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Balanced and Functional Kitchen Lighting
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Layering a kitchen scheme
How task, ambient and feature layers work together, and what each one is responsible for in a kitchen that gets used every day.
Shadow-free task lighting
Positioning and specifying benchtop lighting so the user is never working in their own shadow, including under-cabinet detail.
Colour temperature and rendering
Choosing colour temperature and CRI for food preparation and for the finishes around it, and keeping it consistent through the space.
Glare control on hard surfaces
Managing reflections off stone, glass and polished cabinetry, and specifying the optics and shielding that deal with them.
Specifying for real kitchens
Working around ceiling voids, rangehoods, bulkheads and overhead cabinetry without compromising the lighting design.
Controls and integration
Dimming, scene setting, and integrating kitchen lighting with the rest of the home — including existing automation systems.
About this CPD
What you'll learn in this Kitchen Lighting CPD
The kitchen is the hardest-working room in the house, and the one where lighting most often falls short. A single central fitting leaves you working in your own shadow. A grid of downlights flattens the room and bounces glare off stone, glass and polished cabinetry.
This live session works through a layered approach to kitchen lighting — task, ambient and feature — and how each layer gets specified, positioned and controlled. We cover benchtop illuminance and shadow-free task lighting, under-cabinet and in-cabinet detail, colour temperature and colour rendering for food preparation, glare control on hard reflective surfaces, and how the kitchen ties into dimming and home automation.
Delivered live online, with time for questions at the end.
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