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How to Calculate Lumens for a Room?

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0 2023-10-11T09:24:03+00:00

A lumen is a unit of measurement used to describe a light source's output of visible light. The brightness of the bulb increases with the lumens. It is important to know how to calculate lumens per square foot as this is a common measurement used by lighting designers to check for adequate illumination in a home. 

How to calculate lumens for a room?

The basic formula is pretty straightforward:

Total lumens divided by total square footage of the space equals lumens per square foot.

This formula can be used to calculate the amount of light per square foot that a room currently has or to determine how much light is required (or desirable) in a certain space.

How Many Lumens Per Square Feet?

Wall-to-wall floor space is the same as square footage. Measure the room's width and length, then multiply the results to get the square footage of the space. For instance, a room that is 10 feet wide and 12 feet long has a square footage of 120 feet (10 x 12).

You can easily calculate the lumens per square foot of a room by adding the combined lumen output of all the bulbs in the space, then dividing that result by the space's square footage. For instance, in a 120-square-foot space with a single overhead fixture containing two 800-lumen light bulbs:

800 + 800 is 1,600 lumens, or 13.3 lumens per square foot (1,600/120).

The lumens are simple to find. The lumen value of the majority of energy-efficient light bulbs (LED and fluorescent) is printed directly on the bulb base.

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