Revision Class

Subject: Building Science II

Prepared by: S. Lect. Roma Amatya
5th September 2020
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Lighting calculation Method
Required Parameters:
A=Area to be illuminated
E= Illumination Required
Ø= Lumen output
µu= Utilization Factor
µm =Maintenance Factor
Depreciation Factor=
Let the lumen output of desired lamp to be used in the
room be Ø. In order to get required Illumination (E) over
task Area (A), say “N” lamps are required. Then total
lumen output will be N*Ø
However this amount of lumen output is not fully used
due to utilization factor and maintenance factor. So,
total lumen output would be N*Ø*µu*µm where µu are
the utilization factor and µm maintenance factor
respectively. According to definition of illumination, this
must be equal to the product E*A
N=
∗
Ø∗µu µm
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1. A shop measuring 15m*35m is illuminated by 20 lamps of 500W, the luminious efficiency of each lamp is
15 lm/watt, allowing maintenance factor 0.7 utilization factor 0.5, Determine the illumination on the
working plane.

Given: Area(A)=15m*35m=525m2
Number of Lamps(N)=20
maintenance factor(µm) =0.7
utilization factor(µu) =0.5
Lumen Output (Ø)=500*15=7500 lm

𝑵 ∗ ∅ ∗ µm ∗ µu
𝑬=
𝑨

𝟐𝟎 ∗ 𝟕𝟓𝟎𝟎 ∗ 0.7 ∗ 0.5

𝑬=
𝟓𝟐𝟓

E=100 Lux
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Considering in lamp spacing:

• Equal spacing in at least one direction
• Space height should not exceed 1.5
• Distance of lamp from the wall to be ½ of the distance between the
adjacent lamps

d1=1/2*d
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2. The illumination of the drawing office 30m*10m is to have a value of 250lux is to be provided by a number
of 300W filament lamps. If the utilization factor is 0.4 and the maintenance factor is 0.9, determine the
number of lamps required the efficiency of each lamp is 14 lumens per watt.
Given: Area(A)=30m*10m=300m2
Illumination (E)=250 lm/m2
Lumen Output (Ø)=14*300=4200 lm
maintenance factor(µm) =0.9
utilization factor(µu) =0.4
Number of Lamps(N)=?

𝑬∗𝑨
𝑵=
∅ ∗ µm ∗ µu

𝟐𝟓𝟎 ∗ 𝟑𝟎𝟎
𝑵=
𝟒𝟐𝟎𝟎 ∗ 0. 𝟗 ∗ 0.4

=49.6
≈50
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3. A 30m*15m hall with a ceiling height of 5m is to be provided with a general illumination of 125 lux. Taking a
coefficient of utilization 0.6 and depreciation factor 1.25, Determine number of florescent tube required, their
spacing and mounting height. Take the lamp efficiency of fluorescent lamp as 60 lumens/watts for 40 W tube.
Given: Area(A)=30m*15m=450m2 𝐿𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 50 lamps such that distribution is 5 ∗ 10
Illumination (E)=125 lm/m2 𝒙 𝒙
Lumen Output (Ø)=60*40=2400 lm 𝟐 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝟐

maintenance factor(µm) =1/1.25=0.8

utilization factor(µu) =0.6 𝒚

Number of Lamps(N)=? 𝟐
𝑦
𝑬∗𝑨
𝑵= 𝑦
∅ ∗ µm ∗ µu
𝑦
𝟏𝟐𝟓 ∗ 𝟒𝟓𝟎
𝑵= 𝑦
𝟐𝟒𝟎𝟎 ∗ 0.8 ∗ 0.6
𝒚
= 𝟒𝟗 𝟐
𝑵 ≈ 𝟓𝟎 Lamps
As Length of hall=30m As Breadth of hall=15m
9x+1/2x+1/2x=10x 4y+1/2y+1/2y=5y
10x=30m 5y=15m
x=3m y=3m
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Also,Space Height Ratio=3m/3.7m
So, Spacing x=y=3m =0.81<1.5
Assuming, Lamp is suspended 0.3m from the ceiling
Working Table height =1m
So, Mounting height = 3.7m

0.3m 1.5𝑚 3𝑚 3𝑚 3𝑚 3𝑚 3𝑚 3𝑚 3𝑚 3𝑚 3𝑚 1.5𝑚

Lamp
1.5𝑚
3𝑚
5-0.3-1=3.7m

3𝑚
5m

3𝑚
Working table
3𝑚
1.5𝑚
1m

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