Lighting Design for Kitchen

[Ben McCormack <yahoogroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All

I have started looking into the lighting design for the kitchen. The
space is quite large 4.5 * 5.5m and all of the lighting will be
controlled by cbus dimmers.

I have considered using a lighting designer but thought I would have a
go myself last night.

The plan is to have low voltage halogens in the ceiling and then task
lights under the cabinets.

So I started by finding that Aurora seem to produce nice fittings and
transformers at a reasonable price. (http://www.aurora-lighting.com/)

I then found Relux which is a lighting design program. Aurora produce
the specifications for each and every one of their fittings that feeds
into Relux. (http://www.relux.biz/) The software is
free to download
and not too difficult to get your head around.

So I chose a standard Aurora fitting and put all of the room details
into Relux.

You can also add things like windows and different finished on the
floor and walls.

Fitting - http://www.aurora-lighting.com/ProductPages/LampProductDetails.aspx?g=2951&c=6&b=71&oc=81

There are a couple of factors that affect the calculation

Maintenance Factor - I assume this is used for commercial
installations where Maintenance and blown bulbs can be a major issue.
I set this to 1.

Illuminance Required - After digging around I left this set at 500 lx.
This seems to be a reasonable figure to use.

The end result of this is 25 Light fittings in this space. Spaced on a
1m grid.


So how does this compare with other people who have fitted low voltage
in the kitchen. It seems rather a lot of light fittings to me?

Regards
Ben


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