GENERAL RULES FOR INTERIOR

LIGHTING

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  Office buildings
 Industrial buildings
 Hospitals

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 OFFICE BUILDINGS

Colour rendering index of all lamps should be more than 85

Minimum allowable luminance(lamps) 2000 - 10000 cd/m2
Ceiling height 2.8 - 3 m
Preferred luminances : for Walls 80 -150 cd/ m2
Ceilings 100 - 200 cd/ m2
Task area 100 - 800 cd/ m2

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  Light colours for walls, ceilings, working planes
 Arrangement of luminaries – modular pattern
 Fluorescent tube fitted luminaries
 Day light should be restricted through venetian blinds

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 Illumination (lux)
Entrance halls & reception area 150
Conference rooms, executive 300
offices
General offices, drawing rooms 450
Corridors, lift cars 70
Stairs 100

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 INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS
 Four types

Type of building Floor to floor height

1. Multistoreyed 2.8 m to 3.5 m
2. Single storeyed
• Lowbay without skylight 3.5 m to 7 m
• Lowbay with skylight 3.5 m to 7 m
• Highbay over 7 m

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 Multistoreyed Industrial buildings

 Fluorescent lighting in continuous or broken rows

 Distance between 2 rows should not be more than 1.5mX h m
 Between 2 luminaries 0.67X h m
 High intensity lamps need not be used

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 Single storeyed Lowbay without skylight

 For heights upto 5m : Fluorescent type luminaire

 above 6m : HPMV or metal halide lamps

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 Lowbay with skylight

 Luminance of skylight over 2000 cd/m2 causes disability

glare
 No.of rows of lighting arrangement = no. of rows of skylight
windows
 High intensity M.V lamps and metal halide lamps

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 Highbay Industrial buildings

 M.V lamps, metal halide lamps

 Height of mounting depends on degree of uniformity of
illumination

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 Illumination (lux)
Storage areas & plant rooms with 150
no continuous work
Casual work 200
Rough work 300
Routine work, control rooms 500
Fine work, colour discrimination 750
Minute work inspection of very fine 3000
assembly

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 Hospitals

Illumination levels

Patient’s wards 100 to 200 lux

Reception and waiting rooms 160 lux

Intensive Care Units 0 to 300 lux

Operation theatres (tables) special localised lighting

(General) 300 lux
Consulting rooms 150 lux

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  Eliminate incandescent lamps with fluorescent lamps
 Replace older T12 with T8 lamps
 Incorporate daylight control in patient’s rooms and public
spaces with window areas
 Alternative lighting arrangement

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