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November 6, 2008
Lighting for common area
Hi everybody, I'm getting started researching wall and some ceiling-mounted lighting to update the common area of our building, and was wondering what pointers you folks may have. I know about Lighting by Gregory for fixtures, but what would you think about when purchasing lighting? I hear that halogen consumes a lot of energy and gets expensive to replace quickly. I'd like to find something energy-efficient but stay away from florescent, since the hall is very dark. Also, has anyone installed movement sensors controlling their corridor lighting? Thanks for thinking about it.
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To best of my knowledge, it is not yet legal to illuminate common areas using motion detectors. Here's link to Article 10 (Artificial Lighting) of NYC Housing Maintenance Code: http://www.housingnyc.com/html/resources/hmc/sub2/art10.html
Posted by: vinca at November 6, 2008 11:53 AM
Halogen is almost twice as efficient as incand. and 1/2 as efficient as CFL's. A 20W CFL is like a 100w incand., so don't how there's a problem with darkness. Besides, you can get 30w CFLs.
If you consider life, replacement cost of halogen is less than incand, but higher than CFLs.
Unless you're being in fear of being inspected, I'd install constant low level CFLs and motion-detected halogens. Energy efficiency should trump antiquated code.
Posted by: cmu at November 6, 2008 3:50 PM
Thanks for the comments. A lighting designer friend is recommending CFL, and he said you can get gels to put on the lights to make it look more like incandescent. Who knew! Interesting how motion detectors are not allowed in NYC.
Posted by: meerkatz at December 1, 2008 3:08 PM
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