THE CONDITIONS OF GENERAL LIGHTING

THE CONDITIONS OF GENERAL LIGHTING

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Interior lighting is intended to meet the following requirements:


  •         Help to ensure a safe working environment.
  •          Assist with the performance of visual tasks.
  •          Ensure an appropriate visual environment.


Workplace safety must be the first priority and, as a general rule, it is all the better if the dangers are clearly visible. The order of priority of the other two requirements depends to a great extent on the destination of the premises. Performance can be improved if the detail of the task is easier to see while developing well-adapted visual environments by varying the highlighting of objects and surfaces in a room through lighting.

Our overall sense of well-being, including morale and fatigue, is influenced by light and color. In the presence of low levels of lighting, the objects will have little color or relief, even if they have, and there will be a loss of perspective. On the other hand, excessive light can be just as undesirable as too weak light.

In general, people prefer a room lit by daylight to a bland room. In addition, contact with the outside world is considered to contribute to the feeling of well-being. The introduction of automatic lighting controls, together with the high-frequency dimmers of fluorescent lamps, ensures coordinated natural-artificial lighting of premises while saving energy costs.

The perception of the ambiance of a room depends both on the luminosity and the color of the visible surfaces, both inside and out. General indoor lighting conditions can be achieved using daylight or artificial lighting, or more likely by combining the two.

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General requirements

Lighting systems used in commercial spaces can be subdivided into three main categories: general lighting, spotlighting and accent lighting.

General lighting installations provide approximately uniform illumination over the entire work plan. These systems are often based on the design method called the luminous flux method.

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