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Every location has unique lighting needs. When it comes to conference room lighting, you may have questions about how to achieve the best result to encourage a cohesive, productive workplace setting. Here are a few suggestions on making the most of this important functional space in your office.
1. Understand the different tasks in terms of lighting
When looking at conference room lighting, it is crucial to understand there are two main types of tasks being performed in this space and each one has different lighting needs. The first task commonly taking place in conference rooms is a sharing of ideas among colleagues by way of face to face communication and notetaking. The lighting needs to be adequate enough for note taking and keeping employees focused while also casting a gentle light to avoid making human faces look harsh or unfriendly. The second task being performed in this type of space is technology-based communications. This can include presentations on a monitor or projector system, video conference calls with clients, the use of individual technology devices during meetings such as tablets, or a host of other technology communications. For this area of lighting needs, the task demands certain factors to be considered such as reducing glare, lowering light levels for better visibility of screens, and other impactful elements. Once you understand that conference room lighting has to master the lighting needs of two types of common communication types, it will make it easier to find the right solutions.
2. Choose dimmable controls
With the understanding that your team will use different forms of communication in this space, the most important element for conference room lighting is to choose versatile lighting with dimmable controls. A dimmable lighting system will allow you to have bright illumination for meetings and discussions while still allowing for lower illumination levels for presentations or other uses of technology devices. Dimmable light systems can also have timers installed to prevent leaving the lights on at the end of the day. This will help save on utility costs overall.
3. Use a neutral temperature
Aside from dimmable controls, you want to carefully consider the color temperature. Color temperature is either warm (yellow) or cool (white to blue tinged white). While warm temperatures are more relaxing to people, cool temperatures keep people alert and ready to focus. While you may be tempted to go as cool as possible, you would actually benefit from sticking with a more neutral option. While you want to avoid warm temperatures, a more middle ground tone will still give the focus needed for staying alert, but it will also help to make faces look friendlier instead of washed out or harsh. This factor is important for face to face communication among colleagues. A good choice is to stay within a range of 4000k to 4300k on the Kelvin scale of color temperature.
4. Opt for a higher color rendering index
Another matter of coloring aspect to look into is the color rendering index (CRI). A CRI measures how well a lighting solution picks up and highlights colors to the human eye. This is an important aspect often overlooked in corporate lighting. If your team will be doing a lot of presentations or displaying graphic design work to clients or colleagues, it would benefit everyone involved greatly to install lamps with a higher color rendering index since it will make colors easier to differentiate and will make them stand out more. A good choice would be to opt for a CRI of around 70+ or higher for best results.
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