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How Much Light for a Closet? Video Tutorial
Transcript: How Much Light Will You Really Need for Your Closet Design?
[00:00:00] Okay, let’s design the lighting for a walk in closet.
Alright, the first step is going to be figuring out the square footage of the closet that we’re going to be working on here. So, let’s grab that.
Okay, so we’ll round up to 65. Let’s go over to our calculator.
I’m going to assume that we have Uh, medium finishes in this room. Let’s go to closets, but in 65 for the square footage, we do have a pretty tall ceiling in here. Okay. So we need about 3, 500 lumens, a little bit more snip this. [00:01:00] So we can refer back to it.
There aren’t a lot of visual cues to take from this room. You know, we could center on this door. probably the lights are going to be on the center line. It just makes sense with the, shelving that’s going to be planned for this space. And, I think in this case, let’s go with a flush mount. Because those do a good job of sending light down, but also out the sides, and we want to get light onto the vertical surfaces, onto the clothes, so that we can have a really clear picture of what is available.
I’m thinking probably two makes sense just from a coverage standpoint. And then if we come back over here. [00:02:00] Let’s say we rounded this up to 4, 000 lumens. That would mean that each of these lights would need to be about 2000. So let’s go back to the calculator and see if we can find a placeholder. Light, that’s a flush mount.
Okay. So grab that 1600 lumens. So that would put us at 32, maybe that’s a little low, so let’s go back, go with this brighter version.[00:03:00]
And now we know that we’re definitely going to meet our lumens needed in order to achieve our 30 foot candle. Illumination target, which is set by the illumination engineering society of North America and the department of energy. All right. that’s it for now. We’ll see you in the next video.
Works Cited: Quality Closet Lighting
Duncan, Steve. “Why Is It Important to Do a Lighting Calculation?” Lighting Design Insights. [LightingJUMP.com, https://www.lightingjump.com/how-many-lights-forest-vibe].
The author emphasizes the necessity of conducting lighting calculations to ensure effective lighting design in various spaces. He cites the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) for their established footcandle targets that help determine appropriate lighting levels. Duncan also mentions the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Department of Energy’s publicly available footcandle targets, which he uses for residential projects.
He shares a personal anecdote about the complications that arise from inadequate lighting, stressing the importance of precise calculations to avoid costly adjustments and excessive spending. The lighting estimator featured on his webpage is designed to assist clients in achieving optimal lighting without overspending.
References – Quality Residential Closet Design
- Duncan, Steve. “Why Is It Important to Do a Lighting Calculation?” Lighting Design Insights. .
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory. “Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) in Residential Lighting.” NREL/TP-53467. 2012. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy12osti/53467.pdf.
- Illuminating Engineering Society. “Standards.” https://store.ies.org/individual-standards/?v=0b3b97fa6688.
- International Association of Lighting Designers. “About the IALD.” https://iald.org/IALD/IALD/About/About-
