Light and Architectural

Lighting Systems

Lighting Layout and Levels of

Illumination
Family Room Lighting Layout
Kitchen Lighting Layout
Dining Room Lighting Layout
Bedroom Lighting Layout
Bathroom Lighting Layout
Hallways & Stairways
Lighting Layout
 Recommended Levels of Illumination
Occupancy Illumination (lux)
Factories and Workshops
(a) Rough work, e.g., frame assembly of heavy machinery
150
(b) Medium work, e.g., machine parts, engine assembly, vehicle body assembly
300
(c) Fine work, e.g., radio and telephone equipment, type-writer and office
machinery assembly
700
(d) Very fine work, e.g. assembly of very small precision mechanisms,
1500
instruments
Power Houses
(a) Boiler house, turbine house, conveyor house, switchgear and transformer
100
chambers
300
(b) Control rooms
Offices
(a) Reception 150
(b) Conference room, general offices, typing rooms 300
(c) Drawing offices 400
Schools and Colleges
(a) Classrooms, lecture halls, workshops, library reading tables, laboratories 300
(b) Sewing rooms, drawing halls, art rooms 150
(c) Common room. stairs 150
 Recommended Levels of Illumination
Occupancy Illumination (lux)
Hospitals
(a) Waiting rooms, wars, casualty 150
(b) Dispensaries, laboratories, operation theaters 300
(general)
(c) Operation table Special lighting
Hotels and Restaurants
(a) Reception, dining rooms, bedrooms, lounges, stairs 150
(b) Accounts, writing desk, dressing table 300
Shops
(a) General areas 300
(b) Stock areas 150
(c) Shop window Special lighting
Houses
(a) Living room – general 150
(b) Living room – home work or sustained reading 300
(c) Kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, etc. 150
 Recommended Levels of Illumination

Occupancy Illumination (lux)

Storage Places
(a) Loading and unloading 40
(b) General stores 100
(c) Stores of very small items 300
Sport Grounds
(a) Stadium 300
(b) Football field 200
(c) Tennis court 400
Canteens 200
 Sample Lighting Calculations

Example:
Masters Bedroom with FA of 33.56 m2.

Required Lighting Level: 150 lux x 33.56 m2 = 5,034

lumens

Fixtures: 1 x 32 W Circular Fluorescent

Lamp
7 X 13 W CFL Pin Lights

Total Lumens: 1 x 1,800 lumens + 7 x 800

lumens
= 7,400 lumens
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