3M makes a product that is like a thin layer of film inside a tube that you put a light at one end and it illuminates the whole length of the tube. I saw a demo a couple of years ago, I don't know if they make them in cubicle-lighting size, though. The one I saw was pretty big. Try their website and search on 'light pipe' Another big minus for flourescents is the disposal. The Knucklehead I bought my house from had the living room decked out with a drop ceiling, aluminum foil on the actual ceiling, and no less than 20 48" tubes. Buzzed like a swarm of locusts. Add the 12 fixtures in the basement, the stockpile of burned out bulbs, and I'm sitting on like 2 pounds of Hg, and they cost money to get rid of!
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3M makes a product that is like a thin layer of film inside a tube that you put a light at one end and it illuminates the whole length of the tube. I saw a demo a couple of years ago, I don't know if they make them in cubicle-lighting size, though. The one I saw was pretty big. Try their website and search on 'light pipe' Another big minus for flourescents is the disposal. The Knucklehead I bought my house from had the living room decked out with a drop ceiling, aluminum foil on the actual ceiling, and no less than 20 48" tubes. Buzzed like a swarm of locusts. Add the 12 fixtures in the basement, the stockpile of burned out bulbs, and I'm sitting on like 2 pounds of Hg, and they cost money to get rid of!