Developing a light plan

Developing a light plan

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Our LED experts have now handled all rooms and that is why it is now time for the "real thing", the development of a lighting plan. You develop a lighting plan to clearly identify which lighting and the associated connection points you need per room.

MATERIALS

You need a number of materials for the development, such as the following:

- A3 white sheet of paper
- Transparent (cover) paper
- Pencils
- Sharpener
- Ruler
- Eraser
- Colored pencils / markers (optional).

The transparent paper gives you the possibility to work with multiple layers so that you can easily create multiple light plans and ultimately choose the most suitable one.

PREPARATION

Be the first to take the dimensions of the rooms that you want to include in your plan and calculate a scale for it so that the floor plan fits on the A3 paper. Then draw the spaces one by one on the A3 sheet, taking doors into account by leaving them blank and possibly making the lines of the fixed walls thicker with the help of a marker. Then draw in the furniture and connection points. Make sure you make a distinction between the various connection points, for example, give the connection to the ceiling a different symbol than the connection of a wall socket. You can also choose to color the furniture so that it is clearly visible through the layers that you are going to lay over it.

LIGHTING

Now that the floor plan is ready, we will start with the layers, this is where you will draw the lighting. Grab a piece of transparent paper or cut it to size so that you can completely cover the space you want to work on. Draw the walls and connections, the furniture is not necessary because they are already visible thanks to the coloring. Keep in mind which space has which function, think back to the previous blogs of this lighting plan series. Now draw on the transparent paper where you want the lamps, alternate with colors and symbols so that each type of lighting has its own color and/or symbol and for lamps with a dimmer, for example, draw a circle around it as an indication. When the first layer is ready you can start with a new layer. Place another transparent sheet over the map on A3 and repeat the same steps as the first layer you made, but draw the lights here at other locations. By drawing the lamps in different positions each time you can play with the lighting in your interior so that you will eventually arrive at what is the best solution for you.

SOLID PLAN

When you have tested enough and have been able to make a final choice, you can finally start purchasing the right luminaires and lamps. Please note that the luminaires are suitable for the type of lamp that you want to use. Afterward, you obviously do not throw away the floor plans, they are beautifully framed on the wall and you can use them again in the future when you make the decision to move furniture.
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