Light & Space specifier brochure - Dulux Trade

Helping you meet building regulations
Light & Space can help you meet Part M and Part L with maximum freedom
to choose colours.
Conservation of fuel and power
Building Regulations Part L has recently been revised
in order to meet with the requirements of the EU Directive
on the energy performance of buildings. Included in this
directive is the need to install and maintain fixtures and
fittings that make reasonable provision for reducing the
environmental impact of buildings.
Reducing the size of windows is one way to reduce
the overall impact of a building. However, by reducing
the size of windows there is a danger of limiting the
use of natural light within that room.
Due to the innovative light-reflecting nature of
Dulux Trade Light & Space, it is possible to use
colour in a room with reduced natural light and make
the room look brighter and more spacious. In fact,
testing shows that it is possible to have up to
20% smaller windows and still achieve the same
levels of light.
Colour and contrast:
Disability Discrimination Act
Light & Space is available in a distinctive and innovative colour
range which means that for the first time you're not restricted
to using white paint to brighten a room. Now you can choose
from a wide palette of 26 harmonious colours in addition
to white - from the palest of yellows to cool, calm aquamarine.
Such a wide choice also allows for greater flexibility
when complying with building regulations Part M.
Whilst the selection of colours can enhance both the way
a building looks and works, careful colour selection can
particularly improve the ability of visually impaired people
to move around a building more easily.
The Building Regulations Approved Document Part M
advises architects and interior designers to contrast
visually adjacent critical surfaces, such as walls, ceilings,
doors and floors by selecting colours with a difference in
light reflectance value (LRV) of more than 30 points.
Due to the significantly higher LRV used in Dulux Trade
Light & Space, this colour range allows greater freedom
to create aesthetic colour schemes that meet the current
recommended standards and legal obligations imposed,
without compromising on design freedom, creativity
CASE STUDY: eScape at Eden Village
or innovation.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 99
45YY 83/062
HUE LRV CHROMA
The Dulux Trade Colour Palette notation system easily identifies the LRV.
It is the second part of the code and consists of a number between
00 and 99. This easy-to-use notation helps simplify colour choice and
compliance with Building Regulations Part M.
CLIENT: Barratt Kent
Barratt are one of the big-name developers who
have been keen to experiment with Light & Space.
A paint product that significantly increases the
perception of interior proved an exciting proposition
for Barratt. Traditionally, new house build projects
predominantly use 2nd quality emulsion, but the
benefits of using Light & Space to make rooms,
corridors and studio flats appear bigger, without
dramatically adding to the bottom line, clearly won
the designers over.
“Using Light & Space enhances even further
the sense of light within the homes.”
Anne Moriarty, Sales and Marketing Director
for Barratt Kent
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