JP Morgan, Mumbai, India

JP Morgan Chase, the leading investment bank and financial services corporation, has set up operations in two campus sites in Mumbai, the business capital of India. The lighting was designed to provide visual comfort and to help create a stimulating and productive working environment, with energy efficiency a key consideration.
Recognizing the contribution that lighting and architecture can make to image creation and enhancement, the brief for the lighting design was “exclusive, but not ostentatious”. The lighting installation was to create a visually comfortable environment in which employees would feel at ease and be able to perform to the best of their ability. With all facilities operating continuously, energy costs were of paramount importance.

The lighting concept followed the modern concept of creating differentiated solutions for hive, cell, meet, club and lobby areas. The chosen solution – compliant with the revised LG3: 2001 guidelines and European Norm EN 12464 –provides lighting levels of 500 lux in working spaces and around 200 lux in corridors. Effective use has been made of daylight in almost all premises, which vary in height from 2.7 m - 2.9 m. In the hive area, which covers almost 70% of the floor space, general lighting is done with TBS669/ 2x28W TL5 840. This ensures good visual conditions, no reflected glare on the many computer screens, and low W/m2. To enliven the space, work zones are visually segregated by rows of downlighters. Luminaires adjacent to the windows are fitted with HF-R and daylight sensors. The facilities have some 20 discussion rooms and 8 conference rooms. To create differentiation in lighting, the smaller discussion rooms are lit with CFL downlights using two PLC 18W lamps. Larger rooms use a combination of TL5 luminaires and 42W PL T lamps. In the formal conference and board rooms, combination lighting has been used to facilitate scene setting. In the club area, the décor is brought to life with creative lighting solutions comprising a combination of compact fluorescent lamps, 12V/50 W halogen dichroic lamps, fibre-optic starry sky kits and designer lights. These areas provide much-needed relief to the office workers, especially during the night shift. The cafeteria ceiling has a painted sky effect,with scattered fibre-optic light points, while judicious use of downlighters (mostly dimmed) enhances the general circulation lighting.
With energy management a key driver of the lighting design, the application of simple lighting controls that make maximum use of daylight represents an extremely cost-effective solution.