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The Lutron RAFT The CLEAR Design Ride. Design Phase 2 Lighting Investigation Lighting Design. Your system is only as good as the lights that you control! You must know “what you are working with!”. Design Phase 2 – The Lighting Investigation. Switch Leg Consideration
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Design Phase 2Lighting InvestigationLighting Design Your system is only as good as the lights that you control! You must know “what you are working with!”
Design Phase 2 – The Lighting Investigation Switch Leg Consideration • Switch Leg Identity & Number of Switch Legs • Switch Leg Placement • Purpose of Switch Legs, from a Lighting Design Perspective
Design Phase 2 – The Lighting Investigation Lighting Factors to Consider, Per Switch Leg • Light Source Technology or “Load Type” • Lamp Type • Voltage Type / Transformer Type • Wattage • Light Fixture Type (Luminaire) • Fixture Angle • Dimming Controls appropriate, for Each Switch Leg
Retrofit Lighting Upgrade Techniques • Add table and floor lamps to the space • Flexible and effective way to add a layer of light to the space • No high voltage install required • Simple way to add drama • PS, table and floor lamps may already represent a “decent chunk” of the lighting within the home! If you forget to control them, in the design process, you will regret it.
Retrofit Lighting Upgrade Techniques • Have an electrician remove “unattractive lighting” and replace it with “attractive” lighting, which produces a pleasant light effect, while utilizing existing switch legs
Retrofit Lighting Upgrade Techniques • Have the electrician “break up” switch legs for more flexibility in layering light and ultimately, in scene design • This techniques applies more in a remodel application
TADA Lighting Design Basics Task Ambient Decorative Accent
TADA Lighting Design Basics – Task Lighting • Specific light used to assist in performing a task • Example: working, eating, getting dressed (vanity) or walking down a path
TADA Lighting Design Basics – Ambient Lighting • General “spatial” light • “The Right Light” enhances the look of a space and the people in it • Inspire mood, warmth, ambiance and comfort
TADA Lighting Design Basics – Decorative Lighting • The fixture itself is meant to enhance décor, it becomes a design element (chandelier, high-end Pendant)
TADA Lighting Design Basics – Accent Lighting • Scenario 1: This Light is designed to enhance the look of an object, in order to illuminate its beauty, add drama - un-lock its potential • Accenting Art • Accenting Furniture • Accenting Architectural Elements (Archway, Rotunda, etc) • Accenting Landscape and Water Features • Scenario 2: This light is designed to be an accent in of itself • A “Light Effect” • A “splash of light,” to add flare
“TADA” Lighting Design & The Lighting Controls Applications “TADA” Applied to the Lighting Control System Designer