Lighting application guide
Mixed-use Building Lighting
How can one lighting strategy coordinate retail, office, hospitality, public and exterior zones?
Direct answer
Design by zone, task and decision condition
Use a shared project governance layer—performance criteria, controls, documentation and maintenance—while allowing each zone to use its own product and optical solution. Freeze interfaces and responsibilities before ordering.
Space map
Separate the application into sub-zones
- Retail and tenant frontage
- Office and shared workplace
- Hospitality and amenity spaces
- Lobbies, circulation and parking interfaces
- Facade, landscape and public-facing exterior
Decision conditions
Confirm before selection
- Zone-specific illuminance, glare, CRI/CCT and operating hours
- Shared control/BMS architecture and tenant boundaries
- Emergency, metering and energy-management interfaces
- Visual consistency without forcing one luminaire family
- Maintenance, spares and access strategy
- Phasing, handover and documentation ownership
Recommended product combination
Assign each family a defined optical and mounting role
Commercial indoor product system
Open the related page and confirm exact products, evidence and project fit.
Architectural outdoor product system
Open the related page and confirm exact products, evidence and project fit.
Controls and BMS routes
Open the related page and confirm exact products, evidence and project fit.
Linear lighting system
Open the related page and confirm exact products, evidence and project fit.
Control compatibility
Make controls part of the specification
DALI/DALI-2, 0-10V, Zigbee, Bluetooth Mesh, sensors, DMX512, phase-cut, Tuya, Casambi, KNX/BMS or customer-specified systems can be reviewed. Compatibility is project-dependent and must be confirmed against the exact driver/controller, voltage, topology, gateway, commissioning scope and market.
Not recommended for
Avoid unsupported shortcuts
Do not force one control protocol or luminaire specification across all zones without interface, ownership and compatibility review. Mixed-use projects need zone-specific criteria and a shared handover model.
Evidence
Approve the model and layout
- Exact-model datasheet and dimensions
- IES/LDT or relevant photometric file
- Lighting calculation or mock-up where required
- Driver, dimming and control evidence
- Certificate applicability for the destination market
- Installation, maintenance and sample approval record
RFQ inputs
What to send
- Plans, elevations or room/zone schedule
- Mounting height, surfaces and environment
- Target task, illuminance/glare and color requirements
- Preferred product families and quantities
- Electrical, emergency and control requirements
- Market documents, sample and target delivery date
FAQ
Application decisions
Are the criteria on this page final design values?
No. They are decision categories. The applicable standard, local code, client brief, geometry and exact photometrics determine final values.
Can all smart systems be supported?
Support is not automatic. Provide the protocol, gateway, driver, voltage, wiring, platform, commissioning and certification requirements for compatibility review.
What should be approved before production?
Approve the exact model, layout or calculation, sample/mock-up where needed, control behavior, applicable documents and commercial terms.
Build an application-specific lighting brief
Send the project zones, drawings and requirements. Unknown items can remain marked for confirmation rather than becoming hidden assumptions.
Send the application RFQ