LIGHTING FIXTURE AND ITS DISTRIBUTION

Lighting Fixture
A light fixture (US English), light fitting (UK English), or luminaire is an
electrical device used to create artificial light by use of an electric lamp.
Types of Luminaire
Luminaires are the fixtures that house lights. They greatly affect both the
brightness and the spatial distribution of the light, because they bounce
and/or filter the light from their lamps, for different effects.

Types of luminaires are generally categorized by their light distribution.

Some common distributions are shown below:

Lighting Layout

Given the wide choice of different lamps and luminaires available,

there is an almost infinite set of different arrangements of electric lights
within a room that will provide a certain illumination level.
The primary concern in lighting layout is to avoid glare on activity
surfaces. Such glare is a result of light bouncing directly into user's eyes,

rather than diffusely.

SUMMARY
Distributions of Lighting
Direct Lighting means 100% of the light directed down
Semi-Direct Lighting means Smaller portion direct up - Most of the light
directed down
General-Diffuse Lighting means Light directed evenly around
Direct-Indirect Lighting means 50% of the light directed up - 50% of the
light directed down
Semi-Indirect Lighting means Most of the light direct up - Small portion of
the light directed down
Indirect Lighting means 100% of the light directed up
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