General Lighting Topics Resources

Lighting Essentials for the Home
This website offers a review of the book The Right Light. The Right Light examines a wealth of lighting sources, types, and styles. It shows you how to find and use the best light fixtures, how to create mood with lighting, and how to balance the functional and aesthetic aspects of lighting throughout your home on a room-by-room basis, and even outdoors. The book includes detailed lighting plans for homes, decorative tricks on how to use lighting, lighting design tips and handcrafted lamp projects.

Lighting Fixtures and Lamps
Lighting website geared towards the general public, lighting sales associates, lighting showrooms and lighting show room buyers. Features index of different types of lighting fixtures including Tiffany lighting, wall sconces, pendant fixtures, puck lights, crytal and brass chandeliers, track lighting, halogen lighting, and Murano glass lighting fixtures. Section on desk lamps, Torchiere lamps, halogen lamps and juvenile lamps included, along with more information about ceiling fans, ceiling medallions, and ceiling fan installation tips. Links to information about incandescent bulbs, and halogen lighting are included. Access, task, decorative and ambient lighting are also linked.

Home Office Lighting
This article discusses home office lighting options. Evenly lit rooms may not be ideal, and instead lighting layers and lighting angles should be used. If the area around your monitor is not well-lit, there will be a contrast between the bright computer screen and the darkness of the room, which will certainly create eye strain after a while. Article cautions to beware of glare and mix up lighting colors and using lighting to enhance home décor. Halogen, fluorescent and incandescent bulbs are also mentioned.

All About Light Therapy
Light therapy is the use of natural or artificial light to treat various ailments, but primarily depressive and sleep disorders. It may be administered by a physician, physical therapist, psychiatrist, or psychologist. While exposure to the full-spectrum wavelength of natural sunlight is considered the best form of light therapy, it is not always possible for many people to get outdoors. Therefore, light therapists often recommend treatment with simulated sunlight from light boxes. The form of light therapy most commonly used today is known as bright-light therapy. It requires that you sit near a special light box fitted with high-intensity light bulbs, which may provide either full-spectrum or white light. This type of light therapy has been proven to be particularly useful in treating seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as the "winter blues," a form of depression that occurs as the amount of daylight wanes with the change of seasons. It has also been shown to be effective for some sleep disorders. Website also includes choosing a light therapist, and health benefits of light therapy.