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Recommended Lighting Levels For Sports Areas

TYPE OF PRACTIVE MINOR MAJOR

PROV LEVEL
SPORTS LEVEL LEAGUE LEAGUE
Bowls 20 lux 50 lux 100 lux 150 lux
Tennis 50 lux 100 lux 150 lux 250 lux
Football 50 lux 100 lux 250 lux 450 lux
Cricket Outfield 50 lux 100 lux 250 lux 450 lux
Cricket Pitch 100 lux 200 lux 400 lux 600 lux
Hockey 50 lux 100 lux 250 lux 350 lux
Swimming 50 lux 100 lux 150 lux 250 lux

Industrial & Office Applications Lux Level

WORK AREAS WORK TYPE LUX

General Engineering Rough Work 160 lux
General Engineering Medium Work 400 lux
General Engineering Fine Work 800 lux
General Engineering Very Fine Work 1600 lux
Inspection Areas Rough Work 160 lux
Inspection Areas Medium Work 320 lux
Inspection Areas Sub Assemblies 400 lux
Inspection Areas Fine Work, electric & high precision mechanical 800 lux
Offices Entrance halls and receptions areas 160 lux
Offices Conference facilities, general offices, typing and filing 500 lux
Offices Computer and business machine operation 630 lux

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Offices Drawing Offices 800 lux

Outdoor Areas Mechanical loading 10 lux
Outdoor Areas Manual loading 10 lux
Outdoor Areas Service station forecourts 160 lux
Warehousing Inactive storage 20 lux
Warehousing Loading bays and large materials storage 100 lux
Warehousing Small material storage, packing and dispatch 200 lux

Recommended Lighting Levels

Characteristics of Activity Representative Activity Illuminance (lux)

Interiors rarely used for visual Cable tunnels, nigh ime sidewalk,
50
tasks (no perception of detail) parking lots
Interiors with minimal demand for
Corridors, changing rooms, loading
visual acuity (limited perception of 100 – 150
bay
detail)
Interiors with low demand for
Foyers and entrances, dining rooms,
visual acuity (some perception of 200
warehouses, restrooms
detail)
Interior with some demand for
Libraries, sports and assembly halls,
visual acuity (frequently occupied 300
teaching spaces, lecture theaters
spaces)
Interior with moderate demand for Computer work, reading & writing,
visual acuity (some low contrast, general offices, retail shops, 500
color judgment tasks) kitchens
Interior with demand for good
Drawing offices, chain stores,
visual acuity (good color judgment, 750
general electronics work
inviting interior)
Interior with demand for superior Detailed electronics assembly,
visual acuity (accurate color drafting, cabinet making, 1000
judgment & low contrast) supermarkets
Interior with demand for
Hand tailoring, precision assembly,
maximum visual acuity (low
detailed drafting, assembly of 1500 -2000+
contrast, optical aids & local
minute mechanisms
lighting will be of advantage)

Interior Light Levels

Environment Required Light Level

Storage Area / Plant Room (minimal movement of people) 150 – 200 Lux
Construction Areas & Loading Bays (minimal perception of detail) 300 – 500 Lux

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Factories & Kitchens (higher perception of detail) 500 – 750 Lux

Inspection, Welding, And Machinery (demanding work) 750 – 1000 Lux
Electronics & Textile Production (repetitive detail) 1000 – 1500 Lux
Technical Offices (accurate detail) 1500 – 3000 Lux
Jewelers & Goldsmiths (precision detail) 3000 + Lux

Outdoor Light Levels

Environment Required Light Level

Very Bright Summer Day Up To 100,000 Lux
Overcast Summer Day 30,000 – 40,000 Lux
Floodlit Football Match 700 – 16,000 Lux
Shady Room In Daylight 250 – 300 Lux
Night Light On A Building 60 Lux
Night-Time Urban Street 10 Lux
Night-Time Car Park 1 Lux
Security Floodlights 700-1300 Lux
Shed Lights 150-300 Lux
Lamp Posts 120-180 Lux
Landscape Spotlights 120 Lux
Outdoor Path Lighting 100 Lux
Path lighting. 100 Lux
Landscape Lights 100-300 Lux
Garden lights 20 Lux

Illumination Level

Light levels as per IS 1944

illumination
Classification of Road Type of road
(lux)
Group A1 Important traffic routes carrying fast traffic 30
Other main roads carrying mixed traffic, like main
Group A2 15
city streets, arterial roads, throughways etc
Secondary roads with considerable traffic like
Group B1 8
principal local traffic routes, shopping streets etc
Secondary roads with light traffic Important traffic
Group B2 4
routes carrying fast traffic

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Illumination Level

Roadway Average Maintained Illuminance

Classification High lux Medium lux Low lux
Major/Major 34 26 18
Major/Collector 29 22 15
Collector/Collector 24 18 12
Collector/Local 21 16 10
Local/Local 18 14 8

Interior Lighting Level

Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers CIBSE Part 2 (2002)

Illuminance (lux) Activity Area

100 Casual seeing Corridors, changing rooms, stores
150 Some perception of detail Loading bays, switch rooms, plant rooms
200 Continuously occupied Foyers, entrance halls, dining rooms
300 Visual tasks moderately easy Libraries, sports halls, lecture theatres.
Visual tasks moderately General offices, kitchens, laboratories,
500
difficult retail shops.
Drawing offices, meat inspection, chain
750 Visual tasks difficult
stores.
General inspection, electronic assembly,
1000 Visual tasks very difficult
paintwork, supermarkets.
Fine work and inspection, precision
1500 Visual tasks extremely difficult
assembly.
Visual tasks exceptionally Assembly of minute items, finished
2000
difficult fabric inspection.

Illumination levels of Switch Yard

AS/NZS 1158.3.1

Switchyard area lighting targets Illuminance (lx)

HV areas including any overhead line road crossings and any access path
10
zone type infrastructure
Non-HV areas and general open areas 5

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Isolated areas such as back of buildings, corners of switchyards away

2
from HV Equipment

Sub Station Light Levels

WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED

Environment Required Light Level

CONTROL ROOM / Switch gear Room 300
Ba ery Room 150
Communication Room 300
Offices/Engineers’ Room/Other Office Room 300
Toilet 100
Outdoor Switchyard area including road 30
Stairs 100
Corridor 100
Road within campus including colony area 30
Maintenance room 150
Any other spot where high level of illumination required 150
Dormitory & ‘C’ type quarters 150
Auxiliary Buildings like Pump room and other houses 150
ACDB- DCDB room/Store / Store Office 150
Conference room 300
Tiffin room/Kitchen 150
GIS Hall 150

Sub Station Light Levels

ODISHA POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LIMITED

Environment Required Light Level

Control Room 350
PLCC Room 300
LT Room 150
Charger Room 150
Cable Gallery 150
Heating Plant 100

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Ba ery Room 100

Computer Room 300
Entrance lobby 150
Corridor and landing 150
Conference and display 300
Rest Room 250
AHU Room 100
DG Set Building 150
Fire Fighting Pump House 150
Switchyard – Main equipment 50
Switchyard – general equipment and balance 30
Street/Road 30

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About Jignesh.Parmar
Jignesh Parmar has completed M.Tech (Power System Control), B.E(Electrical). He is member of
Institution of Engineers (MIE) and CEng,India. Membership No:M-1473586.He has more than 16
years experience in Transmission -Distribution-Electrical Energy theft detection-Electrical
Maintenance-Electrical Projects (Planning-Designing-Technical Review-coordination -Execution). He
is Presently associate with one of the leading business group as a Deputy Manager at
Ahmedabad,India. He has published numbers of Technical Articles in “Electrical Mirror”, “Electrical
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One Response to Electrical Thumb Rules-Illumination-(Part-19).

Muhammad Mohsin Ansari says:

February 17, 2019 at 2:33 am
Thanks you very much Jignesh.Parmar

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