Review of Recommended practice for residence lighting

Abstract

Reviews the book "Recommended practice for residence lighting" by the Committee on Residence Lighting of the Illuminating Engineering Society (1953). This pamphlet contains information useful to architects and to applied psychologists who are concerned with specifying illumination which will provide an attractive living space as well as comfortable and efficient vision in the home. It is gratifying to find a strong emphasis placed upon those factors which promote comfortable vision. Among these are: (1) a coordination of decoration (painting) with lighting to achieve satisfactory distribution of illumination; (2) the maintaining of satisfactory brightness ratios in the field of view and the surroundings; (3) selection of light sources; and (4) lighting for specific visual tasks such at sewing, dining, etc. This is, in general, an excellent pamphlet on home lighting. The careful reader with a knowledge of the field can approve of all the material except the recommended light intensities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)