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             Lighting ergonomics







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           Lighting is a vital part of ergonomic workspaces in industrial   Lighting standard sets the expectations
           environments. Light allows people to see and perform tasks
           better and it affects their personal wellbeing and health.   When designing workstations and their lighting, we observe
                                                                the  recommendations  of  the  EN  124641  standard  on
                                                                indoor  workplace  lighting.  The  illuminance  levels  set  by
           Individually adjustable, natural workstation         standards are average values, but going beyond those is
           lighting means more productivity                     often reasonable. It is especially beneficial to increase the
           Investing in individually controllable task lighting on   high-quality lighting for employees over 45 years old.
           workstations benefits both the employees and the employer.
           Employees feel more motivated as they can adjust brightness
           and preferably also colour tone to best suit themselves and   Optical ergonomics need attention
           the task at hand.  This can lead to increased productivity,   Optical ergonomics require the viewed object to be at
           reduced errors and less absence, which normally affect the   a suitable distance and location, in order to maintain an
           company’s profitability.                             acceptable amount of eye movement and ensure that the
                                                                details can be seen without problems. Also, adequate
                                                                and glare-free lighting is important. When these conditions
                                                                apply and the working position is well adjusted, saving time
                                                                and money due to fewer absences and decreased stress
                                                                can be expected.


                                                                Benefits of proper adjustable lighting in
                                                                industrial environments include
                                  2 500 lx
                                     2 200 lx
                                        1800 lx
                                           1 200 lx             •  Reduced number of errors
                                              1 000 lx          •  Decreased absenteeism
                                                 750 lx
                                                                •  Increased well-being of the employees
            Graph of light Illuminance                          •  Increased productivity
            Treston NaturLite LED 1200 Illuminance ±10% (@1 meter)







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