licht.wissen No. 11 "Good Lighting for Hotels and Restaurants"

Rooms and suites
The majority of hotel guests use their
rooms mainly in the evening and at
night, so lighting plays a particularly
important role here.
Lighting design for hotel rooms and suites
should be geared primarily to the need for
ambience and comfort, which in lighting
terms means luminaires which are individually
switched and regulated to cater for different
room uses.
The various zones of the room are defined
and signalled to the guest primarily by the
room furnishings. That structuring can be
further emphasized by lighting scenes programmed
to produce various arrangements
of accentuating light.
To enhance the overall impression made
by the room, quality of design should be a
priority when selecting luminaires.
Guests should be able to select and
regulate the level and distribution of
brightness in the room to suit their
mood.
Convenience is significantly heightened by
central light switches at the entrance to the
room and also at the bed.
It must also be remembered that older people
need considerably more light than
young ones, so the psychological impression
of brightness a hotel room makes differs
significantly according to the guest’s
age.
For this reason alone, individual dimmer
control is recommended for regulating
lighting levels.
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