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LED and Architecture: Match Made in Heaven
Once darkness sets in, even the most beautiful of buildings will look drab without the utility of proper lighting. Today, more and more credit has been given to the defining effect of light in architectural designs. Ultimately, as homebuilders and architectural experts search for the best lighting system, they’ll find LED and its superior characteristics largely irresistible.
Quite simply, everybody knows without light, it would be impossible for man to work in the wee hours of the night. That would mean you would have to finish everything you need to do while the sun is up.
However, light has a far wider application than just allowing us to see our work environment, explains moderneon-lite.com. Its ability to create an impression and define mood has made it an essential part of every major piece of architecture on the planet today.
An International Year of the Light 2015 blog puts it aptly: ‘Light is the most important factor in the appreciation and understanding of architecture’. Though that could raise eyebrows for some, a quick look at the best hotels and restaurants in town should be telling. Light, definitely, sets the stage for people to appreciate the real beauty of a man-made structure.
Naturally, cities would fail to impress us without light. Imagining the City of London so dark would make it look like it has been set back to prehistoric times.
There’s no going around it, the primary standard of success for any lighting is the human response.
Utilising such a basis, it’s hard to find any lighting system for architectural design as captivating and as effective as LED lighting. Its superior aesthetic value with all its colours and shapes should humble any traditional lighting. But what separates LED from most other lighting system (e.g., fluorescent, halogen) is its efficiency.
So energy efficient is LED it consumes 90% less power than a traditional incandescent bulb. For instance, the U.S. Department of Energy detail widespread use of LED as the “greatest impact” of energy savings in that North American nation.
No doubt, LED and architecture are truly a match made in lighting heaven.
