Minimum Illumination Levels

MINIMUM LIGHT LEVELS TABLE

PLACE

GENERAL

SPECIFIC

PLACE

GENERAL

SPECIFIC

lux

lux

lux

lux

RESIDENTIAL AREAS

 

 

 

Living Rooms

50

500

Showcases

1000

 

Kitchens

125

250

Shopping centers in large cities (general lighting)

1000

 

Bedrooms

50

250

Additional lighting with spotlights

5000

 

Entrances, stairs, attics, storage rooms, garages

50

250

Other places (general lighting)

500

 

OFFICES

 

 

Additional lighting with spotlights

2500

 

Drawing offices, land registry, maps

2500

 

Store Interior Space

 

 

Projects, technical drawings, architecture

750

 

Large stores

500

 

Decorative paintings and sketches

 

 

 

 

 

Trade centers of big cities

500

 

Accounting devices

500

 

Calculations

400

 

WAREHOUSES

 

 

Typing room

500

 

General stores (rarely visited sections)

25

 

Document room

100

 

Factory stores (frequently visited sections)

 

 

Management offices

250

 

Large parts location

50

 

Waiting rooms

150

 

Small parts location

100

 

Conference rooms

200

 

Very small parts location

200

 

Canteens

150

 

MUSEUMS

150

 

SCHOOLS

 

 

Tables (regional lighting)

 

200

Nurseries, kindergartens

100

 

Statues and other objects

400

 

Classes

200

 

THEATERS

 

 

Gymnasiums

100

 

Entrance and foyer

200

 

Primary schools, classes

250

 

Hall

50

 

Laboratory classes

300

 

Orchestra area

100

 

Meeting room

150

 

PLACE OF WORSHIP

80

 

Gym

150

 

CINEMAS

 

 

Vocational Schools

 

 

Entrance and cash register

200

 

Sewing and ironing rooms

400

 

Foyer

50

 

Kitchens

250

 

Hall

100

 

Technical schools at primary and secondary level

 

 

SPORTS HALLS

 

 

Classes

250

 

Stadium

200

 

Art classrooms

400

 

Football field

100

 

Workshops

250

 

Training area

25

 

HOSPITALS

 

 

Tennis Court

250

 

Doctor's Rooms

100

 

Skating Rink

15

 

Work Desks

400

 

Skating Rink (for competitions)

40

 

Dispensary

 

 

BREAD OVEN

 

 

General Lighting

150

 

Mixing Rooms

200

 

Dispensary Tables

400

 

Dough Sections

125

 

Backup Rooms

150

 

Fermentation Room

125

 

Meeting Room

100

 

Preparation Room

200

 

Laboratories

 

 

Room with Ovens

150

 

Research Rooms

250

 

Decoration and Cooling

250

 

Work Desks

400

 

Packaging Room

150

 

Diagnosis and Therapy Rooms (General Lighting)

250

 

MILLS

 

 

Diagnosis Table

500

 

Mixing Room

200

 

Operating Room (General Lighting)

500

 

Packaging Room

100

 

Operation Table

20000

10000

Product Control

400

 

Sterilization Room

400

 

Silo Cleaning

100

 

X-ray Service (Adjustable Lighting)

80

 

TRAIN STATIONS

 

 

Dental Service, Office (General Lighting)

250

 

Waiting Rooms

100

 

Patient Chair

5000

 

Ticket Purchase and Offices

400

 

WC

50

 

Cooling and Rest Rooms

150

 

Delivery Service

 

 

Luggage Storage

200

 

Mothers' Beds

5000

 

Platforms

100

 

Working Room (General Lighting)

250

 

WC

100

 

Children's Room

100

 

GARAGES

 

 

Waiting Rooms

100

 

Workshop

250

 

Private Rooms for Hospitals (General Lighting)

50

 

Cashier

500

 

Bed Lighting

200

 

Lubrication Areas

150

 

HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS

 

 

Lubrication Areas

250

 

Bathrooms

100

 

Washing Areas

250

 

Mirrors (Supplementary Lighting)

200

 

Parking Lots

50

 

Halls and Stairs

50

 

Exhibition Halls

400

 

Kitchens

250

 

AUTOMOBILE FACTORIES

 

 

Rooms

50

 

Assembly and Joining of Chassis

200

 

Bed End Lighting

150

 

Chassis Arrangement

400

 

Office Desk

200

 

Upholstery Work, Assembly of Various Parts

300

 

Dressing Table

150

 

General Assembly

400

 

Nightstand

250

 

Automatic Painting of Doors

300

 

Waiting Rooms

100

 

Workshop

250

 

Private Rooms for Hospitals (General Lighting)

50

 

Cashier

500

 

Bed Lighting

200

 

Lubrication Sections

150

 

HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS

 

 

Lubrication Places

250

 

Bathrooms

100

 

Washing Areas

250

 

Mirrors (Additional Lighting)

200

 

Parking Areas

50

 

Halls and Staircases

50

 

Exhibition Halls

400

 

Kitchens

250

 

AUTOMOBILE FACTORIES

 

 

Rooms

50

 

Assembly and Merging of Chassis

200

 

Bed End Lighting

150

 

Chassis Arrangement

400

 

Passing Connections

200

 

Quality Control

100

 

Platform

200

 

PRINTING HOUSE

 

 

Exhibitions and Promotions

150

 

Matrix Manufacturing

400

 

Halls

50

 

Letter Preparation

200

 

Restaurants

75

 

Color Sorting

 

1000

Bars

75

 

Printing Location

250

 

LAUNDRY

 

 

Layout Table

500

 

Washing Area

150

 

PAPER FACTORY

 

 

Repair Count, Mark

200

 

Mixing Room

150

 

Special Part Repair

400

 

Paper Machines

200

 

 

 

 

Cutting Deck

200

 

 

 

 

Control Laboratory

400

 

GLASS FACTORY

 

 

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

 

 

Mixing

150

 

Manually operated ovens, fixed dryers, and crystallization vessels

150

 

Baking, cooling

150

 

Automatic ovens, steam boilers, distillation columns

150

 

Machining area

150

 

Concentration boilers, nitration, electrolysis

150

 

Cutting according to size

200

 

AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY

 

 

Polishing

200

 

Welding, bolting, and grinding

250

 

Enhancing

400

 

Paint booth

400

 

Engraving processing

 

1000

Processing of parts

400

 

Control

 

1000

Fine welding

250

2500

WORKSHOP

Assembly

400

 

 

 

Rolling mill

150

 

Completion of the job

400

 

Wire rod manufacturing

200

 

Wing and part assembly

400

 

Galvanization

200

 

AIRCRAFT HANGAR

 

 

Hydraulic brakes

1000

 

Final assembly, quality control

400

 

Air conditioning systems

1000

 

 

400

 

INSTALLATION

 

 

Production of new products, repair, and maintenance

300

 

Assembly of tanks

 

 

Electrical installations

400

 

Accessories

 

 

Transport

 

 

OTHER

 

 

Testing, measurement, control, calibration

 

 

Outdoor product assembly

 

 

Industrial product assembly

 

 

Installation, assembly, dismantling

 

 

Water distribution installations

 

 

Quality Control

400

 

Motor Maintenance

400

 

HIGH OVEN

 

 

SOAP INDUSTRY

 

 

Coal and Ore Storage

50

 

Powder Soap Production

150

 

Loading

100

 

Labeling, Packaging

150

 

Control Covers

150

 

Molding, Packaging

250

 

Oven Cover Maintenance

100

 

TOBACCO FACTORY

 

 

Iron Log Storage

50

 

Drying

150

 

Steel Factory

150

 

Pre-Preparation

150

 

LUMBER FACTORY

 

 

Control and Selection

 

1000

First Cutting with Machine

150

 

Cigarette Machines

400

 

High Precision Processing

200

 

CANNING INDUSTRY

 

 

Precision Processing

400

 

Food Sorting

200

 

WELDING

 

 

 

 

Washing and Cleaning

200

 

General Lighting

250

 

Separation of Colors

 

1000

Sensitive Arc Welding

2500

 

Separation of Required Parts

300

 

CASTING DEPARTMENT

 

 

Box Placement Machine

300

 

Sensitive Batch Production

350

 

Manual Box Placement

200

 

Rough Batch Production

200

 

Control of Empty Boxes

 

1000

Melting Room

200

 

Box Welding

300

 

Cleaning Partition

200

 

Packaging and Wrapping

150

 

Control

 

1000

Dairy Industry

 

 

SHOE FACTORY

 

 

Sterilization Room

150

 

Cutting and Selection

1000

 

Pasteurization Room

150

 

Model Preparation

1000

 

Cleaning Molds

150

 

Fine Cutting

1000

 

Cold Rooms

150

 

Rubber Preparation

125

 

Cream Separation

150

 

Varnishing

200

 

Bottle Selection

200

 

Vulcanization, Cutting

200

 

Bottle Washing Machine

400

 

Base Preparation

400

 

Filling Room

125

 

MACHINE WORKSHOPS

 

 

Laboratory

400

 

Rough Processing

250

 

SUGAR INDUSTRY

 

 

Fine Processing and Polishing

400

 

Cutting, Mixing

200

 

Very Fine Processing

2500

 

Cleaning, Purification

400

 

APPAREL INDUSTRY

 

 

Color Control

750

 

Inspection of Fabrics

 

 

Storage

50

 

Light-Colored Fabrics

1500

 

POWER PLANT

 

 

Dark-Colored Fabrics

2500

 

Combustion Air Preparation Plant

50

 

Cutting and Pressing

 

 

Accumulator Room

100

 

Light-Colored Fabrics

500

 

Boiler Maintenance Workshop

100

 

Dark-Colored Fabrics

1000

 

Front of the Boilers

50

 

Sewing and Equalization

 

 

Fuel Loading for the Boiler

100

 

Light-Colored Fabrics

750

 

OUTDOOR LIGHTING

 

 

Dark-Colored Fabrics

1500

 

Outdoor Lighting

30

 

PURPOSE OF INSTALLATION

 

 

Outdoor Installation

30

 

Short Routes

 

 

Tunnels (daytime lighting)

100

 

TEXTILE INDUSTRY

 

 

Entrance lighting

1000

 

Opening, mixing, and separating cotton

100

 

Night lighting

30

 

Carding, winding, bringing to yarn condition

200

 

Piers or streets in the industrial zone

10

 

Passing through the mill

400

 

Coast, expansion pool, or bridge

10

 

Control

 

 

Commercial street with traffic

10

 

Fixed parts

400

 

Commercial street with insignificant traffic

7.5

 

Moving (fast) parts

1500

 

Residential street with traffic

7.5

 

Silk and synthetic thread fabrics

100

 

Residential street without traffic

5

 

Working with dark colored threads

750

 

Important dead-end street

15

 

Weaving

400

 

Distribution yards

10

 

Wool

 

 

Dependent Enterprises

 

 

Inspection

400

 

Storage (filling and emptying)

20

 

Scanning, stretching, entry, folding, shuttle weaving

200

 

Monitoring lighting

5

 

Overrunning

 

 

Entries

50

 

White

200

 

Loading platforms

50

 

Colored

400

 

 

 

 

Weaving

 

 

 

 

 

White

400

 

 

 

 

Colored

750

 

 

 

 

CERAMIC INDUSTRY

 

 

 

 

 

Grinding, filtering, and drying compensation

100

 

 

 

 

Forming, finishing, and cleaning

150

 

 

 

 

Advertising and polishing

400

 

 

 

 

Advertising and polishing (fine details)

750