Lighting is a powerful and essential element to every environment. Be it offices, homes, schools, colleges or any other institution, life seems to be impossible in the absence of lighting. With the ever increasing cost of fuels and electricity bills, people are now turning towards energy efficient lighting. With the fixtures and dimmers available today, it has become easier to save energy and have optimal lighting at the same time.
Lighting can be categorised into three important parts - accent, task and ambient. Accent lighting can be easily achieved with efficient lighting system. Fixtures and fluorescent bulbs do not make for the right option in accent lighting because of the extreme source of light coming from the fluorescent bulbs and tubes. Nowadays, accent lighting products are manufactures with LED. A wide variety of retro fit LED tribes and bulbs are available in PAR and MR 16 types, although they are highly expensive. Placing dimmers on halogen bulbs and other lighting products make for an ideal choice for an energy conscious purchase.
Second is the task lighting which is generally used to light a particular space. This type of lighting is required at every place where some task is performed, for example, the most common being the laundry room and the kitchen. One of the best ways to save energy in the kitchen is by installing LED or fluorescent beneath the cabinet lighting. There are many companies offering both types of lighting including National Speciality Lighting, Kichler and Lithonia. However, make sure that Kelvin temperature of the lights being used is similar to the other types of fixtures in that room.
Lastly, ambient lighting comes from various sources, however here we will be discussing only two sources being used in this modern day world, the ceiling mount fixture and the table lamp. This is the easiest type of lighting making use of energy efficient sources because the common fluorescent bulbs can fit any type of flush mount fixture and table lamp. Over the past few years, Ottlite and Verilux have carved out a niche market by providing lamps making use of fluorescent bulbs that are very similar to day light.
Therefore, depending upon the quality of life style and living condition, you can chose from any of the above-mentioned lighting to brighten your home or office. Today, people are understanding the importance of energy saving and, thus are opting for this type of lighting.
