Best Lighting Systems
Best lighting systems uses uses published recommended illuminance levels for a multitude of tasks and facility types from the Illuminating Engineering Society to demonstrate how to light a room. A general light level guide for businesses, facility managers, etc.
From Wikipedia “A foot-candle is a unit of illuminance or light intensity widely used in the lighting industry. The name “footcandle” conveys “the illuminance cast on a surface by a one-candela source one foot away.”
Application – Foot-Candle Level Aircraft Hangar 75-100 Assembly/Packaging – Medium 50-70 Assembly/Packaging – Fine 75-100 Auto Service Garage 60-80 Auto Showroom 50-80 Body Shop 80-120 Church 20-25 Cooler or Cold Storage Room 10-30 Engineering and Drafting 50-125 Food Processing 50-100 Foundry 40-60 Gymnasium Lighting – Recreational 30 Gymnasium Lighting – Elementary or Club 50 Gymnasium Lighting – High School 80 Hockey – Recreational 20-50 Hockey – Professional 50-100 Horse Riding Arena 25-50 Loading Dock 30-50 Machine Shop – Rough Detail 50-75 Machine Shop – Medium Detail 75-100 Machine Shop – Fine Detail 100-200 Manufacturing – Rough Detail 50-75 Manufacturing – Medium Detail 75-100 Manufacturing – Fine Detail 100-150 Multipurpose Room 30-75 Office 60-75 Parking Garage 15-30 Retail – Average 50-80 Retail – Super Center 80-120 Swimming Pool – Recreational 50 Swimming Pool – Club 75 Swimming Pool – Tournament 100 Warehouse – Active 20-30 Warehouse – Inactive 15-20 Woodworking Shop 60-80 |
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