Recommended Illumination

As per IS 3646 (Part 1) : 1992

Code of practice for internal illumination - General requirements &

recommendations for working interiors.

Type of Interior or Activity

1
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.4
1.1.5
1.1.6
1.1.7
1.1.8
1.1.9
1.1.10
1.1.11

1.2
1.2.1

1.2.2

1.3

2
2.1
2.1.1

2.1.2

t-4

Average Service
Illuminance in lux

ELECTRICITY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION

AND DISTRIBUTION
General Plant
Turbine Houses (operating floor)
Boiler and turbine house basements
Boiler houses, platforms, areas around burners
Switch rooms, meter rooms, oil plant
rooms, HV substations (indoor)
Control rooms
Relay and telecommunication rooms
Diesel generator rooms, compressor rooms
Pump houses, water treatment plant houses
Battery rooms, chargers, rectifiers
Precipitator chambers, platforms, etc
Cable tunnels and basements, circulating
water culverts and screen chambers, storage
tanks (indoor), operating areas and filling
points at outdoor tanks
Coal Plant
Conveyors, gantries, junction towers, unloading hoppers, ash handling plants,
settling pits, dust hoppers outlets
Other areas where operators may be in
attendance
Nuclear Plants
Gas circulation bays, reactor area, boiler platform, reactor charges and discharge face
METAL MANUFACTURE
Iron Making
Sinter plant :
Plant floor
Mixer drum, fan house, screen houses,
coolers, transfer stations
Furnaces, cupola:
General
Control platforms
Conveyor galleries, walkways

2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.2.1
2.2.2.2
2.2.2.3
2.2.2.4

Steel Making
Electric melting shops
Basic oxygen steel making plants
General
Convertor floor, teeming bay
Control platforms
Scrap bays

2.3
2.3.1

Metal forming and treatment

Ingot stripping, soaking pits, annealing
and heat treatment bays, acid recovery plant
pickling and cleaning bays, roughing mills,
cold mills, finishing mills, tinning and galvanizing
lines, cut up and rewind lines

Type of Interior or Activity

2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
200
100
100

2.3.5

150
300
300
150
150
100
100

2.4
2.4.1
2.4.1.1
2.4.1.2
2.4.1.3
2.4.1.4
2.4.1.5
2.4.2
2.4.2.1

50

100
150

150

150
150
300
50

200
150
200
300
150

150
300
300
500

2.4.2.2
2.4.2.3
2.4.2.4

300
300
500
500

2.5
2.5.1
2.5.2

Forges (Severe vibration is likely to occur)

General
Inspection

300
500

3
3.1

CERAMICS
Concrete products
Mixing, casting, cleaning

200

Potteries
Grinding, moulding, pressing, cleaning,
trimming, glazing, firing
Enamelling, colouring

300
750

3.2
3.2.1

3.3
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
3.3.4
4
4.1
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.1.4
4.1.5
4.1.6
4.1.7

200

General
Control Platforms
Wire mills, product finishing, steel
inspection and treatment
Plate/strip inspection
Foundries
Automatic plant
Without manual operation
With occasional manual operation
With continuous manual operation
Control room
Control platforms
Non-automatic plants
Charging floor, pouring, shaking
out, cleaning, grinding fettling
Rough moulding, rough core making
Fine moulding, fine core making
Inspection

3.2.2
200

Average Service
Illuminance in lux

Glass Works
Furnaces rooms, bending, annealing
Mixing rooms, forming, cutting, grinding,
Polishing, toughening
Bevelling, decorative cutting, etching,
Silvering
Inspection
CHEMICALS
Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Works
Exterior walkways, platforms, stairs and
Ladders
Exterior pump and valve areas
Pump and compressor houses
Process plant with remote control
Process plant requiring occasional manual
intervention
Permanently occupied work stations in
process plant
Control rooms for process plant

50
150
200
300
300

150
300
500
500

50
100
150
50
100
200
300

Type of Interior or Activity

4.2

Average Service
Illuminance in lux

Type of Interior or Activity

Average Service
Illuminance in lux

4.2.2
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4

Pharmaceutical Manufacturer and Fine Chemicals

Manufacturer
Pharmaceutical manufacturer
Grinding, granulating, mixing
drying, tableting, sterilizing,
washing, preparation of solutions,
filling, capping, wrapping, hardening
500
Fine chemical manufacture
Exterior walkways, platforms, stairs and ladders
50
Process plant
100
Fine chemical finishing
500
Inspection
500

4.3
4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.3
4.3.4

Soap Manufacture
General area
Automatic processes
Control panels
Machines

300
200
300
300

4.4
4.4.1
4.4.2
4.4.3
4.4.4
4.4.5

Paint Works
General
Automatic processes
Control panels
Special batch mixing
Colour matching

300
200
300
750
1000

5
5.1
5.1.1
5.1.2

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Structural Steel Fabrication
General
Marking off

5.2
5.2.1
5.2.2

Sheet Metal Works

Pressing, punching shearing, stamping,
spinning, folding
Bench work, scribing, inspection

5.3
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.3.3
5.3.4

Machine and Tool Shops

Rough bench and machine work
Medium bench and machine work
Fine bench and machine work
Gauge rooms

300
500
750
1000

6.2.1.5
6.2.2
6.2.2.1
6.2.2.2

Electronic Equipment Manufacture

Printed circuit board
Silk screening
Hand insertion of components, soldering
Inspection
Assembly of wiring harness, cleat-ing harness,
testing and calibration
Chassis assembly
Inspection and testing:
Soak test
Safety and functional tests

5.4
5.4.1
5.4.2

Die Sinking Shops

General
Fine work

500
1500

7
7.1
7.1.1
7.1.2

FOOD , DRINK AND TOBACCO

Slaughter Houses
General
Inspection

5.5
5.5.1
5.5.2
5.5.3

Welding and Soldering Shops

Gas and arc welding, rough spot welding
Medium soldering, brazing, spot welding
Fine soldering, fine spot welding

300
500
1000

5.6
5.6.1

Assembly Shops
Rough work for example, frame and heavy
machine assembly
Medium work, for example, engine
assembly, vehicle body assembly
Fine work, for example, office machinery
assembly
Very fine work, for example, instrument
assembly
Minute work, for example, watch making

7.2
7.2.1
7.2.2
7.2.3
7.2.3.1
7.2.3.2
7.2.3.3
7.2.4
7.2.4.1
7.2.4.2

Canning, Preserving and Freezing

Grading and sorting of raw materials
Preparation
Canned and bottled goods
Retorts
Automatic processes
Labeling and packaging
Frozen foods
Process area
Packaging and storage

300
300

7.3
7.3.1
7.3.2
7.3.3
7.3.4

Bottling, Brewing and Distilling

Key washing and handling, bottle washing
Key inspection
Process areas
Bottle filling

200
300
300
750

4.2.1

5.7.4
5.7.5

5.8
5.8.1
5.8.2

5.6.2
5.6.3
5.6.4
5.6.5
5.7
5.7.1
5.7.2
5.7.3

Inspection and Testing Shops

Coarse work, for example, using go/no go
gauges, inspection of large sub-assemblies
Medium work, for example, inspection of
painted surfaces
Fine work, for example, using calibrated
scales, inspection of precision mechanisms

500
750

300
500

1500
2000

5.8.3
5.8.4

Points Shops and Spray Booths

Dipping, rough spraying
Preparation, ordinary painting, spraying
and finishing
Fine painting, spraying and finishing
Inspection, retouching and matching

5.9
5.9.1
5.9.2
5.9.3

Plating Shops
Vats and baths
Buffing, polishing burnishing
Final buffing and polishing

6
6.1
6.1.1

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Electrical Equipment Manufacture
Manufacture of cables and insulated wires,
winding, varnishing and immersion of
coils, assembly of large machines, simple
assembly work
300
Medium assembly, for example, telephones,
small motors
500
Assembly of precision components, for
example, telecommunication equipment,
adjustment, inspection and calibration
1000
Assembly of high precision parts
1500

6.1.2
6.1.3

300
500

Very fine work, for example, inspection of

small intricate parts
Minute work, for example, inspection of
very small instruments

6.1.4
6.2
6.2.1
6.2.1.1
6.2.1.2
6.2.1.3
6.2.1.4

300
500
750
1000

300
500
750

500
750
1000
750
1000
200
300

300
500

750
500
300
200
300

750
1000
1500

500
750
1000

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Recommended Illumination

Type of Interior or Activity

7.4
7.4.1
7.4.2

Edible Oils and Fats Processing

Refining and blending
Production

300
500

7.5

Mills-Milling, Filtering and Packing

300

7.6
7.6.1
7.6.2

Bakeries
General
Hand decorating, icing

300
500

7.7
7.7.1
7.7.2
7.7.3

Chocolates and Confectionery Manufacture

General
Automatic processes
Hand decoration, inspection, wrapping and packing

300
200
500

7.8
7.8.1
7.8.2

Tobacco Processing
Material preparation, making and packing
Hand Processes

500
750

8
8.1
8.1.1
8.1.2

TEXTILES
Fibre Preparation
Bale breaking, washing
Stock dyeing, tinting

300
300

8.2
8.2.1
8.2.2

Yarn Manufacture
Spinning, roving, winding, etc
Healding ( drawing in )

8.3
8.3.1
8.3.2
8.3.2.1
8.3.2.2
8.3.2.3
8.3.2.4
8.3.2.5
8.3.2.6

Fabric Production
Knitting
Weaving
Jute and hemp
Heavy woollens
Medium worsteds, fine woollens, cottons
Fine worsteds, fine linens, Synthetics
Mending
Inspection

8.4
8.4.1
8.4.2
8.4.3
8.4.3.1
8.4.3.2

Fabric Finishing
Dyeing
Calendering, chemical treatment, etc
Inspection
Grey cloth
Final

8.5
8.5.1
8.5.2

Carpet Manufacture
Winding, beaming
Setting pattern, tufting cropping, trimming,
fringing, latexing and latex drying
Designing, weaving, mending
Inspection
General
Piece dyeing

8.5.3
8.5.4
8.5.4.1
8.5.4.2
9
9.1
9.1.1
9.1.2

t-6

Average Service
Illuminance in lux

LEATHER INDUSTRY
Leather Manufacture
Cleaning, tanning and stretching, vats, cutting,
fleshing, stuffing
Finishing, scarfing

9.2
9.2.1
9.2.2
9.2.3

Leather Working
General
Pressing, glazing
Cutting, splitting, scarfing, sewing

10
10.1
10.1.1

CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR

Clothing Manufacture
Preparation of cloth

500
1000

500
300
500
750
1000
1500
1500

300
500
1000
1500

300
500
750
1000
750

300
500

300
500
750

300

Type of Interior or Activity

Average Service
Illuminance in lux
750
750
1000
500
1500
1500

10.1.2
10.1.3
10.1.4
10.1.5
10.1.6
10.1.7

Cutting
Matching
Sewing
Pressing
Inspection
Hand tailoring

10.2
10.2.1
10.2.2
10.2.3
10.2.4
10.2.5
10.2.6

Hosiery and Knitwear manufacture

Flat bed knitting machines
Circular knitting machines
Lockstitch and over locking machine
Linking or running on
Mending, Hand finishing
Inspection

500
750
1000
1000
1500
1500

10.3
10.3.1
10.3.2
10.3.3
10.3.4

Glove Manufacture
Sorting and grading
Pressing, Knitting, cutting
Sewing
Inspection

750
500
750
1500

10.4
10.4.1

Hat Manufacture
Stiffening, braiding, refining, forming,
sizing, pounding, ironing
Cleaning, flanging, finishing
Sewing
Inspection

300
500
750
1500

10.4.2
10.4.3
10.4.4
10.5
10.5.1
10.5.2
10.5.3
10.5.4
10.5.5

10.5.6.2

Boot and Shoe Manufacture

Sorting and grading
Clicking, closing
Preparatory operations
Cutting tables and pressure
Bottom stock preparation, lasting,
Bottoming finishing, shoe room
Rubber
Washing, compounding, coating, drying, varnishing,
vulcanizing, calendering, cutting
Lining, making and finishing

11
11.1
11.1.1
11.1.2
11.1.3

TIMBER AND FURNITURE

Sawmills
General
Head saw
Grading

11.2
11.2.1
11.2.2

Woodwork Shops
Rough sawing, bench work
Sizing, planning, sanding, medium
machining and bench work
Fine bench and machine work, fine sanding,
finishing

10.5.6
10.5.6.1

11.2.3

11.3
11.3.1
11.3.2
11.3.3
11.3.4
11.3.5
11.3.6
11.3.6.1
11.3.6.2
11.3.7
11.3.7.1
11.3.7.2
11.3.7.3

Furniture Manufacture
Raw material stores
Finished goods stores
Wood matching and assembly, rough
sawing, cutting
Machining, sanding and assembly,
polishing
Tool rooms
Spray booths
Colour finishing
Clear finishing
Cabinet making
Vaneer sorting and grading
Marquetry, pressing, patching and fitting
Final inspection

1000
1000
1000
1500
1000

300
500

200
500
750

300
500
750

100
150
300
500
500
500
300
1000
500
750

Type of Interior or Activity

11.4
11.4.1
11.4.2
11.4.3
11.4.4
11.4.5

Average Service
Illuminance in lux

Upholstry Manufacture
Cloth inspection
Filling, covering
Slipping, cutting, sewing
Assembly
Tape edging

1500
500
750
500
1000

Type of Interior or Activity

14.1.4

Issue counter, records, storemans desk

14.2
14.2.1

14.2.3
14.2.3.1
14.2.3.2
14.2.3.3
14.2.3.4

Warehouses and Bulk Stores

Storage of goods where identification
requires only limited preparation of detail
Storage of goods where identification
requires perception of detail
Automatic high bay rack stores
Gangway
Control station
Packing and despatch
Loading bays

20
200
300
150

14.3
14.3.1
14.3.2
14.3.3

Cold Stores
General
Breakdown, make-up and despatch
Loading bays

300
300
150

15
15.1
15.1.1
15.1.2
15.1.3
15.1.4
15.1.5
15.1.6

COMMERCE
Offices
General offices
Deep plan general offices
Computer work stations
Conference rooms, executive offices
Computer and data preparation rooms
Filing rooms

300
500
300
300
300
200

15.2
15.2.1
15.2.2
15.2.3

Drawing Offices
General
Drawing boards
Print rooms

300
500
200

500
1000
1000

15.3
15.3.1
15.3.2

Banks and Building Societies

Counter, office area
Public area

300
200

500
500
1000

16
16.1
16.1.1
16.1.2
16.1.3
16.1.4
16.1.5
16.1.5.1
16.1.5.2

SERVICES
Garages
Interior parking area
General repairs, servicing, washing,
polishing
Workbench
Spray booths
External apron
General
Pump area (retail sales)

50
300

16.2
16.2.1
16.2.1.1
16.2.1.2
16.2.1.3
16.2.1.4

Appliance servicing
Workshop
General
Workbench
Counter
Stores

300
500
300
300

16.3
16.3.1
16.3.2

16.3.4

Laundries
Commercial laundries
Receiving, sorting, washing, drying, ironing
Despatch, dry-cleaning, bulk machine work
Head ironing, pressing, mending, spotting,
Inspection
Launderettes

500
300

16.4
16.4.1
16.4.2

Sewage Treatment Works

Walkways
Process areas

50
100

17
17.1
17.2

RETAILING
Small Shops with Counters
Small Self-Service Shops with Island Displays

500
500

14.2.2
12
12.1
12.1.1
12.1.2
12.1.2.1
12.1.2.2
12.1.2.3
12.1.3
12.1.3.1
12.1.3.2

PAPER AND PRINTING

Paper Mills
Pulp mills, preparation plants
Paper and board making
General
Automatic process
Inspection, sorting
Paper converting processes
General
Associated printing

12.2
12.2.1
12.2.1.1

Printing Works
Type foundries
Matrix making, dressing type, hand and
machine coating
Front assembly, sorting
Composing rooms
Hand composing, imposition and distribution
Hot metal keyboard
Hot metal casting
Photo composing keyboard or setters
Paste up
Illuminated tables - general lighting
Proof presses
Proof reading
Graphic Reproduction
General
Precision proofing, retouching, etching
Colour reproduction and inspection
Printing machine room
Presses
Premake ready
Printed sheet inspection
Binding
Folding, pasting, punching and stitching
Cutting, assembling, embossing

12.2.1.2
12.2.2
12.2.2.1
12.2.2.2
12.2.2.3
12.2.2.4
12.2.2.5
12.2.2.6
12.2.2.7
12.2.2.8
12.2.3
12.2.3.1
12.2.3.2
12.2.3.3
12.2.4
12.2.4.1
12.2.4.2
12.2.4.3
12.2.5
12.2.5.1
12.2.5.2
13
13.1
13.1.1
13.1.1.1
13.1.1.2
13.1.1.3
13.1.1.4
13.1.1.5
13.1.2
13.1.2.1

Average Service
Illuminance in lux

300
300
200
500
300
500

300
750
750
750
300
500
750
300
500
750

500
750

13.1.2.2
13.1.2.3

PLASTIC AND RUBBER

Plastic Products
Automatic Products
Without manual control
50
With occasional manual control
100
With continuous manual control
300
Control rooms
300
Control platforms
300
Non-automatic plant
Mixing, calendering, extrusion, injection, compression
and blow moulding, sheet fabrication
300
Trimming, cutting, polishing, cementing
500
Printing, inspection
1000

13.2
13.2.1
13.2.2
13.2.3
13.2.4

Rubber Products
Stock preparation - plasticizing, milling
Calendering, fabric preparation, stock cutting
Extruding, moulding
Inspection

14
14.1
14.1.1
14.1.2
14.1.3

DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE

Work Stores
Unpacking, sorting
Large item storage
Small item rack storage

200
500
500
1000

150
200
100
300

16.3.3

500

100
150

30
300
500
500

300

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Type of Interior or Activity

17.3
17.3.1
17.3.2
17.3.3

t-8

Average Service
Illuminance in lux

17.3.4

Super Markets, Hyper-markets

General
Checkout
Showroom for large objects, for example,
cars, furniture
Shopping precincts and arcades

18
18.1

PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY

Public rooms, Village Halls, Worship Halls

300

18.2
18.2.1
18.2.2
18.2.3
18.2.4
18.2.5

Concert Halls, Cinemas and Theaters

Foyer
Booking office
Auditorium
Dressing rooms
Projection room

200
300
100
300
150

18.3
18.3.1
18.3.2
18.3.3
18.3.4
18.3.5
18.3.6

Churches
Body of church
Pulpit, lectern
Choir stalls
Alter, communion table, chancel
Vestries
Organ

150
300
300
150
150
300

18.4
18.4.1
18.4.1.1
18.4.1.2
18.4.2
18.4.2.1
18.4.2.2
18.4.3
18.4.3.1
18.4.4
18.4.4.1
18.4.4.2
18.4.4.3
18.4.4.4
18.4.5
18.4.5.1
18.4.5.2
18.4.6
18.4.6.1
18.4.6.2
18.4.7
18.4.7.1
18.4.7.2
18.4.7.3
18.4.7.4
18.4.7.5
18.4.7.6
18.4.8
18.4.8.1
18.4.8.2
18.4.9
18.4.9.1
18.4.9.2
18.4.9.3
18.4.10
18.4.10.1
18.4.10.2
18.4.11
18.4.11.1
18.4.11.2
18.4.11.3
18.4.11.4
18.4.11.5
18.4.12
18.4.12.1

Hospitals
Anaesthatic rooms
General
Local
Consulting areas
General
Examination
Corridors
General
Ward corridors
Day, screened from bays
Day, open to natural light
Morning / evening
Night
Cubicles
General
Treatment
Examination
General
Local inspection
Intensive therapy
Bad head
Circulation between bed ends
Observation
Local observation
Staff base ( day)
Staff base ( night)
Laboratories
General
Examination
Nurses stations
Morning/day/evening
Night desks
Night, medical trolleys
Operating theatres
General
Local
Pathology departments
General
Examination
Pharmacies
Reception / enquiry
Recovery rooms
Ward-circulation
Day

500
500
500
150

300
1000
300
1000
150
200
200
150
10
300
1000
300
1000
50
100
300
1000
300
30
300
500
300
30
100
500
50000
300
500
300
300
300
100

Type of Interior or Activity

Average Service
Illuminance in lux

18.4.12.2
18.4.12.3
18.4.13
18.4.13.1
18.4.13.2
18.4.14
18.4.14.1
18.4.14.2
18.4.14.3
18.4.14.4
18.4.15
18.4.15.1
18.4.15.2
18.4.15.3
18.4.15.4
18.4.16
18.4.16.1
18.4.16.2
18.4.17
18.4.17.1
18.4.17.2
18.4.18
18.4.18.1
18.4.18.2
18.4.18.3
18.4.18.4

Morning / evening
Night
Ward-bed head
Morning / evening
Reading
Night
Adult
Paediatric
Psychiatric
Watch
X-Ray areas
General
Diagnostic
Operative
Process dark room
Surgeries
General
Waiting rooms
Dental Surgeries
Chair
Laboratories
Consulting rooms
General
Desk
Examination couch
Ophthalmic wall and near-vision charts

18.5
18.5.1
18.5.2
18.5.3

Hotels
Entrance halls
Reception , cashiers and porters desks
Bars, coffee base , dining rooms, grill
rooms, restaurants , lounges
Cloak rooms, baggage rooms
Bed rooms
Bathroom

18.5.4
18.5.5
18.5.6
18.6
18.6.1
18.6.1.1
18.6.1.2
18.6.1.3
18.6.1.4
18.6.1.5
18.6.2
18.6.2.1
18.6.2.2
18.6.3
18.6.3.1
18.6.3.2
18.6.3.3
18.6.3.4
18.6.3.5
18.6.4
18.6.4.1
18.6.4.2
18.6.5
18.6.5.1
18.6.5.2
18.6.5.3
18.7
18.7.1
18.7.2
18.7.3

100
5
50
150
1
1
5
5
200
200
300
50
300
150
Special lighting
500

Libraries
Lending library
General
Counters
Bookshelves
Reading rooms
Reading tables
Catalogues
Card
Microfiche / Visual display units
Reference libraries
General
Counters
Bookshelves
Study tables, carrels
Map room
Display and exhibition areas
Exhibits insensitive to light
Exhibit sensitive to light, for example, pictures,
prints rare books in archives
Library workrooms
Book repair and binding
Catalogue and sorting
Remote book stores
Museums and Art Galleries
Exhibits insensitive to light
Light sensitive exhibits , for example , oil and temper
paints, undyed leather , bone ivory , wood , etc
Extremely light sensitive exhibits, for
example ,textiles , water colours, prints
and drawings, skins, botanical specimens etc

300
500
500
500

100
300
200
100
50
100

300
500
150
300
300
150
150
300
500
150
500
300
300
150
500
500
150

300
150

50

Type of Interior or Activity

18.7.4

Conservation studies and workshops

18.8

Sports Facilities
Multi-purpose sports halls

19
19.1
19.1.1
19.2

EDUCATION
Assembly Halls
General
Teaching Spaces
General

Average Service
Illuminance in lux
500

750

Type of Interior or Activity

21.3
21.3.1
21.3.2
21.3.3

Medical and first Aid Centres

Consulting rooms, treatment rooms
Rest rooms
Medical stores

500
150
150

21.4
21.4.1
21.4.2

Staff Rooms
Changing , locker and cleaners rooms, cloakrooms,
lavatories
Rest rooms

100
150

21.5
21.5.1
21.5.2
21.5.3
21.5.4

Staff Restaurants
Canteens, cafeterias, dining rooms, mess rooms
Servery , vegetable preparation , washing-up area
Food preparation and cooking
Food stores , cellars

200
300
500
150

21.6
21.6.1
21.6.2
21.6.3
21.6.4

Communications
Switchboard rooms
Telephone apparatus rooms
Telex rooms , post rooms
Reprographic room

300
150
500
300

21.7
21.7.1
21.7.1.1
21.7.1.2
21.7.1.3
21.7.1.4
21.7.1.5
21.7.1.6
21.7.1.7

Building Services
Boiler houses
General
Boiler front
Boiler control room
Control rooms
Mechanical plant room
Electrical power supply and distribution rooms
Store rooms

100
150
300
300
150
150
100

21.8
21.8.1
21.8.1.1
21.8.1.2
21.8.1.3
21.8.1.4
21.8.1.5

Car Parks
Covered car parks
Floors
Ramps and corners
Entrances and exits
Control booths
Outdoor car parks

20
30
100
200
20

300

300

19.3
19.3.1
19.3.2

Lecture Theatres
General
Demonstration benches

300
500

19.4
19.5
19.6
19.7
19.8
19.9
19.10
19.11

Seminar Rooms
Art Rooms
Needlework Rooms
Laboratories
Libraries
Music Rooms
Sports Halls
Workshops

500
500
500
500
300
300
300
300

20
20.1
20.1.1
20.1.2
20.1.3
20.1.4
20.1.5
20.1.6

TRANSPORT
Airports
Ticket counters, checking desks, and information desks 500
Departure lounges, other waiting areas
200
Baggage reclaim
200
Baggage handling
100
Customs and immigration halls
500
Concourse
200

20.2
20.2.1
20.2.2
20.2.3
20.2.3.1
20.2.3.2
20.2.4
20.2.5
20.2.6
20.2.7
20.2.8
20.2.9

Railway Stations
Ticket office
Information office
Luggage office
General
Counter
Waiting rooms
Concourse
Time table
Ticket barriers
Platforms ( covered)
Platforms (open)

20.3
20.3.1
20.3.2
20.3.3
20.3.3.1
20.3.3.2
20.3.4
20.3.5
20.3.6
20.3.7

Coach Stations
Ticket offices
Information offices
Left luggage office
General
Counter
Waiting rooms
Concourse
Time tables
Loading areas

100
200
200
200
200
150

21
21.1
21.1.1
21.1.2
21.1.3

GENERAL BUILDING AREAS

Entrance
Entrance halls, lobbies , waiting rooms
Enquiry desks
Gatehouses

200
500
200

21.2
21.2.1
21.2.2
21.2.3

Circulation Areas
Lifts
Corridors, passageways , stairs
Escalators, travellators

100
100
150

500
500
100
200
200
200
200
200
50
20

Average Service
Illuminance in lux

500
500

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