European Lighting Regulations

Informative summary:

EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EN 12464-1
EUROPÄISCHE NORM

EN 12464-1

English version
Light and lighting - Lighting of work places - Part 1: Indoor work places

Column 5 gives the minimum colour rendering indices (R_a) for the situation listed in column 2.
In column 6, advice and footnotes are given for exceptions and special applications for the situations listed in column 2.
5.2 The schedule of interiors (areas), tasks and activities
Table 5.1: Traffic zones and general areas inside buildings
1.1 Traffic zones
1.2     Rest, sanitation and first aid rooms
1.3     Control rooms
1.4     Store rooms/cold stores
1.5     Storage rack areas
Table 5.2: Industrial activities and crafts
2.1 Agriculture
2.2     Bakeries
2.3     Cement, cement goods, concrete, bricks
2.4     Ceramics, tiles, glass, glassware
2.5     Chemical, plastics and rubber industry
2.6     Electrical industry
2.7     Food stuffs and luxury food industry
2.8     Foundries and metal casting
2.9     Hairdressers
2.10   Jewellery manufacturing
2.11   Laundries and dry cleaning
2.12   Leather and leather goods
2.13   Metal working and processing
2.14   Paper and paper goods
2.15   Power stations
2.16   Printers
2.17   Rolling mills, iron and steel works
2.18   Textile manufacture and processing
2.19   Vehicle construction
2.20   Wood working and processing
Table 5.3: Offices
Table 5.4: Retail premises
Table 5.5: Places of public assembly
5.1 General areas
5.2     Restaurants and hotels
5.3     Theatres, concert halls, cinemas
5.4     Trade fairs, exhibition halls
5.5     Museums
5.6     Libraries
5.7     Public car parks (indoor)
Table 5.6: Educational premises
6.1 Nursery school, play school
6.2     Educational buildings
Table 5.7: Health care premises
7.1 Rooms for general use
7.2     Staff rooms
7.3     Wards, maternity wards 7.4     Examination rooms (general)
7.5     Eye examination rooms
7.6     Ear examination rooms
7.7     Scanner rooms
7.8     Delivery rooms
7.9     Treatment rooms (general)
7.10   Operating areas
7.11   Intensive care units
7.12   Dentists
7.13   Laboratories and pharmacies
7.14   Decontamination rooms
7.15   Autopsy rooms and mortuaries
Table 5.8: Transportational areas
8.1     Airports
8.2     Railway installations

1.1

Traffic zones

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

1.1.1

Circulation areas and corridors

100

1.1.2

Stairs, escalators, travolators

150

1.1.3

Loading ramps/bays

150

1.2

Rest, sanitation and first aid rooms

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

1.2.1

Canteens, pantries

200

1.2.2

Rest rooms

100

1.2.3

Rooms for physical exercise

300

1.2.4

Cloakrooms, washrooms, bathrooms,

200

toilets

1.2.5

Sick bay

500

1.2.6

Rooms for medical attention

500

1.3

Control rooms

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

1.3.1

Plant rooms, switch gear rooms

200

1.3.2

Telex, post room, switchboard

500

1.4

Store rooms, cold stores

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

1.4.1

Store and stockrooms

100

1.4.2

Dispatch packing handling areas

300

Table 5.1 — Traffic zones and general areas inside buildings (continued)

1.5

Storage rack areas

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

1.5.1

Gangways: unmanned

1.5.2

Gangways: manned

150

1.5.3

Control stations

150

Table 5.2 — Industrial activities and crafts

2.1

Agriculture

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.1.1

Loading and operating of goods, handling equipment and machinery

200

2.1.2

Buildings for livestock

2.1.3

Sick animal pens; calving stalls

200

2.1.4

Feed preparation; dairy; utensil washing

200

2.2

Bakeries

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.2.1

Preparation and baking

300

2.2.2

Finishing, glazing, decorating

500

2.3

Cement, cement goods, concrete,

bricks

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.3.1

Drying

2.3.2

Preparation of materials; work on kilns and mixers

200

2.3.3

General machine work

300

2.3.4

Rough forms

300

Table 5.2 — Industrial activities and crafts (continued)

2.4

Ceramics, tiles, glass, glassware

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

2.4.1

Drying

2.4.2

Preparation, general machine work

300

2.4.3

Enamelling, rolling, pressing, shaping

300

simple parts, glazing, glass blowing

2.4.4

Grinding, engraving, glass polishing,

750

shaping precision parts, manufacture

of glass instruments

2.4.5

Grinding of optical glass, crystal, hand

750

grinding and engraving

2.4.6

Precision work e.g. decorative grinding, hand painting

1000

2.4.7

Manufacture of synthetic precious

1500

stones

2.5 Chemical, plastics and rubber industry

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.5.1

Remote-operated processing installations

2.5.2

Processing installations with limited manual intervention

150

2.5.3

Constantly manned work places in processing installations

300

2.5.4

Precision measuring rooms, laboratories

500

2.5.5

Pharmaceutical production

500

2.5.6

Tyre production

500

2.5.7

Colour inspection

1000

2.5.8

Cutting, finishing, inspection

750

2.6

Electrical industry

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.6.1

Cable and wire manufacture

300

2.6.2

Winding:
- large coils

300

- medium-sized coils

500

- small coils

750

2.6.3

Coil impregnating

300

2.6.4

Galvanising

300

2.6.5

Assembly work:
- rough e.g. large transformers

300

- medium e.g. switchboards

500

- fine e.g. telephones

750

- precision e.g. measuring equipment

1000

2.6.6

Electronic workshops, testing, adjusting

1500

2.7 Food stuffs and luxury food industry

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.7.1

Work places and zones in
- breweries, malting floor,
- for washing, barrel filling, cleaning, sieving, peeling,
- cooking in preserve and chocolate factories,
- work places and zones in sugar factories,
- for drying and fermenting raw tobacco, fermentation cellar

200

2.7.2

Sorting and washing of products, milling, mixing, packing

300

2.7.3

Work places and critical zones in slaughter houses, butchers, dairies mills, on filtering floor in sugar refineries

500

2.7.4

Cutting and sorting of fruit and vegetables

300

2.7.5

Manufacture of delicatessen foods, kitchen work, manufacture of cigars and cigarettes

500

2.7.6

Inspection of glasses and bottles, product control, trimming, sorting, decoration

500

2.7.7

Laboratories

500

2.7.8

Colour inspection

1000

Table 5.2 — Industrial activities and crafts (continued)

2.8

Foundries and metal casting

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.8.1

Man-size underfloor tunnels, cellars, etc.

2.8.2

Platforms

100

2.8.3

Sand preparation

200

2.8.4

Dressing room

200

2.8.5

Work places at cupola and mixer

200

2.8.6

Casting bay

200

2.8.7

Shake out areas

200

2.8.8

Machine moulding

200

2.8.9

Hand and core moulding

300

2.8.10

Die casting

300

2.8.11

Model building

500

2.9

Hairdressers

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.9.1

Hairdressing

500

2.10

Jewellery manufacturing

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.10.1

Working with precious stones

1500

2.10.2

Manufacture of jewellery

1000

2.10.3

Watch making (manual)

1500

2.10.4

Watch making (automatic)

500

2.11

Laundries and dry cleaning

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.11.1

Goods in, marking and sorting

300

2.11.2

Washing and dry cleaning

300

2.11.3

Ironing, pressing

300

2.11.4

Inspection and repairs

750

2.12

Leather and leather goods

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

2.12.1

Work on vats, barrels, pits

200

2.12.2

Fleshing, skiving, rubbing, tumbling of

300

skins

2.12.3

Saddlery work, shoe manufacture:

500

stitching, sewing, polishing, shaping,

cutting, punching

2.12.4

Sorting

500

2.12.5

Leather dyeing (machine)

500

2.12.6

Quality control

1000

2.12.7

Colour inspection

1000

2.12.8

Shoe making

500

2.12.9

Glove making

500

2.13

Metal working and processing

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

2.13.1

Open die forging

200

2.13.2

Drop forging

300

2.13.3

Welding

300

2.13.4

Rough and average machining: tolerances ³ 0,1 mm

300

2.13.5

Precision machining; grinding:

500

tolerances < 0,1 mm

2.13.6

Scribing; inspection

750

2.13.7

Wire and pipe drawing shops; cold

300

forming

2.13.8

Plate machining: thickness ³ 5 mm

200

2.13.9

Sheet metalwork: thickness < 5 mm

300

2.13.10

Tool making; cutting equipment

750

manufacture

2.13.11

Assembly:

- rough

200

- medium

300

- fine

500

- precision

750

2.13.12

Galvanising

300

2.13.13

Surface preparation and painting

750

2.13.14

Tool, template and jig making,

1000

precision mechanics, micro-

mechanics

2.14

Paper and paper goods

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

2.14.1

Edge runners, pulp mills

200

2.14.2

Paper manufacture and processing,

300

paper and corrugating machines,

cardboard manufacture

2.14.3

Standard bookbinding work, e.g.

500

folding, sorting, gluing, cutting,

embossing, sewing

2.15

Power stations

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

2.15.1

Fuel supply plant

2.15.2

Boiler house

100

2.15.3

Machine halls

200

2.15.4

Side rooms, e.g. pump rooms,

200

condenser rooms etc.; switchboards

(inside buildings)

2.15.5

Control rooms

500

2.15.6

Outdoor switch gear

2.16

Printers

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

2.16.1

Cutting, gilding, embossing, block

500

engraving, work on stones and

platens, printing machines, matrix

making

2.16.2

Paper sorting and hand printing

500

2.16.3

Type setting, retouching, lithography

1000

2.16.4

Colour inspection in multicoloured printing

1500

2.16.5

Steel and copper engraving

2000

2.17

Rolling mills, iron and steel works

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.17.1

Production plants without manual operation

2.17.2

Production plants with occasional manual operation

150

2.17.3

Production plants with continuous manual operation

200

2.17.4

Slab Store

2.17.5

Furnaces

200

2.17.6

Mill train; coiler; shear line

300

2.17.7

Control platforms; control panels

300

2.17.8

Test, measurement and inspection

500

2.17.9

Underfloor man-sized tunnels; belt sections; cellars etc.

2.18 Textile manufacture and processing

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.18.1

Work places and zones in baths, bale opening

200

2.18.2

Carding, washing, ironing, devilling machine work, drawing, combing, sizing, card cutting, pre-spinning, jute and hemp spinning

300

2.18.3

Spinning, plying, reeling, winding

500

2.18.4

Warping, weaving, braiding, knitting

500

2.18.5

Sewing, fine knitting, taking up stitches

750

2.18.6

Manual design, drawing patterns

750

2.18.7

Finishing, dyeing

500

2.18.8

Drying room

100

2.18.9

Automatic fabric printing

500

2.18.10

Burling, picking, trimming

1000

2.18.11

Colour inspection; fabric control

1000

2.18.12

Invisible mending

1500

2.18.13

Hat manufacturing

500

2.19

Vehicle construction

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.19.1

Body work and assembly

500

2.19.2

Painting, spraying chamber, polishing chamber

750

2.19.3

Painting: touch-up, inspection

1000

2.19.4

Upholstery manufacture (manned)

1000

2.19.5

Final inspection

1000

2.20

Wood working and processing

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

2.20.1

Automatic processing e.g. drying, plywood manufacturing

2.20.2

Steam pits

150

2.20.3

Saw frame

300

2.20.4

Work at joiner's bench, gluing, assembly

300

2.20.5

Polishing, painting, fancy joinery

750

2.20.6

Work on wood working machines e.g. turning, fluting, dressing, rebating, grooving, cutting, sawing, sinking

500

2.20.7

Selection of veneer woods

750

2.20.8

Marquetry, inlay work

750

2.20.9

Quality control, inspection

1000

Table 5.3 — Offices

Offices

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

3.1

Filing, copying, etc.

300

3.2

Writing, typing, reading, data processing

500

3.3

Technical drawing

750

3.4

CAD work stations

500

3.5

Conference and meeting rooms

500

3.6

Reception desk

300

3.7

Archives

200

Table 5.4 — Retail premises

Retail premises

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

4.1

Sales area

300

4.2

Till area

500

4.3

Wrapper table

500

Table 5.5 — Places of public assembly

5.1

General areas

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

5.1.1

Entrance halls

100

5.1.2

Cloakrooms

200

5.1.3

Lounges

200

5.1.4

Ticket offices

300

5.2

Restaurants and hotels

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

5.2.1

Reception/cashier desk, porters desk

300

5.2.2

Kitchen

500

5.2.3

Restaurant, dining room, function room

5.2.4

Self-service restaurant

200

5.2.5

Buffet

300

5.2.6

Conference rooms

500

5.2.7

Corridors

100

5.3

Theatres, concert halls, cinemas

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

5.3.1

Practice rooms, dressing rooms

300

Table 5.5 — Places of public assembly (continued)

5.4

Trade fairs, exhibition halls

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

5.4.1

General lighting

300

5.5

Museums

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

5.5.1

Exhibits, insensitive to light

5.5.2

Light sensitive exhibits

5.6

Libraries

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

5.6.1

Bookshelves

200

5.6.2

Reading area

500

5.6.3

Counters

500

5.7

Public car parks (indoor)

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em

^UGRL

^Ra

5.7.1

In/out ramps (during the day)

300

5.7.2

In/out ramps (at night)

5.7.3

Traffic lanes

5.7.4

Parking areas

5.7.5

Ticket office

300

Table 5.6 — Educational premises

6.1

Nursery school, play school

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

6.1.1

Play room

300

6.1.2

Nursery

300

6.1.3

Handicraft room

300

6.2

Educational buildings

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

6.2.1

Classrooms, tutorial rooms

300

6.2.2

Classroom for evening classes and adults education

500

6.2.3

Lecture hall

500

6.2.4

Black board

500

6.2.5

Demonstration table

500

6.2.6

Art rooms

500

6.2.7

Art rooms in art schools

750

6.2.8

Technical drawing rooms

750

6.2.9

Practical rooms and laboratories

500

6.2.10

Handicraft rooms

500

6.2.11

Teaching workshop

500

6.2.12

Music practice rooms

300

6.2.13

Computer practice rooms (menu driven)

300

6.2.14

Language laboratory

300

6.2.15

Preparation rooms and workshops

500

6.2.16

Entrance halls

200

6.2.17

Circulation areas, corridors

100

6.2.18

Stairs

150

6.2.19

Student common rooms and assembly halls

200

6.2.20

Teachers rooms

300

6.2.21

Library: bookshelves

200

6.2.22

Library: reading areas

500

6.2.23

Stock rooms for teaching materials

100

6.2.24

Sports halls, gymnasiums, swimming pools (general use)

300

6.2.25

School canteens

200

6.2.26

Kitchen

500

Table 5.7 — Health care premises

7.1

Rooms for general use

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.1.1

Waiting rooms

200

7.1.2

Corridors: during the day

200

7.1.3

Corridors: during the night

7.1.4

Day rooms

200

7.2

Staff rooms

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.2.1

Staff office

500

7.2.2

Staff rooms

300

7.3

Wards, maternity wards

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.3.1

General lighting

100

7.3.2

Reading lighting

300

7.3.3

Simple examinations

300

7.3.4

Examination and treatment

1000

7.3.5

Night lighting, observation lighting

7.3.6

Bathrooms and toilets for patients

200

7.4

Examination rooms (general)

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.4.1

General lighting

500

7.4.2

Examination and treatment

1000

7.5

Eye examination rooms

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.5.1

General lighting

300

7.5.2

Examination of the outer eye

1000

7.5.3

Reading and colour vision tests with vision charts

500

7.6

Ear examination rooms

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.6.1

General lighting

300

7.6.2

Ear examination

1000

7.7

Scanner rooms

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.7.1

General lighting

300

7.7.2

Scanners with image enhancers and television systems

7.8

Delivery rooms

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.8.1

General lighting

300

7.8.2

Examination and treatment

1000

7.9

Treatment rooms (general)

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.9.1

Dialysis

500

7.9.2

Dermatology

500

7.9.3

Endoscopy rooms

300

7.9.4

Plaster rooms

500

7.9.5

Medical baths

300

7.9.6

Massage and radiotherapy

300

Table 5.7 — Health care premises (continued)

7.10

Operating areas

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.10.1

Pre-op and recovery rooms

500

7.10.2

Operating theatre

1000

7.10.3

Operating cavity

7.11

Intensive care unit

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.11.1

General lighting

100

7.11.2

Simple examinations

300

7.11.3

Examination and treatment

1000

7.11.4

Night watch

7.12

Dentists

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.12.1

General lighting

500

7.12.2

At the patient

1000

7.12.3

Operating cavity

5000

7.12.4

White teeth matching

5000

7.13

Laboratories and pharmacies

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.13.1

General lighting

500

7.13.2

Colour inspection

1000

7.14

Decontamination rooms

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.14.1

Sterilisation rooms

300

7.14.2

Disinfection rooms

300

7.15

Autopsy rooms and mortuaries

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

7.15.1

General lighting

500

7.15.2

Autopsy table and dissecting table

5000

Table 5.8 — Transportational areas

8.1

Airports

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

^Em
lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

8.1.1

Arrival and departure halls, baggage claim areas

200

8.1.2

Connecting areas, escalators, travolators

150

8.1.3

Information desks, check-in desks

500

8.1.4

Customs and passport control desks

500

8.1.5

Waiting areas

200

8.1.6

Luggage store rooms

200

8.1.7

Security check areas

300

8.1.8

Air traffic control tower

500

8.1.9

Testing and repair hangars

500

8.1.10

Engine test areas

500

8.1.11

Measuring areas in hangars

500

8.2

Railway installations

Ref. no.

Type of interior, task or activity

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lx

^UGRL
-

^Ra
-

8.2.1

Covered platforms and passenger subways (underpasses)

8.2.2

Ticket hall and concourse

200

8.2.3

Ticket and luggage offices and counters

300

8.2.4

Waiting rooms

200

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