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Lighting concepts for the home
Balanced light for every roomIngenious lighting concepts for maximum living comfort - and optimum working conditions. Even during the construction or renovation phase, the right decisions can set the course for a perfect lighting concept. The architect or electrician will be happy to realise your personal wishes. Is everything already finished or is there little scope for new power connections, e.g. in rented flats? No problem: with a well thought-out lighting concept and the clever use of basic, zone and ambient lighting, you can create a wonderful feel-good atmosphere in your home.
What types of lighting are there?
A good lighting concept always combines the three basic types of lighting. This makes the lighting concept balanced, application-related and, last but not least, harmonious and appealing.
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Also known as general lighting. This term is used to describe all light sources that provide uniform and wide-area brightness. Examples are pendant and ceiling lights.
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Also known as area lighting. This refers to light sources that specifically provide more light for certain activities. One example is the direct light from arc luminaires.
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Also known as accent lighting. This refers to light sources that do not primarily generate brightness, but rather enhance the ambience. One example is the indirect light from LED strips
Recommendations for good general lighting
Recommendations for good area lighting
Recommendations for a good accent light
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What is a lighting concept?
Both flawless orientation and the best feel-good light are important in living spaces and outdoors. In addition, there must be sufficient brightness for special activities, e.g. reading or working. Direct light and indirect lighting are therefore combined within a lighting concept to provide the best lighting conditions at all times and everywhere.
But that's not all: modern lights are not just functional, they are real furnishing objects with style and character. From minimalist to skandi to vintage: The lighting adapts to your personal style of living and individual taste.
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A modern lighting concept for your own four walls combines various light sources that match your personal furnishing style and always provide the right light for every situation.
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Today, smart lighting concepts are often not tied to the electrical installation of the house. A smart LED light bulb or a smart LED light are all you need to get started.
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What should I watch out for during the construction phase?
Planning the lighting is the task of the architect or a specially commissioned interior designer. The electrician takes over the installation of the planned connections. As a building owner, you can and should look at the designs at an early stage in order to be able to implement a good lighting concept later on.
The most important questions:
- Are there rooms that do not have daylight access or have a special need for artificial light due to small windows or orientation?
- Should some rooms be fitted with a suspended ceiling** in order to install spotlights?
- Are wall connections planned in the living areas to diversify the interior lighting concept?
- Are there enough sockets to plug in all electrical appliances, including table and floor lamps near sofas, armchairs or work areas?
- The outdoor area requires extensive planning. Here, connection options for recessed spotlights must be considered as well as for path lights, plinth lights and wall connections on the façade. Ceiling and pendant luminaires under covered outdoor areas are very modern and should therefore be considered in the planning.
Lighting expertise for all aspects of lighting concepts
To decide which light source (or luminaire with permanently installed LEDs) is particularly suitable for which room, it is worth taking a look at the most important properties of a light source.
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Not all white is the same. The light colour, also known as colour temperature, indicates how warm or cold the light from a particular light source is perceived to be. Warm light <3,300 Kelvin is generally used in living rooms. Universal white light (3,300 to 5,300 Kelvin) is used for working. Cold, so-called daylight white light is mainly used in utility rooms.
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The colour rendering of a light source determines whether colours are reproduced realistically in artificial light. This is referred to as the CRI value. A CRI value of 100 corresponds to reproduction as under daylight conditions. CRI >80 is recommended for living spaces. This has a visibly positive effect on interior design, wall colours, clothing, pictures and food.
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Instead of watts, we now calculate in lumens to determine the brightness of a light source. As modern light sources are becoming increasingly energy-efficient, they generate more and more brightness with fewer watts. This ratio was constant with incandescent lamps. The lumen value provides reliable information about the individual light source. 100-150 lumens per square metre are recommended for living spaces.
Lighting concepts for all rooms
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In the living room, ceiling lights, multi-flame ceiling spotlights or LED panels provide large-area general lighting. In addition to connections for wall lights, which can also be used for decorative purposes, sockets for table lamps and floor lamps are important.Ceiling washlights with reading light provide cosy indirect and direct light for reading. Ambience is provided by LED Stripes, for example.
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In the study, a combination of bright ambient lighting and flexibly adjustable, ideally dimmable zone lighting is important. In professional offices, standard office lamps are often used, sometimes with direct and indirect light components. At home, on the other hand, people often use a mixture of ceiling light, alternatively recessed spotlights and desk lights.
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In the bathroom, ceiling lights are used to provide light in every corner of the bathroom. In addition, there is often mirror lighting on the mirror, for which wall connections are required. The luminaires in the bathroom must fulfil special requirements for moisture protection and therefore have a high IP protection rating, depending on the protection area. One example is IP68 recessed spotlights for the immediate shower and bath area: protected from being permanently submerged in water.
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The classic light source for illuminating the dining area is the pendant light, whose shape, size and multiple flames are aligned with the dimensions of the dining table. One example is a multi-flame pendant light in a row for an elongated table. The lighting concept becomes very varied when wall lights are used in the dining room to provide pleasant, indirect light as an alternative to pendant lights. In, on and under the cupboards, furniture lights create a stylish ambience.
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A bright ceiling lamp provides light in the bedroom for orientation, dressing and more. However, the light is often too bright for the evening and is therefore supplemented by bedside lamps or permanently installed wall lights, sometimes with reading light. If you plan ceiling outlets for pendant lights, they can be stylishly suspended on either side of the bed. You can start thinking about your dream bedroom and its lighting concept as early as the construction phase.
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For general lighting in the kitchen, modern LED panels, multi-flame ceiling spotlights, ceiling lights or pendant lights are used to provide light over a large area. As the kitchen has many angles due to the kitchen cabinets and people work in many different positions, furniture lights are used to provide light on work surfaces. The use of pendant luminaires above a counter is very stylish.
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Lighting concepts for the outdoor area
Lighting concepts in the garden are very diverse and depend on the location. As in damp rooms indoors, it is also important in outdoor areas to ensure that the IP protection rating corresponds to the installation location.
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Lighting concepts for commercial projects
Lighting design for commercial projects is based not only on the individual corporate identity, but also on the available budget and legal standards. Professional lighting design** is therefore used for catering, hotels, shop and trade fair lighting and other areas such as educational establishments or public facilities. Our expert and experienced lighting designers are ready to take on any challenge.