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Indoor Lighting
APRIL 8, 2014 66 COMMENTS

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An office area is 20meter (Length) x 10meter (width) x 3 Meter (height). The ceiling to
desk height is 2 meters. The area is to be illuminated to a general level of 250 lux using
twin lamp 32 wa CFL luminaires with a SHR of 1.25. Each lamp has an initial output
(Efficiency) of 85 lumen per wa . The lamps Maintenance Factor (MF) is 0.63
,Utilization Factor is 0.69 and space height ratio (SHR) is 1.25
Calculation:
Calculate Total Wattage of Fixtures:
Total Wa age of Fixtures= No of Lamps X each Lamp’s Wa .

Total Wa age of Fixtures=2×32=64Wa .
Calculate Lumen per Fixtures:
Lumen per Fixtures = Lumen Efficiency(Lumen per Wa ) x each Fixture’s Wa

Lumen per Fixtures= 85 x 64 = 5440Lumen
Calculate No’s of Fixtures:
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Required No of Fixtures = Required Lux x Room Area / MFxUFx Lumen per Fixture
Required No of Fixtures =(250x20x10) / (0.63×0.69×5440)
Required No of Fixtures =21 No’s
Calculate Minimum Spacing Between each Fixture:
The ceiling to desk height is 2 meters and Space height Ratio is 1.25 so
Maximum spacing between Fixtures =2×1.25=2.25meter.
Calculate No of Row Fixture’s Row Required along with

width of Room:
Number of Row required = width of Room / Max. Spacing= 10/2.25

Number of Row required=4.
Calculate No of Fixture’s required in each Row:
Number of Fixture Required in each Row = Total Fixtures / No of Row = 21/4

Number of Fixture Required in each Row = 5 No’s:
Calculate Axial Spacing between each Fixture:
Axial Spacing between Fixtures = Length of Room / Number of Fixture in each Row
Axial Spacing between Fixtures =20 / 5 = 4 Meter
Calculate Transverse Spacing between each Fixture:
Transverse Spacing between Fixtures = width of Room / Number of Fixture’s row

Transverse Spacing between Fixtures = 10 / 4 = 2.5 Meter.
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Conclusion:
No of Row for Lighting Fixture’s= 4 No

No of Lighting Fixtures in each Row= 5 No
Axial Spacing between Fixtures= 4.0 Meter
Transverse Spacing between Fixtures= 2.5 Meter
FILED UNDER UNCATEGORIZED
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 India”, “Lighting India”,”Smart
Energy”, “Industrial Electrix”(Australian Power Publications) Magazines. He is Freelancer
Programmer of Advance Excel and design useful Excel base Electrical Programs as per IS,
NEC, IEC,IEEE codes. He is Technical Blogger and Familiar with English, Hindi, Gujarati,
French languages. He wants to Share his experience & Knowledge and help technical
enthusiasts to find suitable solutions and updating themselves on various Engineering
Topics.
66 Responses to Calculate No of Lighting Fixtures / Lumen

for Indoor Lighting
Basavaraj says:
April 9, 2014 at 5:06 am
Jignesh Parmar your doing awesome work and great help to us thank you sir
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asif says:
June 5, 2018 at 7:35 pm
hello sir good job very helpful
sir post lighting testing method as per design for interior lighting, please post for
lnternal lighting test procedure how to check lux level point to point with lux meter
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KARZAN N. ESMAIL says:
April 9, 2014 at 6:56 am
Thanks for your great work ,,,,,,, best regards
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MD SHAHWAZ RIZVI says:
April 9, 2014 at 7:36 am
Thanks for the blog.
These blog are very helpful for us.
I Rizvi as an Electrical Engineer say that You are doing a great work for a
manking.Sharing Knowledge is the world happiest thing to do.
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gustavo rafael faquira soto says:
April 10, 2014 at 1:07 pm
gracias colega…exitos…
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Subrata Roy says:
April 14, 2014 at 4:56 am
Found very correct . This is a thumb rule type of design – and it is the best approach for
the electrical engineers like us . A really thankful Job . Here I want to request you to
discuss the importance of Polar Curves of verious lamps for illumination design if
possible . Thanks .
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showman says:
April 15, 2014 at 10:00 am
I want to buy salary software but I am bangladeshi so no way to send money. Please
give me a right way to send maney.
ASAP.
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sanjeev Pareek says:
April 16, 2014 at 10:43 am
great work. concise and useful.
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muqtar says:
April 17, 2014 at 7:59 am
thanks for useful article, and sir please load standard lux level chart and please explain
lumen per wa , U.F, M.F AND SHR
Thanking you,
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vijaykumar says:
April 22, 2014 at 11:21 am
Helping a lot with ur kno wledge
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jagadeesh says:
April 23, 2014 at 2:50 am
jignesh paramer ,your material is very useful to me ,plz suggest me design courses for
electrical.I want to built-up career in design.
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Madhan says:
May 4, 2014 at 9:21 am
Could you explain how did you take “total fixtures=21”
For your Reference:
Calculate No of Fixture’s required in each Row:

Number of Fixture Required in each Row = Total Fixtures / No of Row = 21/4
Number of Fixture Required in each Row = 5 No’s:
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Jignesh.Parmar says:
May 4, 2014 at 4:14 pm
Required No of Fixtures =(250x20x10) / (0.63×0.69×5440)
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SUBRAMANI says:
May 6, 2016 at 11:30 am
Sir,
How will differ the lux level and No. of fixture based on height? Please explain
in details
Rahat says:
February 18, 2017 at 7:20 am
Thank You very much for your very important post. Could you tell me why 2 m
height is not considered in evaluating the number of lights? So far I know,
lumen and lux relationship calculation is based on 1m distant. So if it is 2 m,
then why number of lights were not 2*21=42?
Thanks and regards//Rahat Rubaiyat Islam
Nagaraj says:
May 4, 2014 at 4:57 pm
Can u please refer me the book where i can completely know about lighting design
both indoor and outdoor, kindly help me in this ma er
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vamsi says:
August 10, 2014 at 10:40 am
excelent work sir, could u plz explain how to chose lux value for a room.
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Prof. Nazar M. Karyar says:
August 10, 2014 at 12:31 pm
Thanks for sending me interesting topics even to Afghanistan.
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Crestian says:
September 17, 2014 at 3:11 am
Great and useful work
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P.Siva says:
September 19, 2014 at 6:12 am
Dear Sir
I need one clarification from you …..Here i am giving Factory size in mt(35M width
*110Mtr Length)and Our required lux level (300Lux).light requirements for 1*400W
metal halide fi ing.Our buliding ht is 14.0Mtr.Cealing type made by Sheet. How many
fi ings required.Then how to calculate detailed formula required sir.
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R K Veerabhadra Rao says:
March 2, 2015 at 12:55 am
Assuming Metal Halide Lumens/wa = 80 Lumens/wa .
Calculate Lumen per Fixtures:

Lumen per Fixtures = Lumen Efficiency(Lumen per Wa ) x each Fixture’s Wa
Lumens for 1*400 W MH fi ing = 400 * 80 = 32000 Lumens.

Required No of Fixtures =(35x110x300) / (32000)
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Alexander says:
thank you sir for your knowledge sharing
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Alexander says:
Let me know how to calculate lamp maintenance factor and utilization factor
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Shiv says:
March 8, 2015 at 4:57 pm
can i use room area for Sq. feet
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bennie says:
March 11, 2015 at 2:59 pm
is the SHR always given to be 1.25 if not how do i find it?
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Jotinchandra Sharma says:
April 4, 2015 at 2:22 am
can 110 W CFL provide proper illumination in 10 mtrs street lighting pole
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Shiv Shankar Kumar says:
April 5, 2015 at 4:50 pm
Plz . tell us how to calculate Space height Ratio , or 1.25 is fix .
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T says:
April 13, 2015 at 6:52 am
need to consider the LOR? the actual lumens is lower then. please advise. thanks
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Lynton Carval (@c_lynton) says:
April 27, 2015 at 3:38 am
so how coms required no. of fixtures is 21 an i only c 20 fixtures there..
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Milind says:
May 29, 2015 at 8:44 am
kindly elaborate how to calculate required nos. of tube light fixtures for industry based
on required Lux level.
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azeez says:
June 11, 2015 at 11:06 am
dear friend…
i am a electrical engineer now i am working as a electrical site engineer in steel

plant industry ..please teach me the hole calculation of electrical in industrial and
commercial lighting and power and transformer rating…….because hear nobody
teach me…
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Joseliti Bulos says:
June 5, 2015 at 6:35 am
What’s the MF and CU consideration for other types of lightings?
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Murali says:
August 2, 2015 at 8:53 am
Dear Mr Jignesh, thanks for a splendid calculation chart which is very helpful for
people like me. Since i do not find the input for mounting height of the luminaire, can
you please explain me how the your calculation works so that it will give a be er
understanding of lighting design to me. Also may i request you to throw some light
what happens if the fixture has some optics / particular beam angle for high ceiling
factory applications and with COB LEDs as light source.
Your suggestion and guidance will be highly appreciated. – Thanks Murali
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silas says:
August 19, 2015 at 12:16 pm
Dear Mr. Jignesh thank you very much for such a good illustration. Its give us clear
concept.
Thanks
Silas Kahmei
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vismagneto says:
October 16, 2015 at 2:28 am
Respected JigneshParmar sir i have a doubt we hav to design lighting systems for a
commercial building in aroom such that each room have (625 SQ FT). so sir could u
explain the calculation sir
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Vishwanath Tallavajhulla Pyro says:

sir i have a doubt regarding the uf and mf calculations for led lights regarding the
commercial buildings regarding the mall
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myat lion says:
December 9, 2015 at 7:47 am
Thanks your advice. I can learn by using your idea.
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Abubakar Idris Ringim says:
January 2, 2016 at 10:49 pm
very interesting
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frank says:
January 26, 2016 at 4:02 pm
very good info
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b.k. meena says:
February 2, 2016 at 1:23 pm
how many led’s required for ceiling a hall of 6000squre feet in area
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venkataramana pila says:
March 28, 2016 at 9:32 am
Thanks for creating blog
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Muhsin khan says:
April 26, 2016 at 8:31 am
what is UF and MF
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Alan Bascon says:
June 18, 2016 at 7:17 am
Mr. Jignesh, what if the height of the room varies?
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Amit Saxena says:
June 27, 2016 at 5:09 am
An factory has a shed of 180 meter length 22 meter width and 13 meter height . They
want 80w high bay LED light . How many light are installed and how much distance of
installation one to another ?
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AUNG KHAING PHYO says:
July 2, 2016 at 4:53 am
Hi Sir,
which condition do we need to account for LOR ( lighting output ratio).
And how can i find SHR value?
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AUNG KHAING PHYO says:
July 2, 2016 at 4:56 am
Hi Sir,
which condition do we need to account for LOR(LIghting Output Ratio) in?
And how can i find SHR value? is it constant number?
i am hoping answering back.
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hewan says:
July 15, 2016 at 9:54 am
Dear Sir,
Thank you for you tutorial on number of fixture and space required between them
calculation,but i am facing some difficulties on understanding of SHR=1.25, MF, UF
and lumen values so is this values are fixed or from where are we going to find these
values.thank you
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Japhet Mutegi says:
July 22, 2016 at 5:25 pm
I have been looking for a detailed catalogue on UTILIZATION factors of various
lighting fixtures. You may be having an answer to this. Kindly help. Thank you very
much.
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Anubhavi Nagar says:
August 24, 2016 at 12:34 pm
If we are calculating light fi ings for showroom…then hw to calculate maximum
spacing required between each light fixture..
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BIRENDRA KUMAR NAUTIYAL says:
jignesh ,great job,pl let me how to work out SHR,SPACE HEIGT RATIO.
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engr. John says:
hi you have done a great work here best regards Engr. John
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Rajendra sahoo says:
November 15, 2016 at 12:18 pm
how calculate lux,if given data lumens-2400,beam angle-120,hight-1 m
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chandru v says:
hi sir
Can u explain how to select lighting fixture for residential building and commercial
building
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atul says:
room specification:-
l=21metrer
w=7meter
h=4.5meter
Bulb=30w
required lux=400
total bulb=?
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atul says:
how to calculate lux. please send lux calculation formule.
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A.G.Subramanian says:
What is the COU to be considered for 45wa s COB LED Flame proof well glass fiting
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Hoshang says:
Gr8 work and your contribution to electrical sector.
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amir mahmood says:
March 28, 2017 at 11:41 am
could you guide me about generally use utilization factor for LED lights
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mathias amankwah says:
April 10, 2017 at 7:56 am
please, how do I determine the space to height ratio? is it a constant or some standard
values?
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Dilushika gunawardana says:
April 19, 2017 at 10:28 am
how we know the space to height ratio, MF & UF?
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pankaj datreliya says:

July 26, 2017 at 8:40 am
For Service Road:-Pole Height 7mtr, Service road width 7.5mtr, pole to pole distance
23mtr, required 30lux and 4000k. how many wa age for led light fixture?
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pankaj datreliya says:
July 26, 2017 at 8:43 am
For Bridge:-pole height 8 mtr, bridge width 16mtr pole installed in center berg
area,pole to pole distance 23mtr, 30lux and 4000k,how many wa ages required for led
light fixture?
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ghulam hassan says:
January 30, 2018 at 12:16 pm
I need a lux calculation of our warehouse. total length is 30 meters width is 25 meter
and the height is 15 meter at the center and at the end, height is 13.5 meter. I want to
know how many high bay light can we used here and also a total load of these
calculated light will consider in our mother panel.
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Nipun says:
March 4, 2018 at 3:34 pm
please explain how we get SHR sir…..
Reply
Paulo says:
March 15, 2018 at 6:19 am
Hi, my question is… how do you get the MF of bulb you use? and also the UF? im
confused. thanks
Reply
Zahid Khan says:
Very nice and informative. What about round led lights and EM light spacing. Thanks
Zahid
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Sharing Abstracts,Notes on various Electrical Engineering Topics.

Calculate No of Lighting Fixtures / Lumen for

APRIL 8, 2014 66 COMMENTS

Calculate Total Wattage of Fixtures:

Total Wa age of Fixtures= No of Lamps X each Lamp’s Wa .

Calculate Lumen per Fixtures:

Lumen per Fixtures = Lumen Eﬃciency(Lumen per Wa ) x each Fixture’s Wa

Calculate No’s of Fixtures:

Required No of Fixtures =21 No’s

Calculate Minimum Spacing Between each Fixture:

Calculate No of Row Fixture’s Row Required along with

Number of Row required = width of Room / Max. Spacing= 10/2.25

Calculate No of Fixture’s required in each Row:

Number of Fixture Required in each Row = Total Fixtures / No of Row = 21/4

Calculate Axial Spacing between each Fixture:

Calculate Transverse Spacing between each Fixture:

Transverse Spacing between Fixtures = width of Room / Number of Fixture’s row

No of Row for Lighting Fixture’s= 4 No

FILED UNDER UNCATEGORIZED

66 Responses to Calculate No of Lighting Fixtures / Lumen

For your Reference:

Calculate No of Fixture’s required in each Row:

Thanks and regards//Rahat Rubaiyat Islam

Calculate Lumen per Fixtures:

Calculate No’s of Fixtures:

i am a electrical engineer now i am working as a electrical site engineer in steel

Your suggestion and guidance will be highly appreciated. – Thanks Murali

October 23, 2015 at 4:19 am

pankaj datreliya says:

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