SmartHome is a partner of OVI from New York, USA. We tailor special lighting solutions for our clients in three tiers;
Specially tailored
lighting solutions
for living, working &
entertainment environments
A. Entry Level
Where the following points are carried out and reported as follows:
Project analysis
Overview of current architecture
Site survey in a later stage
Project development of lighting theme and utilization of space
Lighting lux level standards
Brightness control, Lamps selection
Luminaries selection
Lighting layouts
List of quantity and specs of required luminaries
Lighting Academy
Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve practical or aesthetic effects. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources like lamps and light fixtures, as well as natural illumination by capturing daylight. Daylighting (using windows, skylights, or light shelves) is sometimes used as the main source of light during daytime in buildings. This can save energy in place of using artificial lighting, which represents a major component of energy consumption in buildings. Proper lighting can enhance task performance, improve the appearance of an area, or have positive psychological effects on occupants.
Lighting Technology
Lighting is a key element of architecture and interior design. Residential lighting uses mainly either incandescent lamps or fluorescent lamps and often depends heavily on movable fixtures plugged into outlets; built-in lighting is typically found in kitchens, bathrooms, and corridors and in the form of hanging pendants in dining rooms and sometimes recessed fixtures in living rooms. Lighting in nonresidential buildings is predominantly fluorescent. High-pressure sodium-vapour lamps have higher efficiency and are used in industrial applications. Halogen lamps have residential, industrial, and photographic applications. Depending on their fixtures, lamps (bulbs) produce a variety of lighting conditions. Incandescent lamps placed in translucent glass globes create diffuse effects; in recessed ceiling-mounted fixtures with reflectors, they can light walls or floors evenly. Fluorescent fixtures are typically recessed and rectangular, with prismatic lenses, but other types including indirect cove lights and luminous ceilings, in which lamps are placed above suspended translucent panels. Mercury-vapour and high-pressure sodium-vapour lamps are placed in simple reflectors in industrial spaces, in pole-mounted streetlight fixtures, and in indirect up-lighting fixtures for commercial applications. In the 21st century, newer technologies included LEDs (light-emitting diodes; semi-conductors that convert electricity into light), CFLs (compact fluorescent lights, which are 80 percent more efficient than incandescent lights), and ESL (electron-stimulated luminescence, which works by using accelerated electrons to light a coating on the inside of a bulb)