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Comprehensive Guide to Office Lighting

Office lighting is the key to your team's productivity and an attractive interior. Poor lighting can reduce efficiency, create discomfort, and increase costs. A well-thought-out solution, on the other hand, boosts employee performance and company profits! Don’t want to dive into details? Check out ready-made solutions or leave a request, and we’ll take care of everything for you!

Most standard office lights simply turn on and off without addressing the real needs of modern workspaces. Dim, overly bright, flickering, or noisy lighting is a thing of the past.

At HOKASU, we design fixtures that solve all these problems during the planning stage. You get modern, energy-efficient, and stylish lighting fully tailored to your needs.

General Lighting

Thoughtful office lighting eliminates the shortcomings of old fixtures and maximizes the benefits of modern technology. Office lighting can be divided into four main categories:

General lighting is the primary source of light in a room. It should be uniform and not overly bright to avoid eye fatigue.
This type of lighting is ideal for:

• conference rooms;
• lobbies;
• meeting rooms;
• open areas such as cafeterias or gyms.

General lighting provides even illumination without highlighting specific areas. It is created using:

• ceiling fixtures;
• medium-power linear lights suspended at a height of more than 2.5 meters from the floor;
• modular lights.

Accent or Local Lighting

Accent or local lighting highlights decorative elements, defines space with light, or provides additional illumination for work areas.
This solution is perfect for highlighting trophies, paintings, or other focal objects.
Local lighting can be achieved using:

• medium-power linear lights suspended low, directly above the work area;
• desk lamps with well-directed light beams (optional);
• track lights, offering flexibility in directing light.

Universal — The Right Choice!

The choice of lighting equipment depends on:

• the purpose of the room;
• ceiling height and the method of light installation;
• furniture arrangement;
• interior tones (wall, floor colors, etc.).

We can calculate lighting, select the necessary equipment, and create comfortable lighting in your future office with the required accents, especially over work areas.

To minimize visual discomfort caused by modern artificial lighting, we use equipment with diffused light, optimal light intensity curves (LDC), and a low glare rating (UGR).

The workspace should be illuminated with diffused light to avoid glare on reflective surfaces like monitors, clocks, jewelry, and other objects. The light should not be directed into the eyes or onto areas unrelated to work processes. Attention is better focused on objects highlighted against the general background, such as desks, computers, documents, or keyboards.

At HOKASU, we provide free lighting calculations and equipment selection! Send your project to sale@hokasu.com, and we will prepare a commercial proposal for you within one business day!

Popular Solutions

Linear lamp HOKASU 50/50 U&D PROM

Linear lamp HOKASU D60

Linear lamp HOKASU 35/40 U&D LS

Linear lamp HOKASU Wave

Recessed lamp HOKASU DOT

Suspended luminaire HOKASU Halo

Decorative Lighting

It is more accurate to refer to "decorative fixtures" rather than "decorative lighting." These are fixtures installed as a form of decoration. Specialized lighting calculations are not performed for such devices.

Color Temperature

Color temperature and color rendering index (CRI) are key characteristics of LED fixtures. In the absence of natural light, these determine how comfortable you will feel in a room.
For offices, it is important to select color temperatures based on functionality rather than design. The optimal range is 4000 to 4500 K, which closely resembles natural daylight. Deviating, for example, to warmer light (3000 K) can reduce employee productivity by up to 90%. In northern regions where daylight hours are especially short during winter, high-quality lighting helps maintain concentration and reduces fatigue, even during twilight or cloudy weather.

Where to Use Warm Light

Soft lighting with a warm tone (3000 K) is ideal for creating a relaxing atmosphere in areas such as:

• kitchens and coffee points;
• rest zones.

Illumination Standards

In European countries, the level of illumination (how bright the room is) is regulated by a unified standard for workplaces, EN 12464-1. In Russia, such standards are regulated by SanPiN and SNiP.
For example:

• workplace - 500 lux;
• drafting - 750 lux;
• walls, floors - 100 lux.

However, observations and feedback from our clients show that this is not enough, and illumination should be 30% higher than the prescribed standards. Fun Fact:
After the invention of the incandescent bulb, the average European's sleep was reduced by two hours. This increased their productive activity by six years! If you want to learn more about how to calculate illumination, check out our article.

Lighting Calculations

Lighting calculation refers to a set of tasks, including selecting and effectively positioning fixtures and projectors, as well as calculating the power consumption of the lighting system for the illuminated object.
When you choose our company for office lighting, you can
be confident in the result because we model the lighting in advance and identify all shortcomings during the planning stage.