Lighting in schools.

  • Department of Education and Science
Date:
1967
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Lighting in schools. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    34 Remodelling old schools The assembly hall ina 50-year-old school remodelled as a library. The existing windows with S ft high sills have been retained, and a new low level window inserted to give light on the tables and a view out. An adjustable pendant fitting gives local lighting after dark (Appendix 2, paragraph 10). 35 Daylighting in old schools The daylighting in some old village schools can possess unexpected qualities. This example shows the advantages of deep, splayed reveals to windows, of cross lighting and of painting walls around windows in light colours (Appendix 2, paragraph 4). 60 work can be done at the window, or by providing local lights. 14. Chalkboards and other demonstration areas to which the children’s attention is to be drawn, should have additional local lighting to make them rather brighter and more contrasty than their surroundings. Self-illuminated chalkboards have also been found helpful in some circumstances. 15. Other optical aids such as portable and desk magnifiers are available for children who feel they need them, but experience has shown that when good lighting of the type described above is pro- vided, the children often find they can dispense with such optical aids.
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