LUX LEVEL

REQUIREMENTS
AND TYPES OF
GROUP 3

LUMINAIRES
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1. Artificial lighting shall be adequate at the pace of work for the operation or work
performed
2. A minimum of 20 lux shall be provided for yards, roadways and outside thoroughfares.
3. A minimum of 50 lux shall be provided
a.) Where discrimination of details is not essential, such as handling coarse materials,
coal, or ashes, rough sorting or grinding of clay products
b.) For passageways, corridors, stairways, warehouses, storerooms for rough and bulky
materials
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4. A minimum of 100 lux shall be provided

a.) Where slight discrimination of details is essential such as for the production of semi
finished iron and steel products, rough assembling, milling of grains, opening, picking and
carding of cotton, or other primary operation in most of the industrial processes.

B.) For engine and boiler rooms, passengers and freight elevators, crating and boxing dept.,
receiving and shipping rooms, storerooms, and stockrooms for medium and fine materials,
locker rooms, toilets, and washrooms
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5. A minimum of 200 lux shall be provided where moderate discrimination of details is

essential, such as for medium assembling, rough bench and machine work, rough
inspection of testing of products, sewing light – colored textile or leather products,
canning and preserving, meat packing, planning of lumber and veneering
6. A minimum of 300 lux shall be provided where close discrimination of details is
essential such as for medium bench and machine work, medium inspection, fine testing,
flour grading, leather finishing and weaving cotton goods or light colored cloth / goods
or for office desk work with intermittent reading and writing for filing and mail sorting.
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7. A minimum of 500 to 1000 lux shall be provided where discrimination of fine details is involved
under conditions of a fair degree of contrasts for long assembling, find bench and machine work,
fine inspection, fine polishing and beveling of glass, fine wood working and weaving dark colored
cloth/goods, or for accounting, bookkeeping, drafting, stenographic work, typing or other prolonged
close office desk work.
8. A minimum 1000 lux shall be provided where discrimination of extremely fine details is involved
under conditions of poor contrasts for long periods of time, such as for extra fine assembling
instrument, jewellery, and watch manufacturing, grading and sorting tobacco products, make-up and
proof-reading in print plants, and inspection of sewing dark colored cloth products
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9. The provision of paragraph 2 to 8 apply to lighting equipment under average

operating conditions. Where conditions allow, it may be necessary to provide
initially an illumination of at least 25% more. In location where dirt will collect
rapidly, the initial level should be at least 50% above the recommended standards.

10. Any windowless room shall be provided with general lighting sufficient in
intensity for the most exacting operations carried therein.
• These recommendations are given by lighting designers,
engineers, architects, and the 
Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), and they can
help you determine the right number of lights to use in
different areas of your home.
The way in which the IES and other lighting professionals communicate how much
light should be used in a space is to give lux or foot-candle recommendations. Both of
these are measurements for how much light makes it onto a surface.
Lux means lumens per square meter, and foot-candles means lumens per square
foot. Lumens are a measurement that describes the amount of light produced from a
light source.

There are two separate tables shown below: Table A has strictly IES
recommendations, and Table B combines recommendations from the IES as well as
architects and engineers.
Table A:
IES
recommended
lighting levels
Table B:
IES
Combination of
lighting
recommendations
 TYPE OF LUMINAIRE (OUTDOORS)

• Bollard: Garden decoration and walkway illumination.

• Underwater: Area decoration and safe for users during night time.
• Ceiling Luminaire: Main lighting for building hall or room.
• Wall Recessed Luminaire: Guide light. Mostly install at wall, pathway and stair.
• Surface Mounted Luminaire: Be used as per building and wall style.
Surrounding light and area decorative.
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• In-Ground Luminaire: Highlight any vertical object e.g. flag pole, signage on floor or
building wall.
• Pendant Luminaire: Be used as per room style for decorative and main lighting.
• Low/High Bay: Main area lighting. Suitable for factory, warehouse and showroom.
• Floodlight: Various size. Highlight object or building to be outstanding in the night time. It
can be installed on high pole to get more efficiency lighting.
• Post Top: Be used as per landscape design. Surrounding light and area decorative.
• Street Light: High efficiency, uniform lighting for road and area surrounding.
 TYPE OF LUMINAIRE (INDOORS)

• Surface Wall Luminaire: Be used as per building, wall style and interior design.
• Surface Ceiling Luminaire: Main interior lighting and area decorative.
• Recessed Ceiling Luminaire: Main interior lighting and specify by follows the ceiling design.
• Pendant Luminaire: Be used as per room style for decorative, main and area lighting e.g. working desk,
dining table, etc.
• Recessed Downlight: Main interior lighting and specify by follows the ceiling design.
• Track Light: It can be adjustable to focus on any object which needs to be more shine e.g. Image, Art
piece or statue.
• Decorative Luminaire: Area decorative and follows with interior design and ambient