Design Office Lighting

When designing the layout for your office lighting there are several key issues that you need to remember. First, the purpose of the design is to provide sufficient illumination to support the work being done in the office, while providing a mood of comfort for those doing the work. The lighting design should enhance the ambiance of the office, while at the same time, be an efficient and cost effective lighting system.

Instructions

Design Office Lighting

1. Control contrast by selecting a lighting level that is only modestly brighter or less bright than the terminals employees will be working at. You can use a light meter to read the light level emitted from a typical monitor in your office. This is important because the human eye is built to detect contrasts toward the center of the gray-scale. At either end of that scale (complete white light or total darkness) the human eye strains more with the greater contrast intensity. So, watching a white screen in a dark room will cause eye strain, and damage eyes over time.

2. Minimize reflections of direct lighting against shiny objects and surfaces. If your office uses stainless steel as a design feature, focus direct lighting away from these surfaces. Reflections distort the effect of a good lighting design if they are unintended.

3. Layer lighting by allowing the areas lit by a single light fixture to overlap. This causes a more relaxed feeling as the light blends together toward the production area being lit. The effect is that you receive a greater amount of light in your work environment while your workers perceive a more comfortable work environment.

4. Use efficient and economic lighting resources by employing natural lighting via windows and skylights wherever possible. Design with low wattage, energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs or led spot lighting for example. Make every effort to minimize the environmental impact of your lighting choices and you will (by default) design a more cost effective and efficient lighting system as well.

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