Landscape Design and Construction
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dimmed down for a night of quiet conversation, appetizers and wine; and then turned up for cleaning up after the party. Look for LED down lights for recessed cans that are UL listed for damp locations. Install them in patio ceilings, under soffits — anywhere you would want the full-range of dimmabililty to create a mood or to light up a larger general area. Step lights are often an overlooked component of outdoor
lighting; and, as a result, steps are often unseen and people stumble and fall in the dark. Use step lights to guide people to and from an outdoor kitchen paying attention to illuminate changes in elevation (a step or incline) or changes in surface (concrete to grass). Step lights are often built into the hard- scape, and electricians will run 120V wire and install single gang electrical boxes in advance, anticipating the future installa- tion of step lights. If this is the case, LED step lights are now designed to fit directly into those electrical boxes and use stan- dard 120V wire that is already stubbed out. You can choose face plates that suit the design of the outdoor kitchen and landscap- ing: stainless steel, dark bronze, white — with or without lou- vers or a scoop over the lens. When your clients invest their time and money in an outdoor
kitchen, it only makes sense to help them get the most out of it by making it the place to congregate even after the sun goes down.
LI Jason Elrod is director of sales, residential and commercial lighting at
American Lighting, where he is instrumental in sales, product develop- ment and new product introduction. He has more than 10 years of lighting sales experience, and is responsible for the American Lighting sales team and sales representatives nationwide that call on electrical distributors, lighting showrooms and other distribution channels. Under his direction, American Lighting has launched the Product Knowledge Series and the Mobile Lighting Showroom, both designed to train and educate distributors about the latest in LED lighting products. For more information, visit www.americanlighting.com.
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