Posted
May 17, 2009 06:43
by
Robert
Tags: lighting, wolfers, led, compact florescent
Whole house lighting is complex and many homeowners try to handle lighting on their own only to later realize the mistakes made and value of professional help. We have been fortunate to work with Wolfers Lighting in Boston. Wolfers will also be doing the final lighting design for the downloadable house plan. The designers at Wolfers have a great grasp on the latest green lighting options including LED and compact florescent. They also have a “Greenzone” demo center where you can test and compare the latest technologies which vary widely in terms of cost and color tone. We have been working with Susan Arnold, who helped us select a mixture of LED, Compact Florescent (CF), Halogen and Low Voltage lighting with a lot of careful attention given to the Kitchen and Bathrooms. Susan laid out a plan for the electrician with the location and type of each light, switch locations and the groupings of which switches should control which lights. This plan also gave consideration to location of furniture and colors used. In general, we used recessed lighting for walkways and ceiling and wall fixtures for bedrooms and bathrooms. In each bedroom, we also added a second light switch which controls the lower outlets in the desk and bedside areas, so that table lamps can be turned on and off when entering/exiting the room.
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