LIGHTING : - RECOMMENDED ILLUMINANCE LEVELS (COMMERCIAL BLDGS, DRG OFFICES, HOSPITALS, HOTELS, TRANSPORTS, RAILWAYS)

Commercial buildings
Offices
General Offices	300
Deep Plan General Offices	500
Computer Works Station	300
Conference Rooms, Executive Offices	300
Computer and Data Preparation Rooms	300
Filing Rooms	200
Drawing Offices
General	300
Drawing Boards	500
Print Rooms	200
Counter, Office Area	300
Public Area	200
Retailing
Small Shops with counters	300
Small Self Service Shops with Island Displays	300
Super Markets – Hyper-Markets	300
General	300
Checkout	300
Showrooms for large objects, for example, cars, furniture	300
Shopping precincts and arcades	100
Hospitals
Anesthetic Rooms
General	200
Local	750
Consulting Area
General	200
Examination	750
Corridors
General	100
Ward Corridors
Day, Screened from Bays	150
Day, open to nature light	150
Cubicles
General	200
Treatment	750
Examinations
General	200
Local Inspection	750
Intensive Therapy
Bed Head	30
Circulation Between Bed ends	50
Observation	200
Local Observation	750
Staff base (day)	200
Staff base (Night)	30
Laboratories
General	200
Examination	300
Nurses ‘s stations
Morning/Day/evening	200
Night desks	30
Night, Medical Trolleys	50
Operating Theatres
General	300
Local	10000
Hotels
Entrance Halls	50
Receptions, Cashiers & Porter’s desks	200
Bars, Coffee base, dining rooms, Grill rooms, Restaurants, Lounges
Cloak Rooms, Baggage Rooms	50
Bed Room	30
Bath Rooms	50
Food Preparation & Stores, cellars, Lifts and corridors	100
Transport
Air ports	150
Ticket Counters, Checking, desks and information desks	300
Departure Lounges, other waiting Areas	150
Baggage reclaims	150
Baggage Handling	50
Customers & Immigration halls	300
Concourse	150
Railway Stations
Ticket Office	300
Information Office	300
General	50
Counter	150
Waiting Rooms	150
Concourse	150
Time Table	150
Ticket Barriers	150
Platforms (Covered)	30
Platforms (Open)	20