Improving Lighting in Your Home

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Improving Lighting in Your Home

• Crystal Johnson - University of Central Arkansas
  - Family and Consumer Science Intern

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Objectives

• To inform participants of the importance of
• proper lighting in their homes.
• To inform participants of how lighting can
• be improved.
• To inform participants on how to get the most
  out of lighting.
  

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Lighting can be helpful in that it is used for

• better sight.
• specific tasks.
• pleasure.
• and to help interiors look more attractive.

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What is light?

• Light can be defined in several ways light is
  usually considered a sense of visibility, a
  reflection off of other objects, and light is
  color.

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Types of Lighting

• 1. Ambient - an illumination of objects in a
  given space, usually comfortable levels of
  brightness, and provides practical sight and
  visibility.
• 2. Task - used for specific areas in a space to
  perform certain tasks, such as reading, writing,
  or sewing.
  
• 3. Accent - used for highlighting, adding
  emphasis to a particular area, give a certain
  mood or interest, and spotlighting particular
  objects such as sculpture or paintings.

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Types of Lighting (cont.)

• 4. Decorative - exactly decorative, used to
  decorate and add elements of design to a space
  such as a chandelier or candles.
  
• 5. Natural - sunlight, candlelight, and
  firelight.
  

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Uses of Light Sources

• Layering.
• Sunlight - natural source.
• Positive aspects of sunlight.
• Natural light.
• Allows us to see and use nature.
• Provides warmth.
• Casts shadows and reflections.
• Economical.

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Sources (cont.)

• Negative aspects of sunlight
• UV rays
• Skin exposure
• Damages to furnishings
• Reflections and glare

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Colors

• Warm Colors
• Red, orange, and yellow.
• Cool Colors
• Blue, green, violet, and indigo.

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What do colors represent?

• Red is considered a color of power, danger, fire,
  strength, passion, boldness, aggressiveness,
  exciting, demands attention, and warm.
  
• Yellow is considered friendly, happy, warm,
  sympathy, sunlight, prosperity, cowardice, and
  wisdom.

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Colors (cont.)

• Orange can be used to express creativity,
  hopefulness, cheerfulness, hospitality, courage,
  less aggressive than red, energy, and warmth.
  
• Green represents nature, growth, good luck, envy,
  refreshing, friendly, cool, peaceful,
  hopefulness, and fertility.

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What do colors represent? (cont.)

• Blue symbolizes calmness, water, peace, cool,
  quiet, reserved, tranquility, serenity,
  formality, soothing, and too much can be rather
  depressing.
• Violet symbolizes royalty, dignity, dramatic,
  and cool.
  
• Black is mysterious, evil, sophisticated,
  wisdom, death, gives rooms a crisp appearance,
  and may be considered oppressive if used in large
  quantities.
• White represents freshness, youth, innocence,
  purity, peacefulness, faith, small amounts make
  rooms look crisp and livelier.

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Importance of taking care of your eyes

• Function of daily tasks.
• Safety
• Allows us to see beauty and nature.
• Prevention of harmful eye diseases.
• Have regular eye exams!!!

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How to Improve Lighting Problems

• Use the correct wattage of bulbs in your
  fixtures.
  
• Save money and energy by using correct wattage.
• Using clear or coated bulbs, which one is
  better?
  
• Importance of safety.

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Light Sources

• Incandescent
• Fluorescent
• Halogen

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How to lighten up a Room

• Interior furnishings.
• Use mirrors.
• Use in-direct lighting.

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Making Improvements

• Hire a licensed electrician.
• Consult with an Interior Designer.
• Use energy efficient lighting systems.
• Use adequate amounts of switches.
• Use natural light.
• Save energy!

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Conclusion

• Improve lighting.
• Economical issues.
• Energy efficient products.
• Making changes.
• Safety and vision issues.
• Questions.

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Improving Lighting in Your Home