A louvred lighting fixture comprising a lighting assembly and a louvre assembly. The lighting assembly comprises a lighting arm having a light emitting device. The louvre assembly comprises an outer louvre 19 and an inner louvre. The louvred lighting fixture 1 has an axis of rotation X-X, wherein the lighting arm, the outer louvre and the inner louvre each have a longitudinal axis of rotation that is coaxial with the axis of rotation X-X, so that, in use, the outer louvre and the inner louvre are rotated so that the forward light obscuring region and the rearward light obscuring region can be positioned within the beam of light emitted by the light emitting device.

A light output reducing shutter system, having a light system with a shutter barrel assembly, a solid shutter assembly, a first translucent shutter assembly, and a second translucent shutter assembly, wherein the solid shutter assembly, the first translucent shutter assembly, and the second translucent shutter assembly are positioned in a same focal plane when a light is projected from the light system. The first translucent shutter assembly has a first degree of translucency and the second translucent shutter assembly has a second degree of translucency. The shutter barrel assembly has a first set of slots, a second set of slots, and a third set of slots to receive the solid shutter assembly, the first translucent shutter assembly, and the second translucent shutter assembly respectively. The first set of slots, the second set of slots, and the third set of slots each have four slots around the shutter barrel assembly.

A light control grid has a collapsible frame having an outer flexible band with straight sides supported by flexible strips, where each side is sewn to an adjacent side to form an enclosed polygonal perimeter, and the sewn junctions of the adjacent sides form pockets. Intersecting sets of flexible light control strips are sewn by the ends to the inner side of the flexible band to form light channels. A tape spring is inserted into a flexible sheath assembly for each side of the outer band, with each end inserted into the two pockets for that side, where slits near the end of each light control strip provide clearance for the sheath assembly to be inserted therethrough. Optionally a central flexible light control strip is replaced with a bracing cross member extending across the polygonal perimeter.

Apparatus and methods to simulate current local outdoor lighting conditions, current lighting conditions of another location, or programmed outdoor lighting conditions are provided. The apparatus comprises at least one lighting device and one or more computers for controlling the lighting device, and may include one or more photosensors. The apparatus may resemble a window and may be installed on or in a building surface. The lighting device comprises one or multiple lighting elements to emit a spectrum of light, at variable brightness levels, to reproduce a range of outdoor light conditions. The apparatus may comprise elements to produce a directionality or diffuseness to the emitted light. One or more photosensors may sense outdoor lighting conditions, and transmit that information to the computer controlling the apparatus. The apparatus may be programmed without the photosensor, or be internet-connected to access programming or current lighting conditions of another location and/or time.

A luminaire includes a light source and a framing shutter system. The light source is configured to emit a light beam. The framing shutter system includes an aperture that is configured to receive the light beam. The framing shutter system further includes a plurality of shutter blades configured to be positioned across the aperture and mask a portion of the light beam. Each of the shutter blades includes a blade substrate material having a front surface that is configured to receive the light beam and a rear surface on an opposite side of the blade substrate material from the front surface. The front surface of each shutter blade includes a first coating that is configured to reflect one or both of light and heat. The rear surface of each shutter blade may include a second coating configured to reduce reflection of light from the rear surface.

A louvred lighting fixture comprising a lighting assembly and a louvre assembly. The lighting assembly comprises a lighting arm having a light emitting device. The louvre assembly comprises an outer louvre 19 and an inner louvre. The louvred lighting fixture 1 has an axis of rotation X-X, wherein the lighting arm, the outer louvre and the inner louvre each have a longitudinal axis of rotation that is coaxial with the axis of rotation X-X, so that, in use, the outer louvre and the inner louvre are rotated so that the forward light obscuring region and the rearward light obscuring region can be positioned within the beam of light emitted by the light emitting device.