Education and Classroom Lighting
Like many spaces, schools and campuses require lighting that is energy efficient, durable, easy to maintain, and flexible in style. Our luminaires contribute to productive learning environments across the country in classrooms, cafeterias, residence halls, corridors, academic offices, exterior walls, and athletics spaces.
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Classroom Lighting Needs
Lighting Around Campus
From corridors full of classrooms to large common areas, transition spaces use luminaires that complement the lighting design in other areas, but may be larger in scale or more decorative.
Avatar exterior wall sconces complement university lighting designs well because they fit traditional and contemporary styles.
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Colonnade wall sconces and Cylinder pendants with similar trim options in a university corridor.
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Sequence pendants can be specified with RGB sources, seen here complementing the colorful ceiling in this university lobby.
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Classroom Lighting
The activities that occur within the classroom space have evolved with the adoption of technology and pedagogy styles. Rather than simply provide task lighting bright enough for students to work with pencil and paper, classroom lighting now needs to work with projection equipment, screen glare, and multi-purpose activities. Visa Lighting's direct/indirect luminaires help support those busy areas.
What Type Of Lighting Is Best For Schools?
LED lights are the best man-made lights for the classroom, but they can not beat natural light. Natural light is the best and most important light to incorporate in the classroom. Natural sunlight provides physical and physiological benefits to both students and teachers alike. Sun in the classroom can improve the health and concentration of students.
Classrooms with more windows or windows that are not covered are inexpensive ways to incorporate natural light in the classroom and to get rid of the use of fluorescent lights.
Broadway pendants are good over tables as they provide glare-free task lighting and add dimension to the space
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Wedge wall sconces have a glowing luminaire body as well as indirect uplight, ideal for large classrooms and presentation spaces.
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Library Lighting
For students, the library is more than a place to access books. It offers a chance to unwind, collaborate, quietly study, or host events. The right lighting can draw people in and make them feel engaged and welcome. Our luminaires have filled hundreds of libraries across the country, either to provide ambient light or an eye-catching feature.
Broadway pendants mounted together in a small elementary school library, bringing ambient light lower from the high ceiling to create a welcoming environment for small children.
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Capitol ceiling luminaires with trim option are perfect for this university library because they emit warm, cozy illumination and fit the traditional interior design.
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Configurable pendants like the Infinity Performance can be used to create custom patterns in the open ceiling space to lead students to wander around the shelves.
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Midland Arts pendants fit many traditional interior designs, with their timeless cylinder form factor and decorative trim options.
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School Haus pendants upgrade the classic schoolhouse luminaire design with modern LED sources and alternative finish options.
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Sequence pendants, available in multiple sizes and source types, used here with suspended artwork to draw kids toward the library's reading area.
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Athletic and Fitness Areas
Whether in lower or higher education, athletics spaces often serve as the public face of the school. We provide large luminaires for entryways, sturdy fixtures for sports arenas, and customizable products for school branding.
Natatorium lighting requires luminaires equipped to handle water and chlorine exposure. Here, Air Foil wall sconces provide glare-free illumination.
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Air Foil pendants with custom photo graphics on the fixture body can be used to impress visitors in athletics spaces.
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Avatar wall sconces are sturdy enough for this university gym interior, illuminating the wall and corridor from large brick columns.
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Midbay industrial pendants are built for large venues like gyms, where the levels must be bright enough to illuminate the whole space.
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Parallel pendants, available up to 12" wide 8' long, can fill large, multi-story spaces like this university stadium lobby.
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Cafeterias, Cafés, and Lounges
School dining areas are a central activity space, whether in cafeterias or the more restaurant-style cafés seen on college campuses. We offer luminaires that serve decorative and performance purposes, with a wide variety of styles to integrate with the cafeteria's interior design.
Large, open cafeterias with high ceilings benefit from pendants suspended at different cord lengths to create a consistent plane of light above the tables.
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Colonnade wall sconces are used here to echo the style of the pendants above the dining area, with the more traditional trim option.
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The Cosmo ring pendant creates eye-catching indirect light from the lower ring, which reflects from the flared upper ring back down for comfortable, glare-free light over cafeteria tables.
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Cylinder pendants provide a luminous glow and functional downlight for this contemporary high school cafeteria.
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Parallel pendants, available up to 12" wide 8' long, can fill large, multi-story spaces like this university stadium lobby.
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