Lighting for entrance halls, hallways, stairs, laundry home areas.

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Halls, stairs, hallways and laundry home lighting

General lighting is the key element for entrance halls, hallways, stairs or laundry and other home utility areas.

Lighting controls are key elements for energy savings in these parts of the house…

For day-lighting issues, see: Daylighting

Entrance halls lighting

A ceiling fixture and eventually one or two matching wall fixtures, are the usual key lighting elements of home entrances. The goal is to provide sufficient light to homeowners and guests, at their arrival or departure.

Since lighting in halls and foyers is usually used for short periods, incandescent lights (eventually supplemented by light controls) are the best option.

Home hallways lighting

Hallways illumination can be provided by ceiling fixtures, wall fixtures, ceiling recessed lights and track lighting. It all depends on tastes and styles. Usually it’s a good solution to use fixtures every 8/10 feet (2-2.5 m). It’s safer than to use just one or two lamps with a wider wattage.

For energy savings, use controls, namely motion sensors. To highlight family photos or artwork you may use movable ceiling track lights.

Fluorescents aren’t usually a good solution for hallways, due to the short periods of use of lighting in hallways. In these conditions they will not provide enough electricity savings, and their lifetime will be shorter.

Home stairs lighting

If the lights of the rooms adjacent to the stairway do not provide enough and safe lighting, use a close to ceiling fixture or a chain-hung fixture strategically located at the center of the stairway. Lighting all the stairs is essential, to prevent accidents.

Such us with halls and hallways, fluorescents aren’t a good solution for energy savings in home stairs. Using fluorescents for short periods will not provide enough energy savings.

Home utility areas & Lighting

Laundry and other home utility areas need a good general lighting to allow the activities linked to them. If this is your case, the best solution is often a sufficiently large fluorescent fixture in the ceiling. It will provide enough lighting, and also energy efficiency.