Landscape Lighting: A Quiet Revolution

摘要

Treated as a minor topic in landscape design only a few years ago, lighting has emerged as an important issue. New products and technologies for exterior lighting are crowding catalogs that formerly were notable only for their limited choices. Public awareness of improved lighting technology, as well as the need to control glare and "light pollution," have led many cities and college campuses to scrap their antiquated lighting systems in favor of new schemes that stress human scale, improved color rendition, and visual acuity.