Living room 15 lumenskitchen general 35 lumenskitchen task 75 lumensdining room 35 lumensbedroom 15 lumenshallway 10 lumensbathroom 75 lumens notice the task orientated spaces will have a higher lumen requirement like in the kitchen and bathroom.
Lumens per square foot laundry room.
Here s an example using a 100 square foot living room.
So using the figure above as an example you would be lighting for 120 feet based on 12x10 room.
70 80 lumens per square foot.
In addition to the size of the space a variety of factors such as the activities being conducted and wall reflectance can also play a role.
Watts are no longer used as the standard measure of light bulb brightness because watts actually indicate electricity usage not light.
In the old days when most light bulbs were incandescent a 100 watt bulb indicated a certain level of brightness.
In your dining room you ll want about 30 lumens per.
X 10 20 foot candles 1 000 to 2 000 lumens.
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Once you ve measured the room and calculated the required foot candles it s time to determine how many lumens a space needs.
To figure out the lumens needed based on this figure you would take the total lumens of the lamp you are considering using and divide it by the total square foot.
But with an energy efficient led bulb.
When lighting a room you light it by suggested lumens per square foot.
List of the required lumens per sq foot based on the room type.