CALCULATION OF NUMBER OF LUMINAIRES REQUIRED FOR A ROOM

LENGTH OF ROOM (metre) 18

WIDTH OF ROOM (metre) 8

VALID

APPLICABLE HEIGHT OF ROOM (metre) 1.5 Height is considered as vertical distance from luminaire to desk or bench surface where illumination is expected.

ROOM INDEX (K) 3.69

VALID

REFER LUMINAIRE CATALOGUE FOR UTILISATION FACTOR OF LUMINAIRE ELSE REFER BELOW SHOWN TABLE & STEPS TO ASESS UTILISATION FACTOR FOR AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION
For the horizontal row select the reflectance that best describes the room.
For the vertical column select the room index value K as calculated above.
The utilisation factor for this fitting in this room is where the row and column intersect.

Ceiling Walls Floor

Air
REFLECTANCE VALUES TABLE Conditioned
Office 0.7 0.5 0.2

Industrial 0.5 0.3 0.2

Room
Index
Reflectance (K)
UTILIZATION FACTOR TABLE
(FOR 2x36 LUMINARIES) Ceiling Wall Floor 0.75 1 1.25 1.5 2 2.5 3 4 5
0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.37 0.42 0.46 0.52 0.56 0.59 0.63 0.66

UTILISATION FACTOR AS ASSESSED 0.63

LUX LEVEL REQUIRED (lux) 100

LIGHT LOSS FACTOR (refer table below) 0.7

LIGHT LOSS FACTOR

Air
Conditioned 0.8
Office
Clean
TYPICAL LLF VALUES Industrial
0.7

Dirty
0.6
Industrial

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CALCULATION OF NUMBER OF LUMINAIRES REQUIRED FOR A ROOM

LUMENS FROM LAMPS IN ONE FITTING 2500

(refer table below for typical values)

Standard Triphos
Lumen
outputs of 18 Watt / 1300
fluorescent 1150 Lumens Lumens
lamps

36 Watt / 3350
3000 Lumens Lumens

Lumen
18 Watt /
output of PL
1200 Lumens
lamps

36 Watt /
2900 Lumens

NUMBER OF LUMINAIRES REQUIRED 13.1

LUMINAIRES REQUIRED/LENGTH 5.4

LUMINAIRES REQUIRED/WIDTH 2.4

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foot metre
10 3.048