When decorating an office, many companies often pay attention to the design effect of the office, cost, corporate culture integration, etc., but seldom pay attention to the lighting design, but in fact, the office is a place where employees spend eight hours a day after all. The design effect will also affect work efficiency. If you want to study it in detail, there is a lot of knowledge.
Designing a high-quality and comprehensively controlled office lighting system is said to save up to 80% of office energy costs, rational use of resources, energy saving and emission reduction, which will not only help enterprises develop more steadily, but also contribute to green environmental protection.
- Types of lighting
The bright lighting environment can bring open and pleasant work to everyone. Office lighting can be divided into two categories: artificial lighting and natural lighting.
Artificial lighting is a series of lighting equipment that consumes electricity in the office, which can be subdivided into three types: basic lighting, local lighting and atmosphere lighting.
Basic lighting: refers to the type of lighting in which the light is relatively evenly distributed in a space to meet the basic needs of use (the lamps in the general office area are basic lighting).
Local lighting: can meet the needs of a certain function, as a supplement to basic lighting, desk lamps in the work area, floor lamps in the leisure area, etc.
Ambient lighting: It can be understood as an upgrade based on the first two lighting attributes, just like after eating and warming up, you start to care about whether you eat well or not and dress beautifully, mainly to adjust the atmosphere (usually used in leisure areas) .
- Three elements to consider during lighting design
1). Use natural light as much as possible
When designing lighting, first try to make use of natural light, because human eye organs have evolved over tens of millions of years, and the most adaptable is natural light, but the introduction of natural light is directly related to the orientation of the office, windows, weather, and curtains.
Different light colors create different atmospheres. The closer the light color is to natural light, the better. The combination of artificial lighting and natural lighting can form a comfortable lighting environment.
Nowadays, under the advocated green and energy-saving office concept, it is better to use natural lighting as the mainstay, supplemented by artificial lighting to save energy and reduce emissions.
2). Appropriate illumination
Illumination refers to the luminous flux of visible light per unit area of the illuminated object. The unit is lx. The state stipulates that the illuminance of the office area should not be less than 300lx at least. An office space with comfortable illuminance is more conducive to employees’ work.
For general lighting, the ratio of the minimum illuminance to the average illuminance value should not be less than 0.7, and the illuminance ratio to the vicinity of the work surface should not be less than 0.5.
For both general lighting and local lighting, the average illuminance of the non-working area should not be less than half of the working area, and not less than 200 Lux.
For two adjacent workstation areas, the average illuminance ratio between the office and the aisles cannot exceed 5:1, and the illuminance in the lower area is at least 150 Lux, otherwise the office will easily produce strong contrast changes in light and dark, which will make the human eye Working in this lighting environment produces visual fatigue.
3). Prevent glare
Preventing glare is an important step. Glare is one of the natural enemies of office workers. It can cause great harm to employees, causing disgust, fatigue, and even long-term work under glare, which can cause great damage to the eyes.
If you want to avoid glare in general office areas, you can use linear lights, panel lights, baffles, lenses and other designs to avoid glare in the selection of lamps.
- The different needs of lighting design in each area
In addition to paying attention to the natural light and artificial lighting configuration, in the actual design process, we must also pay attention to the different lighting needs of each area of the office space to determine the illuminance and light color of the lighting.
Front desk
As the first business card of a company, the initial impression on the front desk is very important. Generally, basic lighting + logo background image wall key lighting is used, and point light source lighting design is used more to achieve the effect of highlighting the corporate image and displaying corporate strength .
Station area
As the area with the largest proportion in each corporate office, the workstation area contains functions such as employee work behavior, interactive communication, and even personnel negotiation.
Under normal circumstances, a uniform lighting method is usually used, and the corresponding lighting is used in combination with the ground function area. The grid lamp panel is used in the single station area to make the work space uniform and reduce glare. The channel area uses energy-saving downlight lighting. , To add light to the channel.
Meeting room
In addition to the meeting function, the meeting room also has multiple functions such as negotiation, activities, and entertainment. Therefore, different configurations should be matched in the layout lighting design to achieve free switching of scene lighting. For example, the point light source of the downlight is required for PPT presentations; the surface light source of the lamp film is required for formal meetings; and the line light source of the light strip is good for entertainment activities.
Aisle
The aisle is a public area that connects various departments, and its own lighting requirements are not high, and it is enough to meet the functional lighting. Generally, according to the structure and height of the channel ceiling, it is sufficient to use hidden lamps or energy-saving downlights. The illuminance of each area is uniformly configured, and the illuminance can be changed appropriately if possible, which can effectively alleviate the lighting atmosphere of the entire office.
The office lighting design looks simple, but it also contains a lot of knowledge. Above are 3 Things You Must Know about Office Lighting Design.
