AC1 – ENGINEERING UTILITIES 1

Rey Mark C. Tumala

BSCE-3B

SAQ 9.1
1. What is daylighting? Cite 3 advantages of daylighting.

Daylighting is the use of natural lighting in a building through perimeter windows, roof windows
(clerestories and roof monitors), skylights, or specialized light pipe (daylight distribution) systems.

Advantages:
➢ Better Feeling Building Occupants
➢ Better Quality Light
➢ More Sustainability
➢ More Cost Savings
➢ More Revenue

2. What is artificial illumination? Cite 3 advantages of artificial illumination.

Artificial light is visible light generated by artificial light sources and usually also contains some IR
and UV radiation, as opposed to natural daylight (most LEDs do not contain IR and UV).

Advantages:
➢ Design Flexibility
➢ Low Voltage Operation
➢ Long lifespan

3. Give 3 reasons why electric lighting has contributed immensely to make life on earth more convenient.
➢ Provided us extra time for work
➢ Increased safety in industrial and commercial buildings
➢ Expanded possibilities

SAQ 9. 2

1. Give 3 personal reasons why you would paint different rooms with different colors.
➢ To remove dullness
➢ To have a good mood
➢ To add beauty and a bit of creativity
Arranging the Lighting Fixtures in the Ceiling:
Draw the ceiling which measures 20 x 10 meters. Draw the lighting fixtures, shown in slide 17, inside the
ceiling area and using simple geometry arrange the fixtures evenly or symmetrically on the area. Knowing
that there are 4 rows and that the spacing between fixtures along the 10-m side is 2.5 m you may
determine the distance between fixtures as well as the clearance in the sides so that the layout will look
neat.

Activity 9.3: Draw a labeled layout of the fixtures indicating distances and
side clearances.
POST TEST
1. Given the following t Input Data:
a) room area: 10.6 m x 8 m
b) ceiling to desk height = 2 m
c) room to be lighted to a level of 250 lux using two(2) 32 - w CFL (Compact Florescent Lamps) per
fixture
d) spacing/height ratio = 1.25
e) each lamp has an output efficiency of 85 lumen per watt

A. Find: a. total watts

b. lumen/fixture
c. Number of fixtures
d. Spacing between fixtures along 8-m side
Solution:
a. Total Wattage = No. of lamps /fixture x wattage per lamp

= 2 lamps/fixture x 32 watts/lamp = 64 watts/fixture

b. Lumen per fixture = lumen efficiency x total wattage

= 85 lumen/watt x 64 watts/fixture = 5440 lumen/fixture

c. No. of fixtures = (required lumen/ unit A)(A)/MF x UF x lumen per fixture

= (250 x 10.6 x 8)/ 0.63 x 0.69 x 5440

= 9 fixtures with two fluorescent lamps/fixture

d. Spacing between fixtures along 8-m side

SHR = spacing/height = spacing/2 m = 1.25 = 2 x 1.25m = 2.5 m

Number of rows along 8-m side = 8/2.5 = 3 rows

B. Draw a labeled diagram of the ceiling layout of the fixtures

indicating the spacing between fixtures and the side clearances.