ILLUMINANCE OF MY

BEDROOM
By: Rubin, Mervin D. BSIE-3A
This is my bedroom
where I want to
study the
illuminance
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1 : Overview of the area to study

My bedroom is
rectangle so it’s
easy to get the Rectangle
points of getting
the illuminance
2nd : MEASURE THE SIDES
WIDTH

Using the STEEL

TAPE measure the
length, width and

LENGTH
the height of the
surface from the
light source.
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2 : MEASURING THE SIDES
• Measuring • Measuring
• Measuring
the WIDTH the HEIGHT
the LENGTH
2nd : SIDE DIMENSIONS
2. 5 meters

The height of
the surface

2.1 meters
from the light
source is 2.6
meters
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3 : USE THE FORMULA IN DETERMINING
THE SAMPLE POINTS
Rectangle ROOM INDEX (RI) = (L×W) ÷ [ H (L×W) ]
= (2.1 × 2.5 ) ÷ [ 2.6 ( 2.1 × 2.5) ]
= 5.25 ÷ ( 2.6 × 4.6 )
= 5.25 ÷ 11.96

ROOM INDEX = 0.43

RECTANGLE
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4 : ROOM IN INDEX SAMPLE POINTS TABLE

ROOM INDEX MINIMUM NUMBER OF

SAMPLE POINTS
RI < 1 9
1 < RI < 2 16 Room Index = 0.43
2 < RI < 3 25
RI > 3 36
Source: Department of Technology

• Based on the Room Index Result, My

bedroom is under 1, so it means that I should
make a
9 sample points.
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5 : Determine the Measurement for
Distancing
• We now Set the sample points at 9,we will
locate the areas to set the points.
• Let’s divide the rectangle into 16 equal
0.525 {
parts to have 9 points as shown in the
picture.
• Use the length and width, then divide it 0.525 {
with 4 to know the distance
measurement you should have in order to
attain equally distributed points in the
rectangle.
0.525 {
• In this case : 2.1 ÷ 4 = 0.525
2.5 ÷ 4 = 0.625
• After getting the measurements, use
0.525
0.625 { 0.625 0.625 0.625
theSteel Tape to measure in the room to

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find the points in the reading.
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6 : MARK THE POINTS FOR ILLUMINANCE
READING
• Use the electrical tape
to mark the points
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9

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7 : LUX METER READING

• Use your smart

phone with lux
meter app, stand
on the marking
area ang use the
lux meter app and
stand with for at
east 10 seconds
and record every
reading in every
points
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8 : GET THE AVERAGE OF ALL POINTS
Points # Lux Meter
Reading
• From the beginning, we are
1 103 lux measuring my bedroom’s
2 119 lux illuminance
3 106 lux
• After getting the average,
4 112 lux
we can now compare to the
5 121 lux
standards.
• Based on the IESNA – THE
6 109 lux
ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING
7 93 lux
SOCIETY, the bedrooms
8 98 lux
standard illuminance was
9 88 lux
from 215 to 538.
AVERAGE 105.4444444 lux
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9 : CONCLUSION

From the result computed in my bedroom

which is only 105.44 Lux compared to the standard
set by “IESNA- THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY”
which should be in between of 215 – 538 Lux. So that I
can confidently say that my place here in my
illuminance” .
bedroom has “low