Natural lighting - a technique that efficiently brings natural light into your home using exterior glazing (windows, skylights, etc.), thereby reducing artificial lighting requirements and saving energy.
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Task lighting - Lighting that focuses on a surface that is designated for specific tasks
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Accent lighting - Lighting placed to accentuate specific objects or area
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Ambient lighting - Used to provide overall illumination to a space and a comfortable level of brightness without creating harsh shadows.
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Grazing - Lighting close to the wall with the intention to show the texture of the wall
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Perimeter lighting - placing light fixtures along the walls or perimeter of a room, creating an indirect or diffused lighting effect
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Up lighting - Lighting that lights from the ground up, usually lighting the wall or ceiling
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Cove lighting - Directs light up towards the ceiling and down adjacent walls.
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Recessed lighting - installed directly inside a ceiling, wall, or other surface
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Drop lighting - Lighting that drops from the ceiling and comes down to the space
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Wall washing - a lighting technique in which light can fall down on the wall in an equal, uniform way and the "washed" effect of the wall causes that shadows and defects disappear from the wall.
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Sconce - Lighting fixture that is attached to the wall
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2x2 or 2x4 fixture - Lighting on the ceiling that come in 2x2 or 2x4 measurements
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Incandescent bulb - an electric light with a filament that is heated until it glows
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Fluorescent bulb - a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light
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Creative lighting 1: Combination of lighting facing up and down to create a pattern on the wall
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Creative lighting 2: Fluorescent light fixture designed in an abstract shape
Natural lighting - a technique that efficiently brings natural light into your home using exterior glazing (windows, skylights, etc.), thereby reducing artificial lighting requirements and saving energy.
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