Black, Brown or Navy?

When was the last time you thought about the lighting in your closet? Today is the day! Jeff Dross (LightingByJeffery.com) will take us through the many considerations for this small space.

Show notes

Jeffrey R Dross has been involved in the residential lighting industry for over 45 years. He has engineered products, managed the development of different lighting types, educated the industry about lighting and its use, helped designers comprehend the power of lighting and designed lighting installation in a variety of residential spaces.

Visit his site for a great blog, and more about his design services.

Jeffrey talks about CRI. Terry McGowan, ALA’s resident engineer, says:

Color Rendering Index is a measure of how well people or things look when lighted by a particular light source compared to how they look when lighted by incandescent bulbs.

The scale used for CRI is 0-100 where 100 is a perfect color match.
The higher the CRI; the better (more natural) people and things will look.
For residential lighting, use LED light sources with CRI ratings of 90 and above.
From a practical standpoint, most LEDs (even the ones with poor color rendering) usually have a CRI of 70 or more.

If you want to really geek out about CRI, you can do that, too.

Visit ALAMembers.com for more information about the American Lighting Association and membership.

ALALighting.com has lighting tips and inspiration, and a listing of ALA-member showrooms.

Contest for folks who read the show notes: Be one of the first three respondents to give a coherent summary of CRI, and you’ll win a prize. Mostly bragging rights, but also a little prize. Enter at Podcast@ALALighting.com.

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