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The right light, matched to thetask in hand and permanently dedicated to specific work areas,not only guarantees the bright-ness required to ensure sustai- ned visual performance, it also effectively assists inspectionand/or control tasks. Pleasant lighting appropriate toworkstation-specific conditions and balanced brightness distri-bution prevent premature fatigueand foster an increased sense of well-being among employees,hence improving motivation, mo-rale and concentration.

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In situations where the veryhighest demands are made onhuman vision and when it comesto ensuring accurate identifica-tionand faultless workmanship, general lighting is inadequate.Additional light for individual workstations improves visualperception and aids concentra-tion. Dangers can be identified at an earlier stage, mistakesavoided, costs cut and qualityimproved.

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Source of graphs: Nutzen einer besse-ren Beleuchtung Benefits of ImprovedLighting. TU Ilmenau Final Report 1996 AIF no. 9955 B Gall, lker

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