Office lamps, what is the best way to illuminate your office or workspace?

How can you best illuminate your (home) office?

Good lighting in your office and/or home workspace is important. The right lighting increases productivity and has a positive effect on your gemoedstoestand.Het improving or replacing your current office lighting will enable your colleagues and yourself to work pleasantly and energetically, without getting tired eyes. Lighting contributes to the bio-effect in humans. In short: the right office lighting for your workspace is very important. But what kind of office lighting do you need? LedLoket "shed some light" on that for you.

Here are a few tips you can quickly apply to your home workspace.

• Utilize your natural light: Do you have a window in the room where you work? Then place your desk in front of the window or close to it, so that the natural light falls on your desk.
• Place a desk lamp: A simple solution for additional lighting on your desk is recommended, especially on darker days.
• Avoid glare: Glare on your screen or in your field of vision is often experienced as very distracting. Therefore, position your lamps so that they do not reflect on shiny surfaces.
• Good light distribution: Ensure an even distribution of light on your work surface.
• Dimmable office lighting: Dimmable lighting can prevent you from having too much stimulation and brain activity later in the evening, which can affect your night's sleep. With the smart lighting from LedLoket , you can program optimally and set a light intensity that suits the time of day.

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Applications for illuminating offices and workspaces:

As you now know, office lighting is of great importance for you and your colleagues. In addition, there are a number of other things you should take into account. In general, it can be said that an office (or open-plan office) consists of multiple work areas.

1. The Task Area: The area where you are actually working. It is of primary importance to have the right amount of light intensity here. The light output per m2 is expressed in Lux. For lighting the task area, we recommend 500 Lux. Linear office lamps are extremely suitable for this. This place orinstall above your desk/work surface.
2. The surrounding area: The ambient lighting, also known as general lighting, is defined by the 50 to 60 cm zone around your workspace (the task area). It is important that the light color is the same and the difference in light intensity is not too great. We recommend an intensity of 250-300 Lux for ambient lighting.
3. Background area: Background areas include, for example, coffee corners, hallways, and walkways. Here, you only need a light output of 100 lux. However, it is important that the light color remains the same as in the rest of the space.

Important specifications for good office lamps.

• CRI value (Color-Rating-Index), this is the color accuracy of the light. The CRI value of a good office lamp should certainly be higher than >80.Hoe hoger de waarde hoe beter.
• UGR-Waarde (Unified-Glare-Rating),The UGR value indicates the extent to which lighting causes glare or light nuisance in the environment. In short: a UGR > 19 is not good, and anything below the UGR19 value is good!
• Light colour and colour temperature: In an office or workplace, a light colour of 4000K or 4500K is often chosen. A light colour of 4000K – 4500K is natural light, which promotes productivity. It is not the very bright white light often seen in hospitals.
• Flicker-free: The flickering of LED office lamps is, of course, undesirable. Although you cannot see this with the naked eye, you unconsciously perceive these flickers. People with migraines are often extra sensitive to this.
It is therefore important that you choose flicker-free lighting for the well-being of you and your colleagues.

Which lamps are most suitable for your workplace and office?

Now that you have read all this, you may also see the need to improve the lighting in your workplace and/or office. With the application of LED panels or LED downlights, you have a simple and practical solution. You can easily exchange these one-for-one with your suspended ceiling tiles and connect them directly to the mains power, which is often already connected above the ceiling. They are pleasant fixtures that distribute light evenly throughout the room and are not blinding when you look into them. Because of the frosted glass used for the LED panels and downlights, the light is diffuse and therefore does not cause glare on your screen or other objects on your desk.This is very pleasant for your eyes and therefore also good for productivity.

In addition to basic lighting, task area lighting is certainly just as important, if not more so. Task area lighting is best created by hanginglinear office lamps above the workstations. These office lamps can be mounted in various shapes, from an I-shape, L-shape, U-shape, or in a square; this is no problem. So it not only provides good light above your workspace but also has a modern look.

For a home office, a single linear office lamp is already a perfect solution. But for a quick solution, you can always opt for a stylish desk lamp that is dimmable and whose light color you can possibly change.

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How many office lights do I need in my office OR at my workstation?

This depends on several factors. The lighting experts at LedLoket can provide professional advice and are also happy to create a proper lighting plan. For the best possible advice, we need the following information:

1. The surface area of the relevant space
2. A sketch/drawing of the space with dimensions. (A hand-drawn sketch is often sufficient).
3. Length, Width, Height of the space
4. The type of ceiling (suspended ceiling, concrete ceiling, industrial ceiling, plasterboard ceiling, etc.) – Sending a photo of the ceiling or the space is always helpful.

With the available information, the experts at LedLoket can determine which office lamps are needed to achieve the correct Lux output required for your space and/or workplace. We will then create a lighting plan with the corresponding prices.

Interested? let us advise and inspire you and contact us, we are happy to help!