Outdoor Lighting
There is no reason why you can’t enjoy your landscaping even after the sun goes down. With the proper landscape lighting, your outdoor spaces are more inviting, secure and beautiful.
Landscape lighting discourages crime, makes access more safe and secure, and reveals the daytime beauty of your outdoor environment. New, energy efficient lighting technologies and lower voltages make landscape lighting less expensive and safer.
With proper lighting techniques, you can literally paint your landscaping. Low voltage access lighting makes walkways easier and more inviting to use. Accent lights can illuminate sculpture and hardscape features, while warm-colored spotlights can bring dramatic focus to ornamental plantings, even particular tree branches.
Well-planned landscape lighting adds prestige and permanence to any home; that’s why realtors recommend landscape lighting as a relatively inexpensive way to increase property value. Lighting can hide obvious landscape problems while accentuating positive features, leaving the "cover of night" to help minimize what you do not want to illuminate.
Basic "rules of thumb" dictate that facades and architectural features should be illuminated from below; spotlighting brings out textures more effectively while foliage can be made more dramatic by placing lamps below or behind it.
Fountains and water features can be lighted to draw the eye, inviting you to enjoy the restful sounds and soft illumination. Underwater lighting works best in fountains and ponds, with the light source placed back from the area to be illuminated.
Lighting can focus on a gazebo, garden architectural feature, or archway. Lighted hedges discourage prowlers while bringing wilderness textures to your nighttime landscape. Use focused colored lighting to highlight a tree or an amenity such as a swimming pool or hot tub.
Illuminated handrails, paths, and stairs improve accessibility and safety. Brighter, more energy efficient lighting should be used around tennis courts, pools, and other activity areas.
AVS Integrations Corp. can design and install an Outdoor Lighting system that will showcase the personality of your home and property.
