Posted By Charley Farley-Trelawney Would some kind person give me a link or detailed information regarding the minimum standards for office space per person and minimum natural light levels, or a calculation to work it out myself. Its been a long time since I was asked, your help would be appreciated. CFT

Posted By Adrian Watson Minimum natural lighting levels of 300-500 lux? I think not, there are none! HSG 38 recommends minimum average illuminance levels 0f 200 Lux. The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992: Regulation 8 requires every workplace to have suitable and sufficient lighting. The lighting in the workplace, should as far as is possible, be natural. Regulation 8 also states that suitable and sufficient emergency lighting needs to be provided, where people are particularly exposed to danger, in the event of failure of artificial lighting. Regards Adrian Watson

Posted By Charley Farley-Trelawney Thank you, is the 11 cu m of space a precise figure?

Posted By Charley Farley-Trelawney Many thanks; I now have all the information I require to make the calculations. Now where did I leave my abacus?

Posted By Mike Craven Just one quick comment about this precise figure of 11 cubic metres per person (ignoring space above 3 metres high). This is the ACOP not the regulation - the regulation requires that workers will have sufficient floor area, height and unoccupied space to allow then to have sufficient personal/working space. I make this point, because this issue was raised with me here about 30 minutes ago, the telephone enquiry being something like, "Mike, am I correct in saying that the law says that we have to allow 3 cubic metres per person, when looking at how many people we can put into a room". The problem, I can see now is that someone is going to measure the said room and calculate how many people s/he can possibly squeeze into it; little consideration will be given to room planning, making best use of available space, traffic and emergency exit routes, storage, location of equipment and machinery, etc - because "elf and safety says everyone can have 3 cubic metres, innit" Regards Mike

Posted By Mike Craven Thanks John - that will teach me not to press the "post response" button rather than first of all selecting the "preview response" option. Although, in my defence, I did type 11 cubic metres at the start of the contribution! Hope some of our managers didn't see the 3 cubic metres reference - it might give them ideas!!! Regards Mike