What kind of lighting should be used when decorating a 4-star hotel? Are there any requirements for hotel lighting?

The lighting design of the hotel space should fully mobilize all the characteristics of light, combined with the various functions of the hotel and the design concept of star-rated hotels

1. Lobby: The lobby space is mainly divided into the lobby entrance, Main hall, service desk and rest area. The lighting in this area should be consistent, use warm light sources, and form an interesting, continuous and undulating transition between light and dark through brightness contrast, creating an overall welcoming atmosphere.

2. Lobby entrance: The lobby entrance includes the entrance door and the front hall. It is the transition space into the hotel. Guests need to be given clear guidance on the entrance location. In addition to creating a comfortable visual environment, the friendly atmosphere must also be emphasized. Energy-saving downlights are used here to provide basic functional lighting. In addition, indirect lighting can be used to hide T4 and T5 lamps in the ceiling groove structure. By illuminating the ceiling structure, it enriches the spatial hierarchy of the area. Feel and leave a good first impression on customers.

3. Main lobby: The main lobby is a place where guests wait and communicate. It is also an important place to reflect the hotel's grade and attract guests to stay. It pays more attention to strong decoration in space. Here, the horizontal surface can reach a higher brightness (illuminance is 300LUX) by evenly distributing lights. The main hall of a star-rated hotel can consider the application of natural lighting. At the same time, when using artificial lighting, attention must be paid to coordination with the overall decorative environment. In order to enable customers to clearly see each other's expressions and details during communication, we can use grille downlights as accent lighting, and emphasize the decorative quality of star hotels through hidden lights and wall lights.

4. Lobby service desk area: The lighting in the service desk area is required to be relatively bright in the entire lobby to achieve an eye-catching effect, and the illumination level is higher than in other areas. In order to avoid glare, the lighting method of the service desk adopts hidden, high-color rendering light sources to facilitate communication between guests and receptionists, as well as to handle procedures accurately and quickly. Chain hotels should also enhance the illumination of their chain store logos and background walls; the reception areas of star-rated hotels are generally larger, so pay attention to highlight the characteristics of their decoration style, use trough lamps and table lamps as local lighting, and wall lamps as decorative lighting, and ensure the style of the lamps , the color matches the decorative environment.

5. Lobby/rest area: Rest areas often incorporate some unique elements, such as humanistic elements, theme elements, decorative elements, etc. Lighting applications must not only consider functionality, but also artistry and moderate brightness. Energy-saving downlights with warm yellow light (3000K) and strong color reproduction (color rendering Ra>80) are used as basic lighting, and ceiling lights are used as auxiliary lighting. In order to reflect the resting function and pay attention to glare control, it is best to choose lamps with hidden light sources. The lighting in the rest area of ??a star-rated hotel should have a sense of hierarchy, and at the same time, pay attention to the surrounding environment, and pay attention to the perfect integration of decorative style and lighting; use energy-saving downlights as the basic lighting, equipped with warm yellow light (3000K) and high color rendering (Ra> 90) light source; ceiling lights are used as auxiliary lighting, and trough lights are used as scene lighting to highlight the level of the top space; floor lamps are used as decorative lighting to reflect the taste of the hotel.

6. Elevator hall: The elevator hall lighting adopts a lighting method that combines functionality and decoration. Here you can choose wide-beam downlights to illuminate the overall environment, and use narrow-beam downlights or ceiling lights to highlight the elevator entrance. Choose a 4300K ??(warm white light) light source. The bright lighting environment has an indicating effect and brings customers Come to feel safe. In order to create style and taste, and to ensure the integrity with other spaces, star-rated hotels can add decorative lighting methods such as wall lamps and ceiling troughs.

7. Passage area: Passage lighting is mainly for guidance and safety. Appropriate illumination and color temperature not only make guests feel safe, but also create a warm and friendly atmosphere; use energy-saving downlights as Basic lighting reflects the requirements of guidance and safety; in order to make the passage space vivid, decorative paintings or handicrafts are usually installed on the wall; ceiling lights are used as accent lighting to emphasize the line of sight. The aisles of chain hotels are generally narrow, and extended light troughs can be added at the top. Star-rated hotels can add decorative wall lamps on both sides, and the wall lamps also play a guiding role. Hidden trough lights in the ceiling increase the brightness and sense of space in the passage.

8. Guest room/bedroom: The guest room is the core area of ??the hotel and should be as friendly as home.

This place is mainly for rest, and anti-glare is also very important in the guest rooms; lighting should reflect warmth and relaxation, and use relatively low illumination to achieve tranquility and comfort. Desk lamps are used as local lighting to facilitate the processing of business documents; mirror lamps with good color rendering are used as lighting in front of dressing mirrors; wall lamps or table lamps can be used as bedside reading lighting, equipped with adjustable light sources.

9. Guest room/bathroom: The lighting in the bathroom should be soft and even. It should be combined with general lighting and mirror lighting to create a refreshing and clean bathroom, while meeting local lighting requirements; use Anti-fog downlights or ceiling lights complete the basic lighting. Energy-saving downlights are used combined with anti-fog ceiling lights for local lighting. The illumination requirements are relatively high (300LUX); ceiling lights can be installed directly in front of the toilet for easy reading; anti-fog is used above the bathtub. Downlights are used as basic lighting, and wash basins can be partially illuminated with downlights or spotlights; the illumination of the mirror headlights should be above 280 LUX.

10. Dining area/Chinese food: The illumination of a Chinese restaurant is much higher than that of a Western restaurant, but the brightness contrast should not be too strong and the light should be uniform. Point light sources, strip light sources or various types of chandeliers can meet good lighting requirements. The lighting on the tabletop uses lamps with high color rendering to truly restore the quality and color of the dishes and arouse customers' appetite. The quality of Chinese food in star-rated hotels is relatively high, and the lighting should be three-dimensional. In restaurant lighting applications, wall lamps or floodlights are used to correct the flatness of general lighting and create a high-grade dining environment.

11. Dining area/Western food: Western-style restaurants should combine Western culture and dining habits. The overall atmosphere of lighting should be warm and emotional, and the brightness is generally lower than that of Chinese restaurants. The tabletop of the dining table uses high-color rendering lamps for accent lighting to highlight the color of the dishes and enhance the appetite of diners.

12. Dining area/multi-function hall: The multi-function hall combines functions such as banquets and meetings. Pay attention to the combination of overall lighting, local lighting and accent lighting. The overall lighting needs to grasp the indoor lighting environment of the hotel, including brightness, light source type, light color, etc.; for accent lighting, lamps that can flexibly adjust the illumination angle are often used to achieve lighting transformation effects in different scenes. Multifunctional halls should be equipped with intelligent dimming systems to enable switching between different usage scenarios. The lighting design of multi-function halls of star-rated hotels is closely related to the decoration style and grade. The selection of lamps is mostly based on adjustable-angle, high-power lamps and light sources.

13. Leisure and entertainment area/coffee bar/bar: Lighting mainly expresses the rendering of the atmosphere of the leisure and entertainment environment. The overall brightness should not be too high. The lighting effect that combines static and dynamic lighting makes the space more vivid. The unique spirituality of lighting will shape the unique charm of coffee shops and bars and arouse people's yearning for tranquility. Grille spotlights can be used here to meet basic functional lighting; ceiling lights can be used as accent lighting to create a soft space in a cafe or a deep sense of space in a bar. The lighting requirements for the leisure and entertainment areas of star-rated hotels can better render the atmosphere. It is recommended to use flexible lighting fixtures, trough lights and decorative lights to create a unique style and taste.

Different lamp selections

In addition, for star-rated hotels, the lamp selection and needs are different from those of ordinary hotels. Starting from the characteristics and needs of star-rated hotels, there are several main considerations. These are the key points we need to pay attention to when designing hotel lighting:

1. Timeliness and durability

General star-rated hotels will undergo minor renovations and repairs every five years and major renovations and repairs every ten years. In other words, the life of the lamps must be at least ten years or more to meet the requirements of star-rated hotels.

Because ordinary small maintenance will not replace lamps, the scope of human resources involved is too large. This means that when selecting lamps, the quality of the most heated and stressed parts of the lamp, including the reflective cup, heat dissipation components and fixed (positioning) components, is very important.

2. Flexibility

The light sources used in general star-rated hotels used to have a lifespan of about 2,000 to 4,000 hours. Therefore, lamps will require replacement of light sources many times in 10 years. The number of lamps in a star-rated hotel exceeds tens of thousands, so replacing the light source involves a huge amount of human resources. Therefore, the flexibility of the lamps is another important consideration. The most ideal lamp selection is to be able to install and remove the light source without touching the fixed (positioning) components of the lamp. In addition to saving replacement time, this also provides a positive protection for the interior decoration.

3. Detailed modeling

This includes all aspects of the lamp itself. Take a general ceiling downlight as an example. The spray quality of its trim cup (if it is metal, what is the surface quality), the smoothness of the reflector cup (if it is a frosted reflector cup, the uniformity of sandblasting), when After the lamp is installed on the ceiling, we need to pay attention to details such as the tightness of the connection with the ceiling surface (gypsum board/wood veneer) (whether there is light leakage). Another point that needs to be mentioned by the way is that in addition to the hardware (lights), the installation workers (craftsmanship) are also very important. In terms of decoration, it is necessary to ensure that the lights are installed with the correct installation method.

4. Light emission index

The cutoff angle of the lamp, the effect of glare, how to store the light source, the flexibility of the projection direction of the lamp, the expandability of accessories, etc., all affect the lamp. Selective. Especially in terms of the scalability of accessories, we need to consider it very carefully, because controlling the "projection angle", "color/hue correction", "glare prevention", "accurate projection/illumination" and other aspects of the projection index are the most important. Part of it relies on these accessories to create the overall atmosphere.

Same demands

From the perspective of environmental protection considerations in hotel lighting design, in the future, whether it is domestic or foreign hotel lighting design, it will definitely be inseparable from the big issue of "environmental protection" premise. Whether it is market demand or design development, it is inseparable from the concept of "environmental protection". "Environmental protection" in terms of market demand can be interpreted as environmental protection in equipment, which is how to balance the various factors that cause pollution. This is also an important responsibility of the lighting designer. These include:

1. Electricity consumption: causing the production of carbon dioxide and increasing greenhouse emissions.

2. Light source life/lamp life: the time it can serve the project.

3. Disposal pollution: Although tungsten or halogen light sources have a relatively short life, the substances they contain cause less environmental pollution. On the contrary, energy-saving tubes have a longer lifespan than halogen tubes, but when discarded, they cause a higher degree of environmental pollution. Probably if the investment cost is not considered at present, LED will be a more environmentally friendly light source choice.

4. Light source heat: The heat generated by the light source/light increases the load of the air conditioner.

5. Light pollution: In addition to avoiding excessive lighting, we should also start from the design concept and use special accessories of lamps to control the projection of light as much as possible and store unnecessary light in the lamps.

Based on the above points, I suggest that lighting designers should work with lighting engineers, architects and physicists to discuss and study a comprehensive environmental protection indicator and make an objective environmental rating standard for lamps. Available to consultants and manufacturers.