Recommended Illuminance Range for Different Applications

Number

Illuminance Range (LX)

Locations or Activity Type

1

20-30-50

Outdoor living space and workplace. E.g. corridor, store room, stairwell, bathroom, café, bar, station advertising. etc.

2

30-100-150

Circulation places and hop directional position. E.g. elevator former room, room service desk, bar counter, indoor food market hall, duty room, posts and telecommunications, recreation hall, theatre, station entrance hall, inquiry office, consulting room, market channel. etc.

3

100-150-200

Non-continuity workplace. e.g. office, antechamber, guest room writing table, store shelves, counter, buffet, kitchen, booking office, drill hall, ticket examiner, operation room, radiation chamber, studio, switchboard room, audio-visual classroom, bowling alley, barbershop. etc.

4

200-300-500

Work for simple visual requirements. E.g. reading room, design studio, shop windows, showroom, beauty, cooking, training ground for sports, exhibition of glass, stone tools and metal product, match court for bowling, volleyball, badminton, martial arts. etc.

5

300-500-700

Work for medium visual requirements.  e.g. match court for gymnastics, tennis and basketball stadium, swimming and diving stadium, drawing room, printing room, wood mechanical processing, general fine operation, rough machining, machine tool area, electric repair shop. etc.

6

500-750-1000

Work for strong visual requirements. E.g. table tennis, Go, chess games, metal processing plant, electromechanical assembly workshop of small parts assembly, electric repair shop(precision), typing room, polishing workshop. etc.

7

750-1000-1500

Work for more different visual requirements

8

1000-1500-2000

Work for special visual requirements

9

2000 above

Work for quite precise visual requirements