LIGHTING ENGINEERING

RECOMMENDED ILLUMINATIONS IN LUX

√ O FFICES lx Colour Ra’ √ C HEMICAL I NDUSTRY lx Colour Ra’
Work involving writing, Automatic processes 50-150 W-I 1B
reading and typing 300-500 W-I 1B Laboratories 300-750 W-I-C 1A-1B
Protracted work at VDU’s 200-300 W-I 1B Pharmaceutical production 300-750 W-I-C 1A-1B
Drawing offices 500-800 W-I 1B Production of tires 300-750 W-I-C 1B
Meeting rooms 300-500 W-I 1B Colour testing 750-1000 C 1A-1B

√ S CHOOLS √ E LECTROTECHNICAL AND

Standard class rooms 300-500 W-I 1B E LECTRONIC I NDUSTRY
Special class rooms, laboratories 500-800 W-I-C 1B Electronic component assembly 1000-2000 C 1B-2
Vertical illumination of blackboards 300-500 W-I 1B Electrical equipment assembly 300-750 W-I-C 1B-2
Assembly halls 150-300 W-I 1B Radio-video assembly 750-1500 W-I 1B-2
Cable production 200-500 I-C 2
√ L IBRARIES
Reading desks 300-500 W-I 1B √ H OSPITAL P REMISES
Vertical illumination of shelving 150-300 W-I 2 Corridors 50-150 W 1B-2
Wards, general lighting 100-200 W 1A-1B
√ P UBLIC P LACES Wards, lighting for chek up 200-500 W 1A-1B
Corridors, stairways, landings with lifts 100-200 W 1B-2 Wards, night lighting 3-10
Public rooms, multi-purpose halls 150-350 W-I 1B-2 Intensive therapy, intensive care 200-500 W 1A-1B
Archives 100-200 W-I 1B-2 Med. consult. rooms, general lighting 300-500 W-I 1A-1B
Night lighting 3-10 Laboratories, dispensaries, general lighting 300-750 I-C 1A-1B
General emergencies illumination min. 2 Laboratories, dispensaries, specific lighting 500-1000 I-C 1A-1B
Emergency exit illumination min. 5 Operating rooms and autophsy, gen.lighting 500-1000 I 1A-1B

√ C ANTEENS √ S PORTS
General illumination 150-250 W 1A-1B Gymnastics, basketball, volleyball 200-500 I 1B-2
Serving counter illumination 300-400 W 1A-1B Swimming pools 300-500 I 1B-2
Kitchens 200-500 W 1A-1B Tennis 300-750 I 1B-2
Bowling 200-500 I 1B
√ H OUSES & H OTELS Changing rooms, bathrooms 100-200 I 1B-2
Stairs 100-150 W 1B-2
Halls 100-200 W 1B
Waiting rooms 50-150 W 1B
Kitchens 100-200 W 1A-1B
Restaurants 200-500 W 1A-1B
Sitting rooms 50-150 W 1A-1B
Bedrooms, general lighting 50-150 W 1A-1B Ra’ COLOUR RENDERING CLASS
Bedrooms, reading lighting 200-500 W-I 1A-1B
Bathrooms, WC, general lighting 50-150 W 1A-1B 1A Colour rendering index: Ra>90
Bathrooms, WC, mirror lighting 200-500 W 1A-1B 1B Colour rendering index:
Garage 50-100 I-C 1B-2 80<Ra<90
2 Colour rendering index:
√ C OMMERCIAL A CTIVITIES 60<Ra<80
Transit areas 150-300 W-I 1B
Goods display 300-750 W-I-C 1A-1B LAMP COLOUR TEMPERATURE (K)
Vertical illumination of shelves 150-500 W-I-C 1A-1B
Display windows 500-1000 W-I-C 1A-1B W Warm white light <3300K
I Neutral white light from 3300K to
√ F OOD I NDUSTRY 5300K
General working areas 200-500 W-I 1B C Cold white light >5300K
Automatic processes 150-300 W-I 1B
¶ÔÈÔÙÈÎfi˜ ¤ÏÂÁ¯Ô˜ 300-750 W-I-C 1A CLASS OF GLARE CIE

√ T EXTILE I NDUSTRY A Very demanding visual tasks

Weaving, sewing etc 500-1000 I-C 1B B Fairly exacting visual tasks
Ironing, dying 300-750 W-I-C 1B C Normal visual tasks
Quality control 750-1500 I-C 1A D Simply visual tasks

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