ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT

DESIGN ACTIVITY 1: Lighting System and Electrical Load of Living Room

3.1 Program Outcomes (POs) Addressed by the Activity

c. ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic
constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety,
manufacturability, and sustainability, in accordance with standards
e. ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
k. ability to use techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering
practice

3.2 Activity’s Intended Learning Outcomes (AILOs)

At the end of this activity, the student shall be able to:
a. identify luminaires applicable in a living room of residential dwelling and identify
standards in designing electrical systems as specified by the Philippine Electrical
Code.
b. calculate the number of luminaires in a living room and calculate proper electrical
loads
c. evaluate cost estimation of materials

3.3 Objectives of the Activity

The objectives of this activity are to:

a. Determine the number of luminaires to be installed in living room of a single dwelling unit
b. Provide the proper electrical calculation loads
c. Analyze the cost estimation of materials

3.4 Principle of the Activity

Lighting is one of the key elements that helps make your house a home. The proper lighting enables
you to perform tasks easily, makes you feel safer and more comfortable, and allows you to enjoy
your home at its full potential. Each room, however, has specific and unique general and accent
lighting needs. Here are some tips and ideas to consider when planning your lighting needs for
each room in your home. If you are uncertain about what type of lighting fixture you need, or
you're just looking for inspiration.

Electrical System design is a practice done by electrical engineers in order to design a safe and
standardized wiring system for any premises (Residential, Institutional, Commercial or

DESIGN ACTIVITY 1: Lighting system and Electrical load of Living Room

Residential). There are various methods used by electrical engineers in order to design proper
safety devices for these systems. Area Method is used knowing the area of the premise for the
general lighting and convenience load. This method utilizes only the area of the premise and the
various loads to be connected and not the placement of each load. A single-dwelling unit with an
area of 50 sq. meters is typically small with few electrical appliances focusing only on the
essentials.

3.5 Requirement

1. Design the lighting layout and floor plan of a living room of a single dwelling unit having
a minimum total floor area of 20 m 2.
2. Compute for the number of luminaires using DIALUX software.
3. Present to the Instructor the Living Floor Plan to be designed. Make sure to have the
specifications of the floor plan design correct (Floor Area and Type of the Residential
Unit)
4. Design will only start once the approval of the instructor is complete.
5. Follow the template computations according to the discussion of the instructor. Use
Tables for standard design elements in the Philippine Electrical Code as indicated in the
template.
6. Strictly follow the output specifications
7. All design outputs are to be passed with the approved residential floor plan.
8. Technical Drawings must be scaled 1: 100

DESIGN ACTIVITY 1: Lighting system and Electrical load of Living Room