TAILIEUCHUNG - Lighting with Artificial Light 11

For work or recreation, business or pleasure – whatever the reason, all sorts of people spend a great deal of time in hotels and guest houses, restaurants and bars. Whether the experience is a positive one depends on a lot of factors. But visual impact is high on the list. Outside our normal environment our senses are particularly alert, ready to register and store unfamiliar and positive new impressions. This is an automatic human response – one that paves the way for an appreciation of surroundings crafted for aesthetic appeal | Fordergemeinschaft Gutes Licht Good lighting for Hotels and Restaurants 11 The travel experience For work or recreation business or pleasure - whatever the reason all sorts of people spend a great deal of time in hotels and guest houses restaurants and bars. Whether the experience is a positive one depends on a lot of factors. But visual impact is high on the list. Outside our normal environment our senses are particularly alert ready to register and store unfamiliar and positive new impressions. This is an automatic human response -one that paves the way for an appreciation of surroundings crafted for aesthetic appeal. For details of illustrations see acknowledgements for photographs on pages 44ff. Visual information accounts for 80 percent of all the information a human being receives. Light makes the quality of our environment visible and impacts on our emotional and subconscious response. The rules of sensitive practical lighting design are complex. Lighting designers offer special expertise and solutions. Pages 1-7 Introduction Trends Pages 8-19 Public areas Pages 20-23 Pages 24-31 Circulating areas Private areas Pages 32-35 Pages 36-37 Offices Kitchens and utility rooms Facades Outdoor areas 1 2 JI Ke respond emotionally to the pres-1 ence of light and enjoy intuitively the different kinds of atmosphere that daylight or artificial lighting creates. So in hotels and restaurants lighting atmosphere should never be left to chance. Like a stage production visual ambience and impact of light can be planned down to the very last detail. A good lighting constellation - whether it is designed to aid orientation facilitate communication or promote a sense of wellbeing - plays a key role in shaping the way we assess any experience even if that assessment is on a subliminal level.

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• maintained illuminance
• lighting technology
• luminance
• electrical characteristics
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