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Zonal Cavity Lighting Design Guide

The document provides details for designing lighting in a laboratory space. The lab has dimensions of 30 feet by 20 feet by 10 feet high. It has a working plane of tables 3 feet above the floor. The ceiling and walls are highly reflective at 80% and 50% respectively. The floor is less reflective at 30%. The goal is to provide uniform 100 footcandle illumination using recessed luminaires in 5 continuous rows with a maximum 8 foot spacing. Calculations determine the zonal cavity coefficient of utilization is 0.48 based on the reflectances and room dimensions. This coefficient is used to calculate the number of luminaires needed, which is 25, to provide the desired 100 footcandles of illumination across the 60,000 square foot

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Zonal Cavity Lighting Design Guide

The document provides details for designing lighting in a laboratory space. The lab has dimensions of 30 feet by 20 feet by 10 feet high. It has a working plane of tables 3 feet above the floor. The ceiling and walls are highly reflective at 80% and 50% respectively. The floor is less reflective at 30%. The goal is to provide uniform 100 footcandle illumination using recessed luminaires in 5 continuous rows with a maximum 8 foot spacing. Calculations determine the zonal cavity coefficient of utilization is 0.48 based on the reflectances and room dimensions. This coefficient is used to calculate the number of luminaires needed, which is 25, to provide the desired 100 footcandles of illumination across the 60,000 square foot

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DEA3500: Ambient Environment: Zonal Cavity

BASIC DATA

Example: Designing lighting for a laboratory Reflectances

ceiling 80% (0.8) walls between luminaire and work plane 50% (0.5) walls below work plane 10% (0.1) floor 30% (0.3)

Room dimensions

length (L) = 30 feet width (w) = 20 feet height (h) = 10 feet

Working plane - work tables are 3.0 feet above floor Room is air-conditioned and kept very clean (clean conditions needed for experiments). Total space including fully recessed luminaires (ceiling) and walls, is cleaned every 19 months. Lamps are replaced as soon as they burn out. Max. distance between lamp rows center to center = 8'. Desired lighting level = 100 footcandles Planning to use 30 luminaires in five continuous rows to provide uniform illumination.
CALCULATING THE COEFFICIENT OF UTILIZATION LUMINAIRES ETC. Zonal Cavity Coefficient of Utilization Calculation

Room length = 30', breadth = 20', hrc = 7.0', hfc = 3.0' Steps:

1. Room cavity ratio = 2.9; ceiling cavity ratio = 0.0 (recessed lamps); floor cavity ratio = 1.2 (i.e. for 20 x 30 x 3' depth) 2. Effective ceiling reflectance = .80; effective floor reflectance = .20 (on table for cavity ratio 1.2, % floor reflectance = 30, % wall below work plane = 10% 3. Coefficient of Utilization for this luminaire = .48 (graph - reflectances, room cavity ratio 3). No correction required here. 4. Calculate footcandles. Planning to use 30 luminaires and 2 lamps per luminaire. Check predicted footcandles against recommended levels in table. Alternatively for 100 fc calculate number of luminaires. # luminaires = 100 fc x 600(area = 60,000 = 25 luminaires (5 less than initial 2 x 3150 x .48w x .78 LLF 2358.7 design. VCP from table VCP crosswise = 71 VCP lengthwise = 70

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