Lighting planning for single-family house with KNX

Hi everyone,

we are currently finalizing the electrical planning to, among other things, plan the corresponding outlets in the ceiling. What do you think about it and where do you see room for improvement?

Reading guide:
- Green: Spots in halogen boxes
- Red: Simple burning point (surface mounted e.g. spotlights or lamps)
- Yellow: Spot in drywall element (therefore number and position still variable)
- Green stripes: Drywall elements for light coves
- Yellow stripes: LED strips

I have framed and partially numbered the switching groups.



For the children's rooms and the office, I had thought about laying the cables as 5x1.5 to retrofitting a good lighting concept later, e.g. through suspended ceilings. Operation runs via KNX.

I will skip the planning for the basement with hallway at this point, as it’s standard. The floor plans do not exactly match the current work planning either, so do not judge the dimensions or similar; the architect will place the outlets correctly.

Best regards

Well, I would say. Back to the drawing board and start anew.

Once again way too many spots/recessed lights. Especially the hole orgy in the bathroom. What is the deeper meaning of all this? In the age of LEDs, what you intend can be achieved with significantly fewer individual light sources and also much more homogeneously. If you plan three light groups in the bathroom, just make three nicely shaped ceiling flush panels in round or square. These will provide more than enough light, possibly also in the TW variant (I would consider this anyway in a new build, if not already done),

8 lighting elements in a 20 sqm hallway is again at medical practice level.

Otherwise, yes, not bad in principle with many light groups. However, I might consider wall lights here and there and also backlighting in the media areas. Terrace and garden lighting.

Regarding the kitchen, it is not quite clear whether countertop lighting, etc. is planned.

Yes, just combine the spots, completely exaggerated. For example, one single spot over the toilet and shower is enough, maybe two in the shower.