Key Points of Office Lighting Design

Lighting design concept

For a normal office worker, more than one-third of his time is spent in the office every day. Therefore, the office environment of a company is very important to every individual employee. For office decoration, the importance of lighting design is even more critical. The office is used for work, and the purpose of work is to create wealth. Therefore, the rationality of the office lighting design will affect the enthusiasm, efficiency, and even safety of employees. When we talk about the environment, in addition to the humanistic environment, it also refers to the hardware (decoration) environment. As a part of soft furnishing, lamps and lighting design are particularly important in the decoration of office premises.

Reasonable light source settings and lighting design can often make employees physically and mentally happy and work efficiency doubled. On the contrary, an unreasonable lighting combination will make people tired easily and produce boredom. So, what should we pay attention to when designing office lighting? The author believes that we must pay attention to the following points.

First, color coordination should be given priority

That is to say, cool and warm colors depend on the purpose. Don’t let every corner of the entire office space have the same color temperature value.

 

Second, we must avoid glare

The office space is based on work, and the lighting design should pay attention to eliminating eye fatigue, protecting eyesight, protecting health, and improving work and study efficiency. This point should be avoided whether it is commercial lighting or home lighting. “Seeing the light but not the light” is the goal that a reasonable lighting design must pursue.

Strictly speaking, whether it is sitting or standing, the lighting design of the lamps can be seen from the head-up direction, which is not a good design.

 

Third, the light source must be distributed reasonably

The ceiling light is bright, making people feel that the space is enlarged, bright and cheerful, and the ceiling light is dim, making people feel that the space is small and depressed. The combination of general lighting and local lighting is economical and affordable.

 

Fourth, the illumination direction of the light and the intensity of the light should be appropriate. Use spotlights for spotlights, and downlights for downlights.

 

Fifth, it is necessary to express the main idea, highlight the atmosphere, combine the main lamp and the auxiliary lamp, and use the combination of lamps to express a kind of thought and metaphor. I believe that many companies will not take this into consideration when decorating, and even directly use the temporary lamps that the property or developer already has.

 

Sixth, the illumination should be sufficient and uniform

This is actually the most important in office lighting. Generally speaking, we find that the most common mistakes in office lighting design are unreasonable light distribution, insufficient illumination or uneven light distribution. The consequence of this is that there is a strong contrast between the environment of the work area and the visual target, and long-term work will cause visual fatigue. At the same time, if the intensity of the light in the background (the space facing away from the work area) is too high, it will cause the computer screen to receive a lot of reflections, which will also make the eyes of employees in a state of “looking for things on the screen” for a long time. Fatigue will definitely come faster.

Seventh, mainly warm white light

In long-term practice, we have found that many office spaces like to use positive white light or even strong white light to illuminate, thinking that this can make the office brighter. In fact, from a scientific point of view, the closer the office lighting is to natural light, the better. From the color temperature of 3200K upwards, the staff will feel more and more uncomfortable. Therefore, when choosing office lamps, we recommend choosing 3000-4000K for the choice of the color temperature parameter. Too high or too low is not appropriate.

Office lighting layout

Lighting is an indispensable part of people’s lives. Nowadays, people are no longer pursuing simple lighting, but are pursuing different aesthetics of lighting while coordinating lighting. In office decoration, the lighting system brings light while at the same time. It will also create a different atmosphere.

The so-called office decoration lighting design is relative to the natural lighting of the office decoration environment. It selects the appropriate lamps according to the different lighting levels of the office space so that the company can achieve the best visual effect in the office decoration space environment, while still being able to adjust Office atmosphere is a design approach to enhance the performance and aesthetic feelings of the office decoration space.

Five lighting methods

The design of office decoration lighting in office environment decoration is to illuminate the office environment, express the texture of office decoration materials, render the atmosphere of the office space, and adjust the office attitude of employees. Modern office decoration environment lighting mainly includes direct lighting, semi-direct lighting, diffuse lighting, semi-indirect lighting and indirect lighting, etc. The following viewing design will introduce these lighting methods for you in detail:

1. Direct lighting: means that 90-100% of the light source is directly projected on the illuminated object, and only 0-10% of the light is projected onto the top surface or wall, and then reflected on the object.

 

2. Semi-direct lighting: means that 60-90% of the light is projected onto the illuminated object. 10-40% of the light is reflected and then projected onto the surface of the object. This type of lighting generally refers to table lamps and chandeliers with small openings at the upper end of the lampshade and large openings at the lower end.

 

3. Diffuse lighting: refers to that 40-60% of the light is projected on the illuminated object, and the other 40-60% of the light is reflected on the object. The brightness of this kind of light is poor, but the light quality is soft, and one section is made of frosted glass or semi-bright milky white plastic lampshades, such as chandeliers and wall lamps for office decoration.

 

4. Semi-indirect lighting: refers to that 10-40% of the light is directly reflected on the illuminated object, and 60-90% of the light is reflected on the illuminated object. This method can produce special lighting effects and is suitable for application in halls and aisles.

 

5. Indirect lighting: It means that 0-10% of the light is directly reflected on the illuminated object, and 90-100% of the light is reflected on the illuminated object, such as the floor lamp, standing lamp, and wrinkle lamp with the upper end of the teeth. We should note that when this lighting method is used alone, the lower part of the opaque lampshade will produce thick shadows, which need to be reconciled by other types of lighting methods. Indirect lighting is usually only used for decoration of the office environment to render the atmosphere of the environment.

General lighting, accent lighting and decorative lighting

In the office environment decoration, it can be arranged in three ways: general lighting, accent lighting and decorative lighting.

 

1. General lighting refers to the daylighting method that gives the office decoration an average illuminance. It can bring a kind of lighting background to the office decoration. Usually, the lighting fixtures of the tiled space are used, which are mainly used in the open office environment and other space places.

 

2. Accent lighting is also called partial lighting. It is a lighting method that focuses light on a certain range according to the needs of a certain activity area in the office environment, in order to highlight a specific place and render a unique office Atmosphere.

 

3. Decorative lighting is a special lighting method used to increase the visual beauty of the office environment, increase the level of space, and enrich the atmosphere of the office decoration environment, such as the crab lamp used in the staff rest area, the use of carving, painting, and bonsai in the office decoration Spotlights, lights, candles, etc. set up in the office during festivals.

 

In addition, in the decoration of the office environment, the choice of various lighting fixtures is also very important. Different lighting fixtures can bring different feelings to people. When choosing lamps, choose according to the specific situation of the office. Hope this article is helpful to you.

What lamp is suitable for office applications

What kind of lamp is suitable for use in the office? Many customers consult the office decoration company. They don’t know what kind of lamp to use when decorating the office. Now let’s analyze together what kind of lamp is more suitable for office lighting design.

What kind of lamp is suitable for office environment? Commonly used lamps in office design include 300*300mm grille lights, 300*1200mm grille lights, 600*1200mm grille lights, downlights, spotlights, light strips, etc.

1. Spotlights are generally used in local landscape lighting in office decoration, such as office lobby design and meeting room design, in order to highlight the sense of space and emphasize the role of a certain point.
2. The amount of light strips used in office decoration is relatively small, which plays a role of auxiliary lighting, and is mainly used on suspended ceilings, decorated walls and the top surface of meeting rooms, etc. It needs to be mixed with other lighting fixtures.

3. 300*300mm grille light, 300*1200mm grille light, 600*1200mm grille light. The grille lamp is a common lighting fixture in office decoration. It is characterized by high brightness and large light-emitting surface, which can greatly reduce the number of office areas or lights, and reduce the length of wiring. It is generally used in open areas or mostly in the office. In order to reduce the number of lights, it is also used in conference rooms and separate offices. Generally, this lighting method is mostly used by customers who have decoration cost control.
4. Downlights are also commonly used in office decoration. They are mostly used for local lighting, such as small spaces, open areas or divisions, personalized office ceilings, etc., which are more long-term, and mainly play the role of local lighting. , The case of using downlights as the main lighting also exists, but compared to grille lights, the individual illuminance of the tube is still much weaker than that of the grille lights. If the downlight is used as the main lighting, it is relatively expensive compared to the grille lights. It is higher because the number of lights is more than that of grille lights, and the wiring is longer.