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In landscape lighting design, what types of lighting are there? Let's take a look at the commonly used fixtures!

Jul 25,2020

In landscape lighting design, what types of lighting are there? Let's take a look at the commonly used fixtures!

Keywords: Landscape Lighting

Landscape lighting has become a common project in some cities. To make the city look beautiful at night, landscape lighting is implemented. Do you know what types of lighting are involved in the design of lighting projects? Generally, they are divided into functional lighting and landscape lighting. The former usually refers to the design of courtyard lights and lawn lights responsible for road lighting; the latter refers to the design of lighting for specified architectural features, landscapes, and trees according to garden requirements. Additionally, do you know what common lighting fixtures are used in landscape lighting? If not, take a look at the introduction in the article below.

Types of lighting in landscape lighting design:

This lighting system is generally divided into functional lighting and landscape lighting. The former usually refers to the design of courtyard lights and lawn lights responsible for road lighting; the latter refers to the design of lighting for specified architectural features, landscapes, and trees according to garden requirements.

1. About road lighting. The appropriate lighting fixtures should be selected based on the width of the road. The light source for courtyard lights is generally energy-saving lamps, while metal halide lamps are used at intersections. The lighting in parking lots within parks generally uses courtyard lights with metal halide lamps as the light source.

2. About landscape lighting. Common lighting fixtures include stone lights, wall lights, tree lights, buried decorative lights, underwater lights, bench lights, step lights, decorative light poles, and spotlighting for pavilions, etc. In the design, it is necessary to select lighting fixtures of appropriate power and type based on the specific conditions of the illuminated objects and to ensure safe and reliable installation.

Common lighting fixtures used in landscape lighting:

Common lighting fixtures used in landscape lighting include LED displays, LED landscape trees, LED digital tubes, LED light strings, and LED fiber optic lights. Below is a detailed introduction.

  1. LED Display

An LED display, short for Light Emitting Diode, is a display method that controls semiconductor light-emitting diodes. It typically consists of many red light-emitting diodes that display characters by turning the lights on and off. It is used to display various information such as text, graphics, images, animations, market data, video, and recording signals.

  2. LED Landscape Tree

LED landscape tree lights are a new type of simulated landscape light. LED landscape tree lights are environmentally friendly, have a long lifespan, and are aesthetically pleasing. The trunk and leaves of the LED landscape tree light are made of simulated materials, and the light source is LED, with a height generally ranging from 0.8 to 7 meters. The energy-saving and durable characteristics of LED landscape tree lights compensate for the shortcomings of traditional landscape lights, making them a revolutionary product in the same category. They are widely used in squares, courtyards, leisure plazas, lobbies, and other places.

  3. LED Digital Tube

LED colorful outline lights are controlled by microcomputer chips, allowing for synchronous colorful effects, gradients, chases, flowing effects, scanning, running horse effects, stacking, and full-color 512 color effects. The more segments there are, the more delicate and smooth the effects become. Full-color digital tubes can be divided into internal control or external control. Internal control digital tubes are controlled by chips inside the tube.

 4. LED Light String

LED light strings use advanced LED semiconductor chips as light-emitting components, utilizing large-scale integrated control technology to achieve complex lighting changes and control effects. They are a replacement for traditional night scene lighting and decoration, being an environmentally friendly, energy-saving, high-tech, simple, bright, and richly controlled decorative and lighting source; they consume little power, generate little heat, have a long lifespan, are impact-resistant, and have high reliability.

  5. LED Fiber Optic Light

Combining fiber optics with crystal reflective materials, the special reflection of crystals and light, along with unique manufacturing methods and processes, creates a dreamy and colorful visual effect, providing a warm and romantic feeling. It is the preferred decorative lighting product for entertainment venues and bathing centers, favored by many designers and nightclubs. It has no heat sensation, consumes little power, has a long lifespan, and offers various patterns, colors, and changes; the flowing light creates a vibrant and lively atmosphere.

The above is a detailed introduction to the types of lighting and common lighting fixtures in landscape lighting design. You can refer to the above content when designing landscape lighting, and I hope it helps you.