3578911
9780927412001
A unique book for people who want to have many choices to light their homes &/or their place of business. It covers lighting for renters & owners. It covers indoor & outdoor lighting. And it covers both electrical lighting & natural daylight. It distills the highly technical information about lighting into easily understandable, how-to information for all kinds of space--offices, retail stores, homes, churches, conference rooms, & restaurants. Reviewers have praised its readability & the 270 line drawings that augment the text. Among other things, it covers light for reading in bed without disturbing your partner & light without fading for art collections. The 3-page bibliography can be used as a basis for self-study. The 12-page index has 376 topics to assist finding information quickly. It contains Rules of Thumb, See for Yourself experiments, & Sample Electric Costs to guide the reader to make informed decisions. This book is a comprehensive guide presented in an easy-to-understand manner. The author is a lighting designer, national lecturer, chairperson of IES residential lighting committee, & a continuing education administrator at Florida State University. To order: Durwood Publishers, P.O. Box 37474, Tallahassee, FL 32315-7474.Grosslight, Jane is the author of 'Light,light,light' with ISBN 9780927412001 and ISBN 0927412004.
[read more]