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Introduction
The prime objectives behind the design of a lighting system are as follows:
the safety and comfort of occupants – the nature of a task or process performed in a
space will dictate the illuminance level which must be provided by the lighting system
(lx or lm/m2). Tasks involving high degrees of visual acuity will require higher
lighting levels.
4) System control: once a lighting system has been designed it can be controlled in
such a way as to make maximum use of available daylight, through selection of
appropriate switching mechanisms and daylight responsive controls.
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For example:
• a general office requires an illumination level of 500 lux; colour rendering is mot
particularly important;
• an architects drawing office requires higher lighting levels of 750 lux due the
more visually tasks being conducted within the office. In addition as colour work
is being done the lighting system must have good colour rendering.
Lighting requirements are summarised in the CIBSE Code for interior lighting,
available from the library.
The colour properties of a particular lamp are supplied by the manufacturer in the
form of a lighting catalogue: the Philips lighting catalogue is available in the design
room alternatively the catalogue is available on-line at: www.philips.com
The colour rendering properties of a particular lamp are described by its colour
rendering group or the CIE number (Commission Internationale de L’Eclairage):
Selection of Components
Selection of components follows from the identification of systems requirements.
The luminaires are normally chosen first: lighting catalogues usually describe the uses
for particular types of luminaire, these also come with different types of reflectors1 for
different applications e.g. low glare reflectors for computer rooms.
casing
lamp
reflector
Lamps are selected based on those which are compatible (lamp type, dimensions,
frequency of operation, etc) with the selected luminaire and which have the
appropriate colour-rendering index.
For example the Philips TCS 660 luminaire comes with a choice of 8 different
reflector types.
The lamps that can be fitted to this luminaire must be Philips high frequency
fluorescent tubes that can be 1200mm or 1500 mm long. The luminaire can be fitted
with a maximum of 2 fluorescent tubes.
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Reflectors govern the light output characteristic of a luminaire.
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E×A
N =
n × F × MF ×UF
(1)
N - is the number of luminaires required;
E - is the required illuminance (lux);
A - is the area to be lit;
N - is the number of lamps per luminaire;
F - is the lamp lumen output (lumens);
MF - is known as the maintenance factor, which is a combination of three
factors;
UF - is the utilisation and is a function of the luminaire properties and room
geometry.
length L
width W
ceiling cavity
ceiling plane hm
working plane
floor cavity
In the Lumen method of design the room geometry is characterised by a room index
(K):
L ×W
K =
( L + W ) hm
(2)
The reflectances (ρs) of surfaces are also important properties in the calculation of
terms for equation (1). The reflectances of walls floors and ceilings is represented by
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a number between 0 and 1: 0 – no light is reflected back from the surface, 1 – all
incident light is reflected back from the surface.
The calculation of surface reflectances is more complicated for imaginary planes such
as the luminaire and working planes, in these cases the reflectances of these planes
must be calculated as an equivalent cavity reflectance (ρe):
n
∑Aρ i i
ρe = s =1
n
∑A
s =1
i
(3)
Where n is the number of surfaces in the cavity and A is the area of the surface within
the cavity.
The utilisation factor can be obtained once the surface reflectances (or effective
reflectances) are known along with the room index (K); each luminaire produced by a
manufacturer has a lookup table for UF (UF values in bold):
Reflectances Room Index (K)
Ceiling Wall floor 0.75 1.00 … 5.00
0.7 0.3 0.2 0.45 0.51 … 0.69
Table 3 Utilisation Factors
Lamp lumen maintenance factor (LLMF) – a value between 0 and 1 which accounts
for the degradation of lamp output over time:
lumen output at time t
LLMF (t ) =
initial lumen output
The LLMF for any time t can be obtained from manufacturer’s data.
Lamp survival factor (LSF) – this accounts for the failure of lamps over time, if failed
lamps are replaced immediately this factor can be ignored.
Luminaire maintenance factor (LMF) – a value between 0 and 1 that accounts for dirt
and dust accumulation on the luminaire. The luminaire maintenance factor