Hospitality lighting
Lighting for hotels, bars and restaurants that sets the mood guests notice and still meets the emergency lighting rules the building is inspected against.
Why it matters
Guest-facing lighting does two jobs at once: it sets the atmosphere a guest pays for, and it has to fall back to a safe, compliant state the moment mains power fails. BS 5266-1 sets what escape route and open-area emergency lighting has to achieve, and it applies whether the space is a lobby, a corridor or a dining room mid-service.
ILUX designs and maintains both halves together, so a scene change at dinner service and an emergency lighting test are part of the same system rather than two separate contractors.
What's included
- Lighting design for guest areas: lobby, restaurant, bar, function space and guest rooms
- Dimming scenes set by daypart or event, controlled from one interface
- Hotel corridor, stairwell and back-of-house lighting to the levels expected on inspection
- Exterior and approach lighting for entrances, car parks and signage
- Emergency lighting design, installation and testing to BS 5266-1
- Energy-efficient LED specification to reduce running hours without changing the atmosphere
Bars and restaurants get a scene plan built around service times; guest rooms and corridors get a fixed, low-maintenance spec that doesn't need touching between refurbishments.
Existing fittings can usually be retrofitted, not replaced.
Swapping lamps and drivers for LED brings down running hours across a property without a full re-fit. See how we plan a retrofit across a hotel or group.
Energy and running costs
Hospitality lighting often runs long hours across many zones. Moving to LED with dimming and daylight-linked controls reduces the hours fittings run at full output, and sits alongside the wider energy monitoring ILUX provides across a site.
Common questions.
Can you match lighting design across a hotel group?
Yes. We design once against your brand standard and apply it property by property, so a guest sees the same lighting quality wherever they stay.
Does dimming interfere with emergency lighting?
No. Emergency luminaires are on a separate circuit and switch to full output on mains failure regardless of the scene set at the time.
Can lighting work happen while the property stays open?
Yes, in phases room by room or floor by floor, scheduled around occupancy and events.
Do you cover exterior and signage lighting too?
Yes, see exterior and signage lighting for entrances, car parks and illuminated signage.
One lighting standard, every property.
Send us your property list and we'll show you what one specification looks like across the group.