AS/NZS 1680.1:2006
Table 3.1
Recommended maintained illuminances for various types of tasks, activities or interiors
The lighting lumen method tool reads the maintained illuminance for a class of task. It maps each workplace room use to one class, and names the table in its steps. The rows are workplace interiors. A house’s rooms, its kitchen and garage too, and outside areas are not in this table, so the tool marks their targets as typical.
Verified: read against the printed standard, pages 19 (PDF 21). Checked 1 Oct 2026.
Units: Lux lx
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10 rows
| Label | Lux (lx) | Interiors |
|---|---|---|
| Movement and orientation | 40 | corridors, walkways |
| Rough intermittent | 80 | live storage of bulky materials, loading bays |
| Simple | 160 | entrance halls, automated process monitoring |
| Ordinary or moderately easy | 240 | food preparation, counters for transactions |
| Moderately difficult | 320 | routine office tasks |
| Moderately difficult | 400 | inspection of medium work |
| Difficult | 600 | drawing boards, proofreading |
| Very difficult | 800 | fine inspection |
| Extremely difficult | 1200 | graphic arts inspection |
| Exceptionally difficult | 1600 | watchmaking |