Recommended Illumination Levels

ACTIVITY

FOOTCANDLES Socials Activities Assembly only Exhibitions 5 15 30

LUX 54 161 323

Auditoriums

Building Exits
Main corridor Secondary Corridor Stairwells 20 15 10 5 1 5 20 1 20 5 5 10 5 5 10 5 30 30 10 10 50 30 100 215 161 108 54 11 54 215 11 215 54 54 108 54 54 108 54 323 323 108 108 538 323 1076

Exterior Areas

Entrances Building surrounds Active shipping area Storage areas-active Storage ares-inactive Loading and unloading platforms

General

Circulation

Corridors Elevators Lobbies Stairs

Service Storage

Toilets and washrooms Active Inactive

Hospitality Facilities

Bathroom for grooming Bedrooms for reading Cleaning Dining Kitchen, critical seeing Laundry Sewing

Hotels

Bars and cocktail lounges (see Restaurants) Bathrooms General Mirror Bedrooms Reading (books, magazines, newspapers) Subdued environment Lobby General lighting Reading and working areas Quick service type Bright surroundings Normal surroundings Storerooms 10 30 30 15 10 30 100 50 10 30-50 30 50 100 Cartography, designing, detailed drafting Accounting, auditing, tabulating, bookeeping, business machine operation Lounges and reception Private office Regular office work Regular office work-reading, transcribing, active filing, mail sorting Corridors, elevators, escalators, stairways Good copy 200 150 108 323 323 161 108 323 1076 538 108 323-538 323 538 1076 2153 1615

Offices

Accounting Conference rooms Drafting, hight contrast Drafting, low contrast General

10 30-50 70 100

108 323-538 753 1076

20 30 30 3 5 50 30 50 Cashier Light environment Subdued environment 50 10 3 30 10 10 100 50 During intermission During performance or presentation 5 0.1 5 20

215 323 323 32 54 538 323 538 538 108 32 323 108 108 1076 538 54 1 54 215

Residences

Bathroom for grooming Bedrooms for reading Conversation areas Dining Kitchen, critical seeing Laundry Sewing

Restaurants

Dining areas Intimate type

Leisure type

Light environment

Stores

Circulation Feature displays Merchandise displays Sales transactions

Theaters

Auditoriums

Foyer Entrance lobby

References:

British IES Code for Interior Lighting 1977 IESNA Lighting Handbook New York 2000 CSA-Z412 International Guideline on Office Ergonomics: Toronto 2000 RSST, Gouvernement du Quebec (2001). Reglement sur la sante et la securite du travail