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Calculate No of Lighting Fixtures / Lumen for Indoor Lighting

APRIL 8, 2014 68 COMMENTS
An office area is 20meter (Length) x 10meter (width) x 3 Meter (height). The ceiling to desk
height is 2 meters. The area is to be illuminated to a general level of 250 lux using twin lamp 32
wa CFL luminaires with a SHR of 1.25. Each lamp has an initial output (Efficiency) of 85 lumen
per wa . The lamps Maintenance Factor (MF) is 0.63 ,Utilization Factor is 0.69 and space height
ratio (SHR) is 1.25

Calculation:
Calculate Total Wattage of Fixtures:
Total Wa age of Fixtures= No of Lamps X each Lamp’s Wa .
Total Wa age of Fixtures=2×32=64Wa .

Calculate Lumen per Fixtures:

Lumen per Fixtures = Lumen Efficiency(Lumen per Wa ) x each Fixture’s Wa
Lumen per Fixtures= 85 x 64 = 5440Lumen

Calculate No’s of Fixtures:

Required No of Fixtures = Required Lux x Room Area / MFxUFx Lumen per Fixture
Required No of Fixtures =(250x20x10) / (0.63×0.69×5440)
Required No of Fixtures =21 No’s

Calculate Minimum Spacing Between each Fixture:

The ceiling to desk height is 2 meters and Space height Ratio is 1.25 so
Maximum spacing between Fixtures =2×1.25=2.25meter.

Calculate No of Row Fixture’s Row Required along with

width of Room:
Number of Row required = width of Room / Max. Spacing= 10/2.25
Number of Row required=4.

Calculate No of Fixture’s required in each Row:

Number of Fixture Required in each Row = Total Fixtures / No of Row = 21/4
Number of Fixture Required in each Row = 5 No’s:

Calculate Axial Spacing between each Fixture:

Axial Spacing between Fixtures = Length of Room / Number of Fixture in each Row
Axial Spacing between Fixtures =20 / 5 = 4 Meter

Calculate Transverse Spacing between each Fixture:

Transverse Spacing between Fixtures = width of Room / Number of Fixture’s row
Transverse Spacing between Fixtures = 10 / 4 = 2.5 Meter.

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Conclusion:
No of Row for Lighting Fixture’s= 4 No
No of Lighting Fixtures in each Row= 5 No
Axial Spacing between Fixtures= 4.0 Meter
Transverse Spacing between Fixtures= 2.5 Meter
Required No of Fixtures =21 No’s

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