What is the impact of bad lighting on office workers?
Bad lighting will have the impact of workers feeling tired and irritated.
It will affect productivity as well as accuracy, and also increase carelessness.
The impact of bad lighting is eye strain.
Workers will then be irritable and anxious.
I have found that bad lighting particularly when it is continuous will cause very bad headaches.
Good lighting in the office is actually a legal requirement, and there is a standard for it which offices have to comply with.
In warehouses and factories, this is even more important.
Bad lighting can lead to eye strain, which in turn can lead to irritated eyes, dry eyes, headaches etc.
Remember that bad lighting can be sim light as well as overly bright light.
The best light temperature for working is cool white.
Dim light can actually force workers to slouch to get closer to their work, which can bring on all sorts of muscle and skeletal pains and injuries.
A large office requires a professional lighting design to avoid having bad lighting.
There are a number of ways to define poor workplace lighting:
- Light is too dim
- Light is too bright
- Too much glare (both direct and indirect)
- Too much shadows
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