Natural Workspace & Home Office Lighting

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When it comes to a work area, the matter of lighting plays an important role. Whether at your home office or your desk at the office, the right lighting can aid in productivity, mood, and alertness. Let's take a look at a few tips to help you get the best lighting options for your workspace.

1. Add some natural light

The best lighting options for your workspace can be found in natural light. Natural light has been proven to aid in alertness and productivity while also helping to combat disorders such as Seasonal Affective Disorder. If you have the ability to incorporate even a little natural light into your workspace, it is highly advantageous for you to do so in your home office or workplace. This will help keep you alert and focused while also cutting down on the need for artificial lighting to a degree.

2. LED fixtures

While natural sunlight is ideal for several reasons, you will still need some form of additional light from an artificial light source. The best option for any workspace is LED. LED stands out for a workspace for a few reasons. For starters, it offers a clear and clean light free from flickers for a consistent and comfortable light source. It is also free from glares which can help your eyes stay comfortable when working long hours. LED also has benefits such as better color rendering indexes which helps when working on projects with a lot of colors, longer lasting lamps for a better longevity, and consumes lower wattages of energy to produce higher lumens of light for a bright yet efficient option for your budget. The use of LED overhead lights gives bright general lighting with a lot of benefits.

3. Add task lighting where needed

Even if you have natural light and LED overhead fixtures, you will still need what is called task lighting for your workspace. Task lighting is typically a lamp or even recessed can lighting depending on the space which offers a more concentrated scope of light for performing tasks in need of extra light such as reading, writing, or working with your hands on various projects.

4. Use the right bulbs

Aside from making sure you have a task light at your desk and using LED fixtures, one of the best lighting options for your workspace is simply finding the right bulb specifications. For example, LED lamps come in a range of color temperature options and they make a difference overall. The color temperature for a workplace lamp should mimic natural daylight to aid in alertness so stick with a color temperature of 3500K-4000K for best results. This will give you the right color temperature for working all day!

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