is much more interesting with only one level of lighting - False
- In a commercial building the lighting is planned by
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architect
interior designer
engineer
lighting designer
all of the above for best results - Track lights are limited to large ugly fixtures
- False
- A technique used of making lighting in a room interesting
- Light Layering
- What are two of the most critical aspects of understanding how lighting and interior design are intertwined?
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Color Rendering
Color Temperature -
T or F
Fluorescent Lights are usually yellow in color - False
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T or F
Fluorescent lighting is the most economical lighting - False
- Plants look good under
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blue lights
white lights - Skin tones look best under
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Pink lights
Peach lights - What does 75R30 stand for
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75 watts
r = reflector
30/8" diameter = 3-3/4" diameter - incandescent
- The least efficient type of lighting
- IF
- Inside Frost
- R
- Reflector, A built in reflective surface
- MR
- Miniature tungsten halogen lamps with a variety of wattages and beam spreads, controlled by mirrors positioned in the reflector. (eighth of an inch 16/8 = 2"_
- S
- Lamps used for signs
- HID
- High Intensity Discharge lighting
- PAR
- Parabolic aluminized reflector lamp, spot or flood distribution made of hard glass for indoor or outdoor use
- T
- Tubular lamps
- Kelvin
- A measure of color temperature
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute
- Ballast
- A device that transforms electrical energy used by fluorescent, mercury vapor, high and low pressure sodium or metal halide lamps so that the proper amount of power is provided to the lamp.
- Transformer
- A device that can raise or lower electrical votage, generally used for low voltage lights.
- How high should a chandelier be hung over a table in a typical situation
- 30-36" above table
- How high should a wall mounted lamp be when located next to a bed
- about shoulder height
- To minimize glare and give best illumination using 2 spot lights it is best to:
- use cross illumate
- In a home office it is always a good idea to position the monitor (VDT:
- Away from the window
- A luminous ceiling in an office or home office can
- Add hot spot to the computer screen
- For good computer lighting it is good to have
- Little color contrast between the walls and ceiling
- If a home office has wall mounted cabinets over a work surface it is best to use
- Under cabinet lighting
- In a dining room candle light is considered
- A part of the accent lighting and should be placed appropriately
- Dining rooms are good places for
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light layering
accent lighting
ambient lighting
task lighting
all of the above; dining rooms are poor places for none of the above??? - If there is a lot of planting, or a well landscaped area outside of a large window in a room it can be treated as an extension of the room with
- Lighting of the plants and landscaping to make it a part of the room.
- Track lighting should be
- made as inconspicuous as possible
- When using track lighting or angled recessed lighting placement needs to consider
- the distance and angle used to keep out of peoples' eyes; the distance from the wall; the height of the ceiling - all of the above
- Cove or indirect lighting is a good accent for
- Accent of architectural features
- If the budget does not permit adding ambient lighting into the walls or ceilings a good portable solution is
- Touchier
- baffle
- draw baffle
- diffuser
- In a recessed light fixture this obscures the ligth source and scatters the light
- Spacing ratios
- Range from 0.3 to 1.4
- Spacing for recessed fixtures
- The space between the fixture and the wall should be half the distance between the fixtures
- trim
- metal work over the aperature of a recessed fixture
- Light Layering
- Area lighting within larger space of lighting
- Wide spread light
- The wider the opening of a lamp shade the wider the light will spread
- systematic lighting
- table lamps can not accomplish this type of lighting
- wall washer
- reflect redirect spread, or concentrate the light within the fixture
- recessed Light
- A luminary mounted above the ceiling with the opening of the luminaire level with the surface
- Luminous ceiling
- A ceiling area ligthing system comprising a continuous surface of transmitting material of a diffusing or light controlling character.
- Beam spread
- In any plane, the angle between the 2 directions in whcih the candlepower is equal to a stated percent (usually 10%) of the maximum candlepower in the beam.
- Reflector
- A device used to direct the light from a source by the process of reflection
- MR16
- A 2" MR lamp
- dropped soffit
- A boxed in area of a ceiling dropped 8 to 12 inches down
- shower light
- An enclosed recessed fixture that is water tight
- cove lighting
- An indirect light source located in a through around the perimeter of the room high up on the wall
- cool color fluorescent
- Are best for reading amterial in a home office
- glare
- adds fatigue in a work area
- computer screens...
- should not face a lighted source or bright surface
- hot spots
- spots of light created by the light source which are usually not as preferable as a uniform source.
- light source
- the luminaire and lamp which creates the light
- trasformer
- A devise that raises or lowers the voltage, generally used for low-voltage lights.
- single pole switch
- convenience outlet
- draw recessed fixture symbol
- recessed fixture symbol
- draw convenience outlet symbol
- convenience outlet
- draw ground fault interrupter symbol
- ground fault interrupter
- draw telephone symbol
- telephone (points toward wall)
- draw television cable symbol
- television cable
- draw fluorescent fixture symbol
- fluorescent fixture
- draw mini pendant fixtures symbol
- mini pendant fixtures
- draw table lamp symbol
- table lamp
- draw bathroom fan symbol
- bathroom fan
- draw wall sconce symbol
- wall sconce
- draw range hood symbol
- range hood
- draw switch symbol
- switch
- draw 3-way switch symbol
- 3-way switch
- draw ceiling mounted light symbol
- ceiling mounted light
- draw dimmer switch symbol
- dimmer switch
- draw recessed adjustable fixture symbol
- recessed adjustable fixture
- draw ceiling fan symbol
- ceiling fan
- lense picture
- draw lens picture
- dropped diffuser
- draw dropped diffuser
- louver
- draw louver
- light confined - picture
- draw light confined picture
- transluscent shade
- draw translucent shade
- direct
- draw direct
- wide shade opening drawings
- draw wide shade opening
- diffused light picture
- draw diffused light picture
- draw single pole switch
- single pole switch
- draw convenience outlet
- convenience outlet
- draw ceiling moutned light
- ceiling mounted light
- draw wall mounted light
- wall mounted light drawing
- draw 3-way pole switch
- 3-way pole switch drawing
- draw recessed light
- recessed light drawing
- wall washer drawing
- wall washer
- gfi drawing
- gfi
- draw fluorescent fixture
- draw fluorescent fixture
- draw skylight
- draw skylight
- draw telephone
- telephone