Home Design Guides: Lighting, Energy efficiency

Find out what those labels and symbols on light globes actually mean, and how to interpret them to your advantage.

The number of windows in your home and where you put them is restricted by rules designed to ensure a minimum amount of daylight in each part of a home. Find out how this is likely to affect your design.

Lighting your home invariably involves energy usage - but with the right approach, you can drastically minimise the amount of energy you use, cutting both your power bills and your carbon footprint.