ILLUMINATION STANDARDS
The following selected foot-candle (FC) ranges represent the Illuminating Engineer Society's (IES) current illumination recommendations Individual application and will determine exact foot-candle levels Please refer to the IES Lighting Handbook for more detailed evaluation.
| Airplane Manufacturing |
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| Drilling, riveting, screw fastening |
75 |
| Final Assembly, hangar |
100 |
| Inspection |
50-200 |
| Welding |
50 |
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| Assembly |
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| Rough easy seeing |
20-50 |
| Rough difficult seeing |
50-100 |
| Medium |
100-200 |
| Fine |
200-500(a) |
| Extra Fine |
500-1000(a) |
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| Auditoriums |
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| Social Activities |
5-10 |
| Assembly Only |
10-20 |
| Exhibitions |
10-20 |
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| Automobile Manufacturing |
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| Final assembly, finishing, inspecting |
200 |
| Body & chassis assembly |
100 |
| Body parts manufacturing |
100 |
| Frame Assembly |
50 |
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| Banks |
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| Lobby general |
10-50 |
| Writing areas |
20-70 |
| Teller stations, posting & keypunch |
50-150 |
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| Clothing Manufacturer |
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| Receiving, storing, shipping, winding, measuring |
20-50 |
| Pattern making, trimming |
50-100 |
| Shops, marking |
50-200 |
| Cutting, pressing |
100-500(a) |
| Sewing, inspection |
200-500(a) |
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| Electrical Equipment Manufacturing |
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| Impregnating |
20-50 |
| Insulating coil winding, testing |
50-100 |
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| Food Service Facilities |
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| Cashier |
20-50 |
| Cleaning |
10-20 |
| Dining |
5-20 |
| Food Displays |
30-100 |
| Kitchen |
50-100 |
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| Foundries |
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| Annealing furnaces |
20-50 |
| Cleaning |
20-50 |
| Core making |
50-200 |
| Inspection |
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| Fine |
100-500 |
| Medium |
50-100 |
| Molding |
50-200 |
| Pouring, sorting |
50-100 |
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| Traffic Lanes |
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| Parking Garage |
10 |
| Service Garage |
10-20 |
| Entrances |
50 |
| Repair Area |
50-100 |
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| Gymnasiums |
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| Assemblies |
10 |
| General exercise & recreation |
30 |
| Exhibitions, matches |
50 |
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| Hospitals |
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| Rooms |
| Corridors |
5-30 |
| Emergency Rooms |
50-100 |
| Operating Rooms |
100-200 |
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| Hotels |
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| Bathrooms |
20-50 |
| Bedrooms for reading |
20-50 |
| Corridors, elevators, and stairs |
| Front Desk |
50-100 |
| Sewing |
100-200 |
| General |
10-20 |
| General Lighting |
10-20 |
| Reading and working areas |
20-50 |
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| Iron and Steel Manufacturing |
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| Stock, hot top, checker cellar |
10-30 |
| Building, slag pits, stripping yard |
20 |
| Control platforms, repairs |
30 |
| Rolling mills |
30-50 |
| Shearing |
50 |
| Tin plate |
50 |
| Motor room, machine room |
30 |
| Inspection |
100 |
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| Library |
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| Ordinary reading, stacks |
20-50 |
| Book repair and binding |
20-50 |
| Study & notes, cataloging, cardfiles |
20-100 |
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| Machine Shops |
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| Rough bench |
20-50 |
| Medium bench, rough grinding |
50-100 |
| Fine bench and work |
200-500(a) |
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| Material Handling |
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| Loading trucking |
10-20 |
| Picking stock classifying |
20-50 |
| Wrapping, packing, labeling |
20-50 |
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| Offices |
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| Accounting |
50-100 |
| Audio-visual areas |
50-100 |
| Conference areas |
20-70 |
| Corridors, stairways |
20(k) |
| Drafting |
50-200 |
| General and private offices |
50-100 |
| Lobbies, lounges, and reception areas |
0-20 |
| Mail sorting |
50-100 |
| Off-set printing and duplicating |
20-50 |
| Spaces with VDT's |
75 |
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| Paper Manufacturing |
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| Beaters, grinding |
20-50 |
| Finishing, cutting |
| Hand counting |
50-100 |
| Paper machine reel, inspection |
100-200 |
| Rewinder |
100-200 |
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| Printing |
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| Photo engraving, etching |
20-50 |
| Color inspecting |
100-200 |
| Presses |
50-100 |
| Proofreading |
100-200 |
| Composing room |
50-100 |
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| Schools |
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| Reading |
20-100 |
| Typing |
20-100 |
| Demonstrations |
100-200 |
| Sewing |
20-100 |
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| Sheet Metal Works |
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| General |
100 |
| Tin plate inspection, galvanized, |
100-200 |
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| Stores |
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| Circulation area stockroom |
10-30 |
| Merchandising, serviced |
30-10 |
| Merchandising, self-service |
200 |
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| Textile Mills |
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| Cotton picking, carding, roving, |
50 |
| Beaming & slashing |
150 |
| Drawing |
200 |
| Others |
100 |
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| Warehousing, Storage |
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| Inactive |
5-10 |
| Active |
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| Rough bulky |
10-20 |
| Medium |
20 |
| Fine |
20-50 |
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| Woodworking |
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| Rough sawing and bench work |
20-50 |
| Sizing, planing, rough sanding, |
20-50 |
| Fine bench and machine work |
50-100 |
