Sconce mounting height is a personal preference usually based on proportions of the space, style of sconce and keeping the following in mind. Don’t mount them so high or low that you can see the lamp if the shade or glass was intended to conceal it. Buy the sconces and have someone hold them up to see what you think looks best or make a cardboard cutout.

First posted: Sun, Feb 25, 07

Lenses are made to fix this problem. This is a description of the lens in Juno Aculux recessed fixture. You should be able to purchase something similar separately to add to your fixture.

“Lens – Supplied with stippled clear uniformity lens to eliminate striations without altering beam spread. Lampholder accommodates up to two accessory lenses. Lenses do not require removal during relamping.”

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Alternative to ‘Swiss cheese’ lighting

Choose your lighting designer with the same care as for any other professional service. You need to see their portfolio and spend some time talking about your wishes, and listening to their ideas. There are software tools to allow a designer to calculate the light needed for specific rooms and tasks and show how different fixtures can accomplish the goal. There is no need to guess. [...]

The LEED program is like a report card for your home and you need to have at least 45 LEED points for the “certified” level, 60 for silver, 75 for gold, 90 for platinum. Maximum (available) points are 136. Having some low voltage lighting doesn’t toss you out of the program. To get to the higher levels may cause you to make some harder choices

For your lighting control system, it would be expensive but possible to make every fixture independent. Group the light fixtures as it makes sense. Each independent fixture or group will be wired to a remotely mounted dimmer or switch. Some systems have multiple dimmers and switches in a single device called a module. The systems can be programmed to operate as you suggest with group A, B etc., controlled by individual buttons or by current use [...]