Educational facilities present a challenging lighting environment because they demand a holistic design of the visual, psychological, biological, and photobiological effects of light. Classroom lighting should support a positive learning environment and enhance the educational experience by delivering ambiences and illuminances that are functional and comfortable. Achieving quality lighting in classrooms and other learning spaces involves more than simply installing light fixtures that deliver illuminance required for a given task to be visible. Many issues such as glare, flicker, uniformity, color appearance and quality enter into design and specification decisions for classroom lighting.
LED ceiling lights of common use in classrooms, auditoriums and computer labs include troffers, flush mount ceiling lights and suspended ceiling lights. Recessed and flush mount fixtures are generally used in spaces with ceiling heights of 9’ or less. They leave enough head room clearance for occupants walking or studying under the fixtures. Recessed and flush ceiling lights are direct lighting systems that direct almost all of the light downward to deliver maximum optical efficiency.
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