Illuminate a single-family house from below / How to implement?

2021-08-08 20:01:35

BM are already good. But think of the neighbors and nocturnal animals. Outdoor lighting should only be present when it is needed.
Even a BM that only switches on when presence is detected can lead to light pollution with the appropriate light source. My tip: consider where you need which light and choose the sources accordingly.

2021-08-08 20:20:10

The goal is to illuminate the house purposefully and discreetly, without dazzling or disturbing neighbors and the environment. Maybe there is someone who has experience with this or can possibly recommend specific floor spots?

2021-08-08 20:24:26

I have no tip for floor spots, as we omitted them precisely because of the requirements you mentioned. Light that shines upwards cannot be subtle in my view. Possibly for the neighbor, but not for the environment upwards. That is basically the nature of a floor lamp.

2021-08-08 20:25:33

The goal is to illuminate the house purposefully and discreetly without dazzling or disturbing neighbors and the environment. Maybe there is someone who has experience with this or can perhaps already recommend specific ground spots?

Discreetly illuminating the house is then an “effect” that you would keep on constantly at night, because otherwise you wouldn’t illuminate the house but the path? So again the question: how long should it be on? When you come home 1-2 minutes or effect lighting a few hours in the evening? The former would be okay, we have such “up-down spots” that also have a certain effect. But illuminating the house because it looks nice and then nobody walks outside, that is light pollution… meaning it especially disturbs animals strongly in the darkness.

2021-08-08 20:33:37

Subtly lighting the house is still an effect” that you would leave on permanently in the dark, because otherwise you wouldn’t be illuminating the house but the path?

So again the question: how long should it be on? When you come home 1-2 minutes or effect lighting for a few hours in the evening?

The former would be okay, we have these “up and down spots” that also have a certain effect.
But lighting up the house because it looks nice and then no one is outside, that is light pollution… which mainly means that it strongly disturbs animals in the dark.

Mainly during this time span or when someone comes into the driveway. The circuit would then be adjusted so that only the light in the driveway area comes on. The garden in the back remains dark.

So no permanent effect lighting.

I did some googling and got stuck visually on this picture here.

Not too wide, not too high a light cone. I don’t want to illuminate the whole 8m facade.

PS: May I post the picture here like this?

2021-08-08 20:52:29

Do you have a driveway where a facade can be illuminated like that?
I don't know your driveway, ours is 30m long and there is nothing that could be lit accordingly by a ground light.
Apart from that, it looks very nice.

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