IES Footcandle Recommendations

The following selected footcandle ranges Garages-Motor Vehicles Mail sorting.............................................50-100

represent the Illuminating Engineer Societys Storage............................................................5 Off-set printing and
(IES) current illuminance recommendations. Traffic Lanes duplicating area........................................20-50
Indiviudal applications will determing exact foot- Parking garage.............................................10 Spaces with VDTs........................................75
candle levels. Please refer to the IES Lighitng Service garage........................................10-20
Handbook for more detailed evaluation. Entrances................. ...................................50 Paint Shop
Repair area...........................................50-100 Spraying, rubbing,
Airplane Manufacturing hand art, stencil.......................................20-50
Drilling, riveting, screw fastening..................75 Gymnasiums Fine hand painting & finishing...............50-100
Final assemble, hangar...............................100 Assemblies....................................................10
Inspection...............................................50-200 General exercise & recreation......................30 Paper Manufacturing
Welding.........................................................50 Exhibitions, matches.....................................50 Beaters, grinding......................................20-50
Finishing, cutting....................................50-100
Assembly Hospitals Hand couting..........................................50-100
Rough easy seeing.................................20-50 Rooms......................................................10-30 Paper manchine reel, inspection.........100-200
Rough difficult seeing............................50-100 Corridors....................................................5-30 Rewinder..............................................100-200
Medium................................................100-200 Emergency rooms..................................50-100
Fine..................................................200-500(a) Operating rooms..................................100-200 Printing
Extra fine.......................................500-1000(a) Photo engraving,
Hotels etching. blocking......................................20-50
Auditoriums Bathrooms................................................20-50 Color inspecting...................................100-200
Social activities..........................................5-10 Bedrooms for reading..............................20-50 Presses..................................................50-100
Assembly only..........................................10-20 Corridors, elevators and stairs.................10-20 Proofreading........................................100-200
Exhibitions...............................................10-20 Front desk..............................................50-100 Composing room...................................50-100
Linen room
Automobile Manufacturing Sewing................................................100-200 Schools
Final assembly, finishing, inspecting...........200 General...................................................10-20 Reading.................................................20-100
Body & chassis assembly...........................100 Lobby Typing....................................................20-100
Body parts manufacturing...........................100 General lighting.......................................10-20 Demonstrations...................................100-200
Frame assembly............................................50 Reading and Sewing..................................................20-100
working areas.........................................20-50
Banks Sheet Metal Works
Lobby general..........................................10-50 Iron & Steel Manufacturing General.......................................................100
Writing areas............................................20-70 Stock, hot top, checker Tin plate inspection,
Teller stations, posting & keypunch.......50-150 cellar, calcining.......................................10-30 galvanized, scribing.............................100-200
Building, slag pits, stripping yard..................20
Barber Shops Control platforms, repairs, Stores
Beauty Parlors.......................................50-100 mixer building................................................30 Circulation area stockroom......................10-30
Rolling mills..............................................30-50 Merchandising, serviced........................30-100
Chemical Works............................................30 Shearing........................................................50 Merchandising, self-service........................200
Tin plate.........................................................50
Clothing Manufacturer Motor room, machine room...........................30 Textile Mills
Receiving, storing, shipping, Inspection....................................................100 Cotton picking, carding,
winding, measuring..................................20-50 roving, spinning.............................................50
Pattern making, trimming.......................50-100 Laundries Beaming & slashing....................................150
Shops, marking......................................50-200 Washing...................................................20-50 Drawing.......................................................200
Cutting, pressing..............................100-500(a) Ironing....................................................20-100 Others.........................................................100
Sewing, inspection...........................200-500(a)
Library Warehousing, Storage
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Ordinary reading, stacks..........................20-50 Inactive.......................................................5-10
Impregnating............................................20-50 Book repair and binding...........................20-50 Active
Insulating coil winding, testing...............50-100 Study & notes, cataloging, Rough bulky............................................10-20
card files, check desk............................20-100 Medium........................................................20
Food Service Facilities Fine.........................................................20-50
Dining areas Machine Shops
Cashier.....................................................20-50 Rough bench............................................20-50 Welding
Cleaning...................................................10-20 Medium bench, rough General....................................................20-50
Dining.........................................................5-20 grinding, buffing.....................................50-100
Food displays.........................................30-100 Fine bench and work.......................200-500(a) Woodworking
Kitchen...................................................50-100 Rough sawing and bench work...............20-50
Materials Handling Sizing, planing, rough sanding,
Foundries Loading trucking.......................................10-20 medium quality machine and
Annealing furnaces..................................20-50 Picking stock classifying..........................20-50 bench work, gluing,
Cleaning...................................................20-50 Wrapping, packing, labeling.....................20-50 veneering, cooperage..............................20-50
Core making...........................................50-200 Fine bench and machine work,
Inspection Offices fine sanding and finishing......................50-100
Fine......................................................100-500 Accounting.............................................50-100
Medium..................................................50-100 Audio-visual areas....................................20-50 Footnotes:
Molding..................................................50-200 Conference areas....................................20-70 (a) Obtained with a combination of general
Pouring, sorting.....................................50-100 Corridors, stairways..................................20(k) light plus specialized supplementary
Drafting..................................................50-200 lighting
General and private offices....................50-100
Lobbies, lounges and (k) Or not less than 1/5 the level in adjacent
reception areas..........................................0-20 areas