Lighting Atmosphere Standard
The atmosphere is chosen by how the room is used, then held.
Price is a relative direction only — never a quotation. The real figure is confirmed by ALUMAX or a specialist at site measurement.
One approved build, component by component.
How ELS specifies light across every project. The atmosphere is set by use — not by taste — and held across a sightline; ELS specifies it, the lighting/electrical specialist supplies and installs, and ALUMAX carries the strips integrated into its joinery. CRI, glare control and technique are constant; only the colour-temperature strategy changes between the three atmospheres.
| Component | Route | ELS specification | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colour temperature | Specialist trade | Chosen by room use and held across a sightline (no mixed colour temperature): Warm residential 3000K (Cream 2700–3000K) for homes · Task-split 3000K at rest / 4000K over the work surface for utilitarian kitchens · Commercial neutral 3500–4000K, one temperature across a whole office floor. | Primary |
| Colour rendering | Specialist trade | CRI ≥90 throughout — a cheap low-CRI strip turns a white door green and collapses champagne metal and fine marble veining to flat grey. | Primary |
| Layers & technique | Specialist trade | Bounced and grazing sources first — wall-wash, cove, under-shelf — not downlights on flat fronts (they scallop matte doors and expose every wave). Light the joinery, not the ceiling. | Supporting |
| Glare & screens | Specialist trade | Never a downlight directly above a monitor or a gloss / fluted face; on office floors bias the light vertical so faces read on video calls while screens stay unlit. | Conditional |
| Dimming & control | Specialist trade | Dim a larger number of low-output sources rather than driving a few hard — especially warm palettes, where a high-output 2700K drifts toward nicotine. | Supporting |
| Integrated cabinet lighting | ALUMAX | Concealed strips under overheads and inside display niches, wired into the ALUMAX joinery; the diode is never visible on a flat front, where it reflects as a row of smears.ALUMAX code confirmed on the finishes catalogue. | Supporting |
| Fixture finish | Specialist trade | Fixture and track finish coordinated with the Metal & Hardware Standard, so a black-tap kitchen does not get chrome downlight bezels. | Accent-only |
- Primary
- Suitable for large surfaces and main cabinetry.
- Supporting
- Suitable for secondary surfaces.
- Conditional
- Approved only under the stated room, lighting or material condition.
- Accent-only
- Use in limited areas only.
- Specialist trade
- Quoted, supplied, installed and warranted by the appointed specialist; ELS specifies the requirement and checks the installed result.
- ALUMAX
- Quoted, supplied, installed and warranted by ALUMAX; ELS specifies the finish.
Where the original selection is unavailable or commercially unsuitable, an approved equivalent must match it on every axis above. The installer must never choose an equivalent on site — a substitution is subject to ELS design and specification review and client approval.
ELS selects, specifies and coordinates materials to one approved design direction. Products supplied by ALUMAX are quoted, supplied and warranted by ALUMAX. Products and works supplied by specialist trades remain under the respective specialist's quotation and warranty. Any proposed substitution is subject to ELS design and specification review and client approval.
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Concept studies, not photographs of completed projects.
What to publish from the library, and what to commission new.
- Publish existingPublish 3 whole-room scheme renders from the gated LGT-SCH set — one per atmosphere (warm-residential / task-split / commercial-neutral).
- Commission newOne sightline shot proving 3000K held vs mixed colour temperature — the muddy-timber failure.