Kitchen lighting for home lighting design applications

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The kitchen is basically a work area for food and washing dishes, but it is also used for other activities: dining, homework, games, entertainment and hospitality. It should also be functional, comfortable and aesthetically pleasing; therefore, lighting should be provided with a general plan for lighting, lighting, and lighting.

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The kitchen is basically a place for food and utensils, and at the same time, it should be comfortable and aesthetically pleasing. In most cases, the visual focus of the cabinet and its surrounding surface. The wood, tiles, and metal materials used to make them should be well illuminated to reflect their appearance and function.

General lighting

In order to facilitate viewing cabinets and drawers, but also to facilitate the move back and forth, the need for general lighting. It is best to use fluorescent lamps in the most efficient way, the lowest cost, but produced the highest quality lighting. In addition, the fluorescent lamp maintenance is very simple, no difficulty can be integrated into the interior design. Their simple geometry allows them to be mounted on the ceiling, the top or bottom of the cabinet, and the wall. Indirect lighting comes from fluorescent lamps installed at the top of the cabinet. Although the embedded fluorescent lamp is not as efficient as downlight, but has the advantage of flexibility, this is because even if the room is irregular in shape, also can spread throughout the kitchen to provide lighting.

Task lighting

In the operating platform, sink and stove, should provide a higher level of lighting. In order to provide illumination by the lamps located in the center of the ceiling, the shadow caused by the operator or the cabinet above the operating surface will result in poor visibility. Water should be used according to downlight, focus the beam directly from the tank top. Lighting fixtures at the bottom of the cabinet will produce the best lighting results, but in order to sit in the vicinity of the person's visual comfort considerations, lamps should provide shading device.

Reading at the kitchen table or table usually requires work lighting. It is better to be provided by a hanging lamp to increase the visual appeal. Lighting controls allow people to set up lighting according to their activities: preparing food, a late supper, or breakfast. Recommended illuminance: 150-300-600lx. Our standard recommends that the average illuminance of the kitchen operation is 0.75m (100lx), a high level surface, 150lx An important consideration is that the light should not be seen in the seat, which means that, in general, the minimum light angle is 15o.

Key lighting

Focusing on certain items, such as cooking utensils, information boards or paintings, helps to make the kitchen more distinctive, as it has been in many homes. Recommended illuminance: 50-100-200lx. The standard of our country about kitchen key illumination is not illuminated proposal