In recent years the trend to living outdoors, despite our unpredictable climate, has led to a huge increase in the demand for outdoor lighting, both decorative, and security based. The improvement in LED technology has also given a boost to walk-over and drive-over lights which are recessed into a drive, pavement or decking.
With an explosion in the building of large ‘mansion’ style houses outdoor lighting designers have been able to express themselves in many ways, providing beautiful large decorative lanterns around the house, using concealed LED flood lighting amongst shrubbery and vegetation and powerful halogen floodlights, which are PIR sensor activated, at selected positions around the home which need instant bright light should anyone approach. Some have fully computerised systems which can be programmed to vary the timing of lights depending on the time of year, security required or occupation of the property.
Most homes, up and down the country, have an outdoor light beside the front door, traditionally a kind of ‘carriage’ style outdoor lantern (which are still popular) but more in fashion recently are the ’stainless steel’ contemporary style outdoor light. Some of these more modern outdoor lights feature LED lamps, which give an almost pale blue light, they are very eco-friendly with low energy consumption, I would suggest they are good to give a glow of light around a front door but not really very bright.
The more traditional style outdoor lantern, does suit a lot of our older properties and is capable of giving a good light either with a 100w light bulb or a 20w compact fluorescent energy saver lamp. They often have matching ‘post lights’ for gate posts, these give an individual style to your driveway entrance as well as providing security for your property. If you have space for a ‘lamp post’ this can also be installed, usually in a rear or front garden to give extra light and a decorative feature, at between 6′-9′ tall you can choose from many designs. All these traditional outdoor lanterns are usually made from cast aluminium, then treated with a baked on paint finish for extra durability, guarantees by manufacturers range from 1 year up to 25 years for the finest quality which can withstand even coastal weather.
The use of recessed LED deck lighting has grown enormously, these are usually small individual units which are linked together, a small hole is cut into the decking then the light unit is sunk until it is level with the surface of the deck, they use very low amounts of power e.g. 0.5 watts per unit, yet provide a really attractive feature. Often the light they give is either white or bright blue.
In the commercial environment recessed LED lights provide an economical way of illuminating footpaths, driveways and even car parks, sometimes using coloured LEDS such as red, green or yellow.
With reduction of energy consumption being a vital part of our day to day lives outdoor lights have two ways of tackling that (besides LEDs), one is the use of P.I.R. sensors (passive infra red) which will switch your light on when someone approaches and activates the sensor, the sensor is set to turn off after a short period of time if no further motion is detected, thus minimising the amount of time a light is on. The second way of cutting the electric consumption is the use of Compact Fluorescent lamps, they use about one fifth of the power a regular tungsten lamp uses which makes them very effective if your outdoor lights are left on all night for instance. The compact fluorescent lamps can even be retro-fitted into your existing outdoor lights whether they have BC or ES lamp holders.
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