Njengesibani sangemuva esifanele, kufanele sibe nezici ezilandelayo:
(1) Ukukhanya okuphezulu kanye nokusatshalaliswa kokukhanya okunengqondo;
(2) Isikhathi sokukhuphuka esikhanyayo ngokushesha ngaphambili;
(3) Impilo ende, ayinayo isondlo, ukusetshenziswa kwamandla aphansi;
(4) Ukuqina kweswishi okuqinile;
(5) Ukudlidliza okuhle kanye nokumelana nokushaya.
Njengamanje, imithombo yokukhanya esetshenziswa ezibanini zangemuva zezimoto ikakhulukazi izibani ezikhanyisayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuye kwavela eminye imithombo yokukhanya emisha, njenge-light emitting diode (LED) kanye nezibani ze-neon.