How is the best way to light your (home) office?
Good lighting in your office and/or home workplace is important. The right lighting increases productivity and has a positive effect on your gemoedstoestand.Het improving or replacing your current office lighting will enable your colleagues and yourself to work pleasantly and energetically, without getting tired eyes. Lighting contributes to the human bio-effect. In short: the right office lighting for your workspace is very important. But what office lighting do you actually need? MeinLED “light” is happy to explain.
Here are a few tips that you can quickly apply for your home workplace.
- Make the most of your natural light: Do you have a window in the room where you work? Then place your desk in front of or close to the window, in such a way that the natural light falls on your desk.
- Place a desk lamp: A simple solution for additional lighting on your desk, which is especially recommended during darker days.
- Avoid glare: Glare on your screen or in your field of vision is often experienced as very distracting. Therefore, position your lights so that they do not reflect on glossy surfaces.
- Good light distribution: Ensure an even distribution of light across your workspace.
- Dimmable office lighting: Dimmable lighting can prevent you from having too much stimulation and brain activity later in the evening, which can negatively affect your sleep. With the smart lighting from MeinLED , you can program optimally and set a light intensity that suits the time of day.
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Applications for illuminating offices and workspaces:
As you know, office lighting is of great importance to you and your colleagues. In addition, there are a number of other factors you should take into account. In general, it can be stated that an office (landscape) consists of multiple working areas.
- The Task Area: The area where you are actually working. It is of primary importance to have the correct light intensity here. The light output per m² is expressed in Lux. For lighting the task area, we recommend 500 Lux. Linear office lights are extremely suitable for this purpose. This place resp.install above your desk/workbench.
- The surroundings: Ambient lighting, also known as general lighting, is defined by the zone of 50 to 60 cm around your workspace (the task area). It is important that the light color is the same and the difference in light intensity is not too great. We recommend an intensity of 250-300 Lux for ambient lighting.
- Background area: Background areas include coffee corners, hallways, and walkways. Here, a light output of only 100 lux is required. However, it is important that the color of the light remains the same as in the rest of the room.
Important specifications for quality office lights.
- CRI value (Color Rendering Index), this represents the color accuracy of the light. The CRI value of a good office lamp should certainly be higher than >80.The higher the value, the better.
- UGR Value (Unified Glare Rating). The UGR value indicates to what extent the lighting causes glare or light disturbance in the environment. In short: a UGR > 19 is not good and anything below the UGR19 value is good! >
- Light color and color temperature: In an office or workplace, the light color 4000K or 4500K is often chosen. A light color of 4000K – 4500K is natural light and promotes productivity, but it is not the very bright white light often seen in hospitals.
- Flicker-free: Flickering from LED office lights is naturally undesirable. Although you cannot see this with the naked eye, you subconsciously pick up these flickers. People with migraines are often extra sensitive to this.Therefore, it is important to choose flicker-free lighting for the well-being of you and your colleagues.
Which lamps are most suitable for your workspace and office?
Now that you have read all of this, you may also see the need to improve the lighting in your workspace and/or office. By using LED panels or LED downlights, you have a simple and practical solution. You can easily replace them one-to-one with your drop ceiling tiles and connect them directly to the mains power supply, which is often already connected above the ceiling. These are pleasant fixtures that distribute the light evenly across the room and are not dazzling when you look into them. Thanks to the frosted glass used for the LED panels and downlights, the light is diffused, preventing any glare on your computer screen or other objects on your desk.This is very pleasant for your eyes again and therefore also good for productivity.
In addition to general lighting, task lighting is just as important, if not more important. Task lighting is best created by hanging linear office lights above the workstations. These office lights can be installed in various shapes, from I-shape, L-shape, U-shape, or in a square, which is no problem at all. So it not only provides good light above your workstation, but also has a modern look.
For a home workspace, a single linear office light is already a perfect solution. But for a quick solution, you can always choose a nice desk lamp that is dimmable and of which you can possibly change the light color.
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How many office lights do I need in my office or at my workspace?
This depends on various factors. The lighting experts at MeinLED can provide professional advice and are also happy to create a customized lighting plan. To provide the best possible advice, we need the following information:
- The surface area of the room in question
- A sketch/drawing of the room with dimensions. (A hand-drawn sketch is often sufficient).
- Length, Width, Height of the space
- The type of ceiling (suspended ceiling, concrete ceiling, industrial ceiling, plaster ceiling, etc.) – Including a photo of the ceiling or the space is always helpful.
With the available information, the experts at MeinLED can determine which office lights are needed to achieve the minimum required Lux output for your space and/or workstation. We will then draw up a lighting plan complete with accurate pricing.
Interested? let us advise and inspire you and get in touch with us, we are happy to help!
