The quality of the visual hospital environment can have a positive psychological effect on patient recovery and staff performance. This guidance document focuses on the visual environment in hospitals and healthcare buildings, and the use of appropriate colour design and lighting. It was written jointly by BRE and the Colour Design Research Centre at London South Bank University, as part of a Department of Health funded project.

Introductory technical guidance for electrical engineers, architects and lighting designers interested in lighting design for behavioral health areas of hospitals and medical clinics. Here is what is discussed:1. PATIENT ROOM2. PATIENT TOILET3. CANTEEN4. DAY ROOM5. GROUP THERAPY ROOM6. NURSE STATION7. EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT ROOM8. RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION TREATMENT PROGRAM - PATIENT ROOM9. RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION TREATMENT PROGRAM - TOILET/SHOWER10. RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION TREATMENT PROGRAM -LIVING AREA, DINING AREA, AND KITCHENETTE11. RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION TREATMENT PROGRAM - GROUP THERAPY ROOM.

Introductory technical guidance for electrical engineers and lighting designers interested in lighting design for patient care areas in hospitals. Here is what is discussed:1. NURSE STATION2. PATIENT CORRIDOR3. MEDICATION ROOM4. PATIENT ROOM, GENERAL5. PATIENT ROOM, ISOLATION6. PATIENT ROOM, INTENSIVE CARE7. PATIENT ROOM, RESIDENTIAL8. PATIENT TOILET/SHOWER9. PATIENT TOILET/SHOWER - RESIDENTIAL10. NOURISHMENT STATION11. DAY ROOM12. MULTI-PURPOSE ACTIVITY ROOM13. DRESSING ROOM.

Introductory technical guidance for electrical engineers, architects and lighting designers interested in lighting design for behavioral health areas of hospitals and medical clinics. Here is what is discussed: 1. PATIENT ROOM 2. PATIENT TOILET 3. CANTEEN 4. DAY ROOM 5. GROUP THERAPY ROOM 6. NURSE STATION 7. EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT ROOM 8. RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION TREATMENT PROGRAM – PATIENT ROOM 9. RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION TREATMENT PROGRAM – TOILET/SHOWER 10. RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION TREATMENT PROGRAM - LIVING AREA, DINING AREA, AND KITCHENETTE 11. RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION TREATMENT PROGRAM – GROUP THERAPY ROOM.

This fully updated edition of the successful book The Design of Lighting, provides the lighting knowledge needed by the architect in practice, the interior designer and students of both disciplines. The new edition offers a clear structure, carefully selected material and linking of lighting with other subjects, in order to provide the reader with a comprehensive and specifically architectural approach to lighting. Features of this new edition include: technical knowledge of lighting in the context of architectural design; an emphasis on imagination in architectural light and presentation of the tools necessary in practice for creative design; additional chapters on the behaviour of light and on the context of design; a strong emphasis on sustainable design and energy saving, with data and examples; analyses of actual lighting schemes and references to current standards and design guides; an up-to-date review of lamp and lighting technology, with recommendations on the choice of equipment; a revision of the calculation section, with examples and step-by-step instructions, based on recent student feedback about the book.