Guest Blog: Light Projects Ltd
Light Projects Ltd provides a specialist architectural and garden lighting fitting manufacturer and supplier.
The company offers a comprehensive service including advice for the design of schemes to the supply of suitable fittings. We work with lighting designers, landscape architects and contractors to help them realise their most creative schemes.
By using the latest high-quality fittings with the latest LED optics, Light Projects can supply low-energy fittings for schemes for any size garden from small courtyards and town gardens to larger country gardens and estates. We also supply Wibre underwater fittings and fibre optics for wet areas.
Our own LEDStar ranges are frequently specified for projects. The LEDStar has been a mainstay for over 25 years and the latest generation now uses Cree XP-G3 LEDs in 2700K, 3000K or 4000K colour temperatures to create cool through to warm lighting. Diffusers can be used to change beam angles for precise illumination of objects and features.
Uplighting trees
Up-to-date research has shown that uplighting trees can have a negative effect on trees and can affect the tree’s biological process including annual growth cycles. This can be especially harmful to young trees, which are more likely to be injured by the cold. In addition, lights shining into the air can confuse bats, owls, and insects. Artificial light can also act as a barrier for some species, fragmenting their habitats. Garden birds can also be disturbed from sleep by sudden lighting. So, if you’re planning on uplighting trees, it is recommended to keep them at low level and set them on a timer.
The functional and the decorative
For combining the functional and the decorative, manufacturers such as Norlys are at the forefront of design. They embrace the core values of their Scandinavian design with minimalism, functionality and enduring beauty. With a huge selection of wall lights, bollard lighting and inground fittings they are a popular choice for adding a touch of elegance for any scheme.
Carefully designed lighting schemes revolutionise the way you see and enjoy your garden. The illumination of plants, trees, statues and water features can create a stunning visage by night whilst the subtle lighting of a façade, porch, gates and driveways not only create a dramatic visual effect but also provide an advanced form of security.
The principal design focus is for creative lighting of garden features to create an attractive vista and a pleasant ambience around the house. increasingly, however, client requirements are for an integrated lighting system including aesthetic illumination of the exterior of the house and its approaches, coupled with controls and detection to enhance the security of the house and its surroundings.
Biophilic design principles can also be utilised. This is an approach to architecture that seeks to connect building occupants more closely to nature. A good example is below where the garden lighting scheme complements the building’s interior drawing people outside.
With over 30 years’ experience working with lighting designers, Light Projects has designed and supplied ranges of lighting fittings constructed to complement any project for both the interior and exterior environment.
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