Lighting-Buyers'-Guide

Offices What to consider for office lighting. With people spending around a third of their time at work, getting the lighting right in office settings is essential. As such, the focus should be on creating a comfortable environment for employees that is also suitable for how the space will be used.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines lighting for workspaces as general, localised and local. General lighting provides uniform illumination over the entire work area, whilst localised lighting should be installed to provide different levels of illumination for different task areas. Local lighting is used when high levels of light are needed for a small work area, or to aid different tasks

from a workstation, or to provide supplementary lighting where general lighting is not possible.

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