Illuminating systems and equipment selection for industrial control rooms

The selection of illuminating systems and equipment for industrial control rooms should be based on criteria set forth in previous lead papers for the project. Therefore, a brief review of the most important criteria is presented by the authors. They also qualify the term “control room”, since it can be subject to much conjecture. The industrial control room is really a process control room that houses monitoring instruments, programmable controllers, switching devices, VDTs, printers, PCs and maybe office furniture components. Satisfactory illumination is a key component of this environment in which operators or station keepers work to ensure high productivity, safety, and overall effectiveness of the operation