Cove lighting

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cove lighting is a form of indirect lighting built into ledges, recesses, or valences in a ceiling or high on the walls of a room. It may be used as primary lighting, or for aesthetic accent.

Cove lighting is valued because it hides the fixtures, and because it provides a very even, warm light.

Products used typically are LED strips, mounted on an aluminium profiles for optimum heat dissipation, with prismatic covers. With a dimming controller (either analog 1..10V controls or digital, DALI based), the cove lighting can be dimmed. A wide range of LEDs are available, from warm white, daylight and even colour changing RGB modules.

Alternative, but less energy efficient^{[citation needed]} solutions, are slim T5 fluorescent tubes. An overlap of the tubes would reduce the shadow effect at the lamp ends.