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By: Mary Merda
Website: http://www.lamps-n-lighting.com
When designing ambient
lighting in a space such as the kitchen
you might want to think a bit more sophisticated
and believe me, you’ll be glad you did.
Ambient lighting is the general illumination in
the kitchen space. Many times, I like to achieve
it through the use of reflected light from different
surfaces. For example if we put an attractive
low voltage track on the ceiling along the front
side of the cabinets we may achieve two goals,
one is the illumination of the cabinets and the
other is that the reflected light will add to
the ambient lighting of the kitchen space. The
use of track lighting is not the only solution
of course, but it provides more flexibility and
if done right it also looks great. In certain
areas like California, there is an energy code
that limits the fixture types that you can use
for ambient lighting by requiring a certain light
output per watt, which limits the selection to
mostly fluorescent sources.
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