Architectural light shelf, the Glossary
A light shelf is a horizontal surface that reflects daylight deep into a building.[1]
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9 relations: Architectural lighting design, Daylight, Daylighting (architecture), Equator, Fire sprinkler system, LEED, Louver, Office, Window covering.
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Architectural lighting design
Architectural lighting design is a field of work or study that is concerned with the design of lighting systems within the built environment, both interior and exterior. Architectural light shelf and Architectural lighting design are Architectural elements.
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Daylight
Daylight is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight during the daytime.
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Daylighting (architecture)
Daylighting is the practice of placing windows, skylights, other openings, and reflective surfaces so that direct or indirect sunlight can provide effective internal lighting.
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Equator
The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
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Fire sprinkler system
A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection method, consisting of a water supply system providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system, to which fire sprinklers are connected.
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LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a green building certification program used worldwide.
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Louver
A louver (American English) or louvre (British English; see spelling differences) is a window blind or shutter with horizontal slats that are angled to admit light and air, but to keep out rain and direct sunshine. Architectural light shelf and louver are Architectural elements.
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Office
An office is a space where the employees of an organization perform administrative work in order to support and realize the various goals of the organization.
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Window covering
Window coverings are considered any type of materials used to cover a window to manage sunlight, privacy, additional weatherproofing or for purely decorative purposes.
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See also
Architectural lighting design
- Anidolic lighting
- Architectural light shelf
- Architectural lighting design
- Architecture of the night
- Cathedral of Light
- Cinimod Studio
- Cove lighting
- Daylight harvesting
- Glass Pavilion
- Havells Sylvania
- Hervé Descottes
- Illuminating Engineering Society
- Institution of Lighting Professionals
- International Association of Lighting Designers
- Koert Vermeulen
- L'Observatoire International
- Landscape lighting
- Lesley Wheel
- Light + Building
- Lighting as a service
- Lighting for the elderly
- List of lighting design software
- Luminous at Darling Quarter
- Professional Lighting Designers' Association
- Security lighting
- Southern exposure (terminology)
- Speirs Major
- Task lighting
- Visual comfort probability
- Wallwasher
- Walter D'Arcy Ryan
- X10 (industry standard)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_light_shelf
Also known as Light shelf, Light shelves.