Lighting at school
Lighting in school buildings is critical for well-being, safety, and productivity. The lighting project for school environments must ensure maximum comfort to meet the needs of students, faculty, and school staff.
The school environment requires visual, acoustic and thermal comfort. Light, as well as ambient temperature or noise, interferes with well-being, concentration and productivity. Every school space - classrooms, computer labs, gyms, libraries, recreation areas, courtyards, hallways - need different lighting conditions. Find out more about Novalux lighting solutions.
Lighting Design in schools
Lighting Design in schools meets precise criteria dictated by current regulations: UNI EN 10840:2007 standard “Light and lighting. School rooms. General criteria for the artificial and natural lighting”, to which is added the sector's technical standard, UNI 11630:2016 standard “Light and lighting - Criteria for the preparation of the lighting design”.
The standard identifies important parameters such as:
- Illumination
- Luminance distribution
- Uniformity of light
- Glare
- Colour rendering index
- Colour temperature
- Daylight control
Each parameter has its own ideal value, which varies according to the functions performed in an environment.
Designing light in schools
The lighting project of a school building starts by evaluating Day Lighting: the presence of natural light in the environment. Hence, the lighting project of artificial light can be defined. Of course, natural light is very valuable, but it is important to avoid phenomena such as glare and reflection.
The key words in lighting design choice for school environments are:
- Visual Comfort
- Safety
- Energy savings through LED lights
- Health
Novalux products for school building lighting.
Pascoli School in Turin: Novalux lighting
Novalux took part in the redevelopment project of the 19th century building of the Pascoli Lower Secondary School in Turin. Architectural lighting, combined with technical lighting, provided better usability of spaces and maximum visual comfort for students, faculty, and school staff. Novalux, with its lighting solutions, also succeeded in enhancing the historic architectural structure of the school building.
HERO Novalux for school lighting
Among the products chosen by Novalux for the Pascoli School in Turin: HERO LED linear system with high-colour-rendering, high-performance and flexible LED optics, available for suspension, ceiling, wall or recessed installation. With micro optics or adjustable spots, HERO is also available with an opal or UGR<19 diffuser.
HERO B Novalux for schools
The double emission HERO B LED system is a high colour rendering LED profile for pendant installation with indirect diffused light emission, which can be combined with direct diffused light, micro optics or adjustable spots. HERO B provides excellent visual comfort with an essential design.
LED SCHOOL Novalux for school lighting
Finally, is the LED SCHOOL panel, an excellent alternative to classic LED panels. Efficient, professional, equipped with methacrylate lens technology that ensures controlled glare and luminance values, flicker free LED with high colour rendering. SCHOOL is also a Novalux product certified according to G.S.E. D.M. (Ministerial Decree) 16 February 2016 for the Thermal Account (Conto Termico): one more reason to choose the reliability of Novalux lighting products.