Morning all,

A recent internal inspection identified lots of issues with the clients lighting; missing tubes, missing diffusers, burned starters, dark areas, no emergency lighting etc.

I highlighted the issues and had great response from the site managers who took action and have replaced a large number of the light units over the weekend replacing them with suitable 28W LED light tubes.

...Now everything is blinding bright, Ladies in HR are complaining of glare on the screens Etc.

I've checked the LUX in these areas and it falls between the 300-500lux in the office space as appropriate but in some areas its as high as 1000lux. 

These are all the same make/model of light units. The spec should be suitable for use.

I was just seeking advice on the best way to combat this, do we;

• change the units again,
• add screen glare filters to monitors,
• reduce the number of light units,
• add additional diffusers,
• install some form of dimmer switch,
• any other suggestions?

I feel bad that the managers have really made effort to rectify the highlighted issues in good time, great efforts made and now the problem isn't lack of light but too much of it!

Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by: Self and Hasty

I've checked the LUX in these areas and it falls between the 300-500lux in the office space as appropriate but in some areas its as high as 1000lux.

If this is a general office 300 - 500 Lux is a bit OTT according to HSG 38 (page 28/47) which gives an average 200 / minimum 100.

https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg38.pdf

Swapping out existing emitters for LED's is fraught with many design issues for the workspace even down to the "colour temperature" of the units.

At the last factory where we upgraded the lighting it was not only changing the bulbs but reducing the number of sources to prevent over saturation - we took out 1/3 of the previous fittings and then re-distributed the ones we were keeping.

Dimmer switches like air conditioning are a bad idea because everyone is an individual.