LG9 Lighting for Communal Residential Buildings 2013 (Paperback, 2013)

This new edition of Lighting Guide 9: Lighting for communal residential buildings replaces the original version published in 1997. Significant developments both in lighting technology and building design have taken place over the last 15 years; these are incorporated, together with information on lighting control systems, guidance on effective use of daylight and examples of current best practice.This guide provides information for non-specialists about lighting for most constituent areas of communal residential buildings. These may include student residences at a university, hostels, children's homes, residential homes for the elderly, nursing homes, hospices, NHS staff accommodation or school boarding houses. Capacity can vary from a small flat shared between four students to a large residential home providing 24-hour care and all meals for 100 elderly people.