The arrangement of a functional area for business meetings and negotiations is one of the main tasks that needs to be solved when organizing a modern office. The image of the company and the success of the negotiation process largely depend on how competently the lighting system is implemented. And if the manager's offices can be designed, guided by the tastes of their owners, then when creating meeting room lighting, it is better to follow certain recommendations. In this article, we will try to analyze some of them. We will also show completed projects from our company.
Until recently, many Russian companies paid insufficient attention to the appearance of office lamps and the aesthetics of lighting systems in the meeting room. Today, the original image and corporate style of the company are almost always reflected not only in the design of office interiors, but also in lighting systems for workspaces.
Goals and objectives of lighting
Meeting room lighting is designed to provide clients, partners and contractors with the opportunity to conduct business meetings as efficiently as possible in a comfortable and safe environment. Based on this, it is worth throwing out the goals and objectives of lighting, which should be solved in the future. Let's list a couple, for example:
- Creating a comfortable atmosphere for business meetings;
- Create a memorable image in accordance with the image of the company.
After we have written the goals, let's look at common mistakes when creating a concept.
Typical mistakes
According to research, office workers spend most of their lives under artificial lighting. It's no secret that in order to achieve maximum performance, lighting must be comfortable. And low-quality light in the office reduces productivity by 30%. In addition, illumination also affects the psychological state of workers. Therefore, we recommend not to repeat the typical mistakes made by many Russian companies. Choose a quality manufacturer of fixtures for the meeting room, and now let's look at common mistakes.
- Using fixtures with low-quality light sources;
- Low color reproduction of light sources;
- Too bright ambient light;
- The fading of fixtures.
Light scenarios
The lighting system of the meeting room should provide the necessary level of illumination, match the visual image of the company, and be efficient. Office lighting today no longer has a purely functional purpose - to illuminate the space in order to see. Proper lighting takes into account the biological and emotional characteristics of the impact of light on a person, allowing you to positively influence the mood and health of employees and partners, increase concentration and productivity, create and activate the creative process.
In the partition room, it is important to create comfortable conditions that increase the productivity of business meetings. The task can be accomplished by using:
- The desired color temperature. Varies depending on the task. Cold for concentration and warm for relaxation.
- Proper lighting level (at least 300 lux for general lighting). At least 500 lux directly on the desktop from combined lighting (general lighting together with local lighting). Combined lighting is considered the most efficient and optimal for a meeting room.
- Colour temperature and light intensity control options for luminaires and table lamps.
Now consider lighting types:
- general (provided by recessed and pendant luminaires);
- local (table lamps, floor lamps or pendant lights directly above the desktop);
- decorative (accents on interior details, backlighting and other decorative elements with light.
The best solution is to use a pendant lamp with a frosted diffuser
Diffused light fixtures (light emitted in all directions) have the highest efficiency and are suitable for general lighting. The reflection of light from the walls, ceiling and floor creates a feeling of light comfort with an overall perception of the room as saturated with light without glare.
Let's look at the conference rooms on the example of our projects
Meeting room in the office of "Karer-Service"
Above the long table there are lamps of the
HOKASU Frame series with dimensions of 1250*1250 mm in black. A special feature of the production of Frame luminaires is the use of corner joints, which makes it possible to obtain an all-metal body without gaps in the corners of the luminaire.
The thoughtful design of the luminaire, combined with the high efficiency of HOKASU LED modules, creates comfortable lighting for negotiators.
Meeting room in the Rusatom Service office
The office on Nakhimovsky Prospekt has three meeting rooms. Especially for this project, we made a series of linear luminaires
HOKASU S50 with dimensions of 1250 mm in black.
Meeting room in the office of Bank Saint Petersburg
The concept was developed on the basis of preserving the style of the company and increasing comfort for employees. We have made a rectangular structure
HOKASU Frame, a suspended modular lamp. The corporate identity of the company was preserved by painting the body of the lamp in red and black colors.
Of great importance in the selection of fixtures for lighting a meeting room are such characteristics as: color rendering, light temperature, pulsation coefficient (lack of flickering effect). These parameters determine the level of visual comfort in the room.
Uniform and diffuse illumination of the work surface with no glare is provided by HOKASU luminaires with a high-quality Italian diffuser. You can order a matte diffuser together with our
linear luminaires.
Want to impress your partners? For this purpose, we have created a series of pendant lamps:
- ring-shaped lamp Halo;
- Frame – rectangular frame luminaire;
- functional lamp Delta triangular shape.
Illumination calculation
When developing a project, it can be difficult to understand how much light will be needed in a room and certain areas. To avoid a lack or excess of illumination, a detailed calculation is necessary. What is meant by illumination calculation? – Determining the number of required fixtures and their characteristics for the room.
It is quite difficult to perform it on your own - the procedure requires a deep understanding of the specifics of light and certain knowledge. We make an accurate calculation of illumination using modern equipment. We are ready to make a calculation and selection of equipment for your project for free.
What do you need to do this?
- Send us a drawing or plan of the premises for which you need to calculate by e-mail sale@hokasu.com.
- Indicate the color scheme of the walls and floor, the height of the ceiling, indicate the purpose of the premises.
- Select and specify the models of luminaires from our catalog that you plan to install.
As a result, you get a detailed technical description and a project manager.
