Lighting Your Life Basic Types Of Lighting General Lighting provides an area with overall illumination. Also known as ambient lighting, general lighting radiates a comfortable level of brightness, enabling one to see and walk about safely. Once you've selected what you want to light, you'll have to decide how you're going to light it. Your local ALA showroom is the best place to view the many different styles, sizes and shapes of lighting fixtures that are available to deliver the general, task, and accent light you need. Lighting Controls Lighting controls give you the flexibility to design a lighting plan with multiple uses and decorative effects.
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Track Lighting General lighting can be provided by track fixtures aimed at the wall or by spill light from fixtures used for accent lighting or wall washing. Coverage per fixture is based on providing 15 to 25 footcandles of light. In rooms with darker color use higher wattages. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information , A Division of Reed Elsevier, Inc.