Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: lighting FLuourescents

[Laura Fitch (lfitch]

I'd just like to point out that I would not recommend using incandescent 
light fixtures in any building now a days.  The compact fluorescent 
technology is very good, and you can get good quality light at a fraction of 
the cost to our collective environment.  You will save on electric bills, 
and decrease your cooling load.

Incandescent will also burn out much quicker, which in a common building 
becomes a maintenance issue that I don't think any community wants.

Laura

Laura E. Fitch, AIA, LEED
Kraus-Fitch Architects, Inc.
110 Pulpit Hill Rd.
Amherst, MA  01002

413-549-5799
lfitch [at] krausfitch.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Kacki" <jimkacki [at] mts.net>
To: "Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Re: lighting for Common House


> A combination of lighting types is often best in an area that is 
> multi-functional. Incandescent lights shining down the walls or over small 
> intimate seating areas creates a comfortable atmosphere. However for the 
> vaulted ceiling area I would suggest up-lights that shine on the ceiling 
> and are reflected evenly back down for a pleasant general lighting 
> scenario.  The lights can be positioned around the edge of the ceiling, 
> hidden by a valence  so that you only see the lit ceiling.  Or they could 
> be one or more central suspended fixtures that shine up onto the ceiling. 
> Some of these have a transluscent underside so that some light and colour 
> shines down also.  To mirror the vault, I have seen some nice fixtures 
> that are circular in plan and convex (bowl-like) in section with a 
> coloured glass bowl body.
> If you're starting with a vaulted ceiling you are half-way there. Choose 
> lighting that accentuates the shape and beauty of the ceiling.
> best of luck -
> James
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