Workplace Lighting Standards Guide
Workplace Lighting Standards Guide
Tables and figures were taken from the The maintenance factors can be deter‑
European standards. mined on a case-by-case basis, according
to the manufacturer’s specifications.
“Lighting of indoor workplaces”, Where no individual maintenance data is
EN 12464-1 available, the following values are recom-
(June 2011) mended as reference maintenance factors for
modern technology and three-yearly mainte-
“Lighting of outdoor workplaces”, nance: 0.67 in a c lean atmosphere, and 0.50 in
EN 12464-2 very dirty environments.
(October 2007) EN 12464 specifies that the lighting
designer must document the maintenance
“Sports facility lighting”, EN 12193 factor and maintenance schedule.
(April 2008)
UGRL is the upper limit for direct glare. The
UGR value calculated in the design process
The following limits have been specified in must lie below this.
the tables:
Uniformity UO is the ratio between the
Illuminance levels must not fall below lowest (Emin) and the mean illuminance level
the Ēm maintenance values in the visual (Ē) in the area to be evaluated. The result is
task area. If the precise location is not a minimum level.
known, the limit should be applied to the
whole room or a specific working area. R a is the lower limit for the colour rendering
index. The R a of the selected lamp must be
Example for an office task area: equal to or greater than this value.
task area
height = 0.75 m
user floor-area
1.00 m
Indoor workplaces
Indoor workplaces
Indoor workplaces
Retail premises
Sales areas 300 22 0.4 80
Till areas 500 19 0.6 80
Wrapper tables 500 19 0.6 80
Indoor workplaces
Transportational areas
Airports Arrival and departure halls, baggage claim areas 200 22 0.4 80
Connecting areas, escalators, travelators 150 22 0.4 80
Information desks, check-in desks 500 19 0.7 80
Customs and passport control desks 500 19 0.7 80
Waiting areas 200 22 0.4 80
Luggage store rooms 200 25 0.4 80
Security check areas 300 19 0.6 80
Air traffic control towers 500 16 0.6 80
Testing and repair hangars 500 22 0.6 80
Engine test areas 500 22 0.6 80
Measuring areas in hangars 500 22 0.6 80
Railway installations Covered platforms and passenger subways (underpasses) 100 – 0.4 40
Fully enclosed platforms, large number of persons 200 – 0.5 60
Pedestrian underpasses, small number of persons 50 28 0.5 40
Pedestrian underpasses, large number of persons 100 28 0.5 40
Ticket halls and concourses 200 28 0.5 40
Ticket and luggage offices and counters 300 19 0.5 80
Waiting rooms 200 22 0.4 80
Entrance halls, station halls 200 – 0.4 80
Signal boxes, technical rooms 200 28 0.4 60
Access tunnels 50 – 0.4 20
Maintenance and repair bays 300 22 0.5 60
Indoor workplaces
Sports facilities Ēm Ra
Aerobics 500 60
Archery 200 60
Athletics (all disciplines) 500 60
Badminton 750 60
Basketball 750 60
Billiards 750 80
Boccia 300 60
Boules 300 60
Bowling 200 60
Bowls 500 60
Boxing (competition/training) 2000/300 80
Climbing 500 60
Cricket 750 60
Cricket nets 1500 60
Curling (target/playing areas) 300/200 60
Cycling 750 60
Dancing (fitness) 500 60
Darts 200 60
Fencing 750 60
Figure skating 750 60
Fistball 750 60
Floorball 750 60
Football (indoor) 750 60
Gymnastics 500 60
Gymnastics (floor exercises, apparatus work) 500 60
Handball 750 60
Hockey 750 60
Ice hockey 750 60
Ice speed skating (400 m and skating rink) 500 60
Judo 750 60
Kendo/Karate 750 60
Netball 750 60
Ninepins 200 60
Outdoor workplaces
Airports
Hangar aprons 20 20
Terminal aprons 30 40
Loading areas 50 40
Fuel depots 50 40
Aircraft maintenance stands 200 60
Building sites
Clearance, excavation and loading 20 20
Construction areas, drain pipes mounting, transport,
auxiliary and storage tasks 50 20
Framework element mounting, light reinforcement work, wooden
mould and framework mounting, electric piping and cabling 100 40
Element jointing, demanding electrical, machine and
pipe mountings 200 40
Parking areas
Light traffic, e.g. parking areas of shops, terraced and
apartment houses; cycle parks 5 20
Medium traffic, e.g. parking areas of department stores,
office buildings, plants, sports and multipurpose building complexes 10 20
Heavy traffic, e.g. parking areas of schools, churches, major shop-
ping centres, major sports and multipurpose building complexes 20 20
Outdoor workplaces
Saw mills
Timber handling on land and in water, sawdust and chip conveyors 20 20
Sorting of timber on land or in water, timber unloading points
and sawn timber loading points, mechanical lifting to timber
conveyor, stacking 50 20
Reading of addresses and markings of sawn timber 100 40
Grading and packaging 200 40
Feeding into stripping and chopping machines 300 40