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Laboratory Lighting Design

Laboratory Lighting Design

Laboratory Lighting Design

(OP)
Hi, everyone,
can somebody tell me if there is any special consideration during designing the lighting system for laboratoties.

thanks in advance

ARNOLD

RE: Laboratory Lighting Design

You could also look into the IES recommended lighting levels for that area classification.

Mike

RE: Laboratory Lighting Design

Any time I ever did a wet lab, I had some lighting throughout the room on a central battery/inverter system so that no one would ever be left in the dark at an inopportune time.

RE: Laboratory Lighting Design

(OP)
Dear davidbeach,
can you clarify more about it, my interest is to know about the minimum lux required, glare, and if there is any other special requirements for wet lab.
however thank you all for the responses.
Eng. arnold

RE: Laboratory Lighting Design

The IES recommendations would be a good place to start.  Something in the 75fc range comes to mind, but its been a few years since I was doing that kind of work.  I'd then put 10-20% of the lamps on a continuous power source, evenly distributed throughout the space, so that it would never go completely dark anywhere.  The rest of it comes down to figuring out a lighting design that works with the space and meets the needs of the project.

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