The Lighting Warehouse
Energy in Johannesburg

The Lighting Warehouse is South Africa's leading independent lighting retailer and stock chandeliers & pendants, energy saving globes, downlighters, fans & outdoor light fittings.

The Lighting Warehouse is South Africa’s leading independent lighting retailer. PRESS RELEASE A ceiling fan provides simple and efficient cooling Looking for a way to cool down this summer, but you don’t want to spend a fortune? PRESS RELEASE 10 outdoor lighting tips to consider Outdoor lighting can highlight your home’s architecture, landscaping, and provide added safety. Looking for a way to cool down this summer, but you don’t want to spend a fortune? Melissa Davidson from leading lighting and ceiling fan supplier, The Lighting Warehouse tells us how. Outdoor lighting can highlight your home’s architecture, landscaping, and provide added safety. Melissa Davidson from leading lighting supplier, The Lighting Warehouse, shares some tips for those considering lighting up their home’s outdoor surrounds. It is a good idea to use a torch to see how the light will interplay with your home’s architectural and landscaping features. It is important to make a note of areas that you would use socially, as well as those very dark spots that compromise your safety and security. Install it in layers: Any good lighting design worth its salt will include different layers of light that provide the three different types of lighting, namely ambient, task and accent lighting. As its name implies, ambient lighting provides general overall lighting, and sets the mood or ambience of the space being lit. Accent lighting is decorative, and serves to highlight various features and interplay with the ambient lighting to reinforce a particular style. Choosing LED globes for example, can provide energy savings of up to 90% when compared to incandescent globes. Stay in control: Why not consider motion-activated sensors, daynight-activated sensors, and time switches. It can be very annoying when your neighbour’s outdoor lights shine directly into your living space for example. So, when planning your design, for those installations that are close to your neighbours, select light that shines downwards or position the lights so that they shine solely into your property. Choose weather-resistant fixtures: For optimum longevity, make sure that the fittings you choose are weather-resistant. Outdoor fixtures should be non-corrosive and UV-resistant. Consider proportion: The ideal size of an outdoor light fitting needs to strike a balance between proportion and size. For example, a single light fitting for the front entrance of your home should measure one-third of the front door’s height, so that it is in proportion and provides visual balance, as well as being noticeable from the driveway. However, if there are two lights at the entrance for example, each light should measure only one-quarter the size of the front door. Don’t over-do it: Too much light can create light pollution and distract guests and neighbors. For example, plan your pathways using low-voltage, down-facing lights to provide a nicely lit pathway, without glare, to guide you and guests along paths. Or, use spotlights to feature trees and other large features on your property, or to wash your garden walls with light to create dramatic light-and-shadow features.