Lighting design

[Jerseydaze]

Anyone have a good web site for lighting design mainly recessed .

 

[360Youth]

I always tell a customer that recessed lights are like Lays potato chips, "You can never have just one." I do not know of any web sites, but for me if you use cans for anything more than walk areas and room perimeters you had better plan on a bunch of them. I think it is good lighting, but if it is used for general lighting the dark spots that result from not having enough really stand out.

 

[charlietuna]

There are plenty of manufacturer's manuals discussing lighting design and basic layouts for different task lighting applications. I always found it easier to contact one of my suppliers who have in-house salesmen trained by these manufacturers to do this work. You are paying for this service--why not use it?

 

[PCN]

Anyone have a good web site for lighting design mainly recessed .

Click on the Basic version it's free.


http://www.visuallightingsoftware.com/eStore/products.asp

 

[Mr. Bill]

If you set up a free account at Lightolier's website you can have access to these courses. Don't know how good they are yet. I doubt it's anything advanced. Lesson 12 is what I think you're looking for.
http://www.lightolier.com/resources/edu_lessons.jsp

Section 1 Lessons in Lighting Fundamentals

Lesson 1 - Light and Vision
Lesson 2 - Light and Color
Lesson 3 - Light Sources
Lesson 4 - Incandescent Lamps
Lesson 5 - Low Voltage Lamps
Lesson 6 - Fluorescent Lamps
Lesson 7 - Ballast Technology
Lesson 8 - Controlling Light
Lesson 9 - Luminaire System Performance
Lesson 10 - High Intensity Discharge Lamps
Lesson 11 - Fluorescent Luminaires and Systems
Lesson 12 - Recessed Downlighting
Lesson 13 - Decorative Lighting
Lesson 14 - Track and Cable Lighting Systems
Lesson 15 - Fiber Optic Illumination Systems
Lesson 16 - Lighting Controls
Lesson 17 - Light and Space
Lesson 18 - Lighting Design
Lesson 19 - The Quantity and Quality of Light


Section 2 Lessons in Lighting Applications

Lesson 20 - Basics of Commercial Office Lighting
Lesson 21 - Retail Lighting
Lesson 22 - Residential Lighting
Lesson 23 - Lighting Education Facilities
Lesson 24 - Emergency Lighting

 

[Chenley]

I have been looking for the same thing mainly for florescents. Have been playing around with Cooper Photometric Toolbox and LitePro Estimator Tools. Both are free.