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High Performance Lighting Guide

Principles

The hallway designs should provide 3 FC or more illumination, for hallways up to 6 ft in width, to meet IESNA Guidelines. For areas wider than this, you should increase lighting proportionally. The designs shown below are applicable to hallways with up to 10 ft ceiling height. Greater heights will require higher wattage fixtures.

The direct lighting designs will provide simple, efficient direct illumination. They accomplish this, however, at the expense of considerable glare. The recessed lightng designs, using recessed downlights with clear reflectors, provide a subdued and elegant pattern of illumination with excellent glare control. The indirect lighting design employs wall washers for illumination. These give brightness patterns on the walls that may be continuous or intermittent, depending on spacing. The light areas of the walls may also serve as illumination for artwork. Wall washers are a good option if you want to control glare.

What approaches are recommended to apply HPL?

Direct Lighting

Hallway
Fixtures: Ceiling surface fixtures, 26W CFL.
Spacing: Average 10ft on center.
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Hallway
Fixtures: Wall sconces, 26W CFL. Or, two 13W CFL.
Spacing: Average 10ft on center.
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Hallway
Fixtures: Recessed downlights with white reflectors, 13W CFL, 18W CFL or 26W CFL.
Spacing: For maximum spacing, see Fixtures for Direct Lighting
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Hallway
Fixtures: Recessed downlights with clear reflectors, 13W CFL, 18W CFL, or 26W CFL.
Spacing: For maximum spacing, see Fixtures for Recessed Lighting.
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Hallway
Fixtures: Recessed wall washers, 13W CFL, or 18W CFL.
Spacing: 13W, average 5ft on center; 18W, average 7ft on center.
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