Recommended Lighting Levels
| Date | March 22, 2017 |
| Categories | Knowledge |
Different Applications require different lux levels. This is a general guide for lighting levels, across common & industrial areas:
| Area Type | Ave Lux | Uniformity | Related Standard |
| Outdoor General Storage - pedestrian access | 10 Lux | ||
| Outdoor Industrial loading and unloading - forklift | 40 Lux | ||
| Corridors; cable tunnels; indoor storage tanks; walkways, ramps | 40 Lux | AS1680.1 | |
| Parking spaces for disabled | 40 lux | AS1680.2.1 | |
| Undercover Carpark | 70 Lux | ||
| Staff change rooms; locker rooms; loading bays. | 80 lux | AS1680.1 | |
| Stair Wells - Internal | 80 Lux | AS1680.2.1 | |
| Warehouse/ Bulk Stores | 100 Lux | ||
| Mechanical Plant Rooms | 150 Lux | ||
| Toilets | 150 Lux | ||
| Waiting rooms; staff canteens; entrance halls; lobbies, foyers, gatehouses | 160 lux | AS1680.1 | |
| rough checking of stock; rough machine work; general fabrication of steel; casting concrete; automated process monitoring; | 160 lux | AS1680.1 | |
| Restaurants | 200 Lux | ||
| School chalkboards and charts; medium woodworking; food preparation; counters for transactions. | 240 Lux | AS1680.1 | |
| Filing Rooms | 300 Lux | ||
| Routine office tasks, e.g. reading, writing, typing, enquiry desks. | 320 lux | AS1680.1 | |
| Computer Work Stations | 400 Lux | ||
| Library | 400 Lux | ||
| Open Plan Office, Inspection of medium work; fine woodwork; car assembly. | 400 Lux | AS1680.1 | |
| Trade Counter, | 500 Lux | ||
| Drawing Office | 500 Lux | ||
| Showroom | 500 Lux | ||
| Commercial Kitchen | 500 Lux | ||
| Cabinet Making; Glass Cutting, Drawing boards; fine machine work | 600 Lux | AS1680.1 | |
| Supermarket | 750 Lux | ||
| Laboratory | 750 Lux | ||
| Fine inspection; paint retouching; fine manufacture; grading of dark materials; colour matching of dyes, Printing Room | 800 Lux | AS1680.1 | |
| Sewing; Upholstery | 800 Lux | ||
| Indoor Carpark Entrance, During daytime, first 15m | 800 lux | AS1680.2.1 | |
| Extra-fine work: tool and die-making | 1200 Lux | ||
| Finished fabric inspection; assembly of minute mechanisms, jewellery and watchmaking. | 1600 Lux | AS1680.1 |
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