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Manual Calculation of Lighting fixtures

N = Number of Light fixtures


E = Lux required of the room according to IES standards
Area = The area of room
UF = Utilization factor
MF = Maintenance factor
MAINTENANCE FACTOR
A lighting system's maintenance factor indicates how much of the initial luminous
flux remains available at the end of its service life. lighting installations will
gradually reduce the amount of light they provide over a number of years, due to
lumen depreciation, dirt, failures and so on.
UTILIZATION FACTOR
The light flux reaching the work plain is always less than the lumen output of the
lamp since some of the light is absorbed by the various surface textures. Also, light
reflected from ceilings, walls and floors depends on it’s color.
COLOR Reflection percentage
White 70 - 90%
Ivory and Cream 55 - 71%
Light Yellow 65 - 70%
Light Buff 40 - 56%
Light Green 40 - 50%
Medium Green 15 - 30%
Orange 15 - 30%
Medium Blue 15 - 20%
Dark Blue 5 - 10%
Medium gray 15 - 30%
Red and Maroon 5 - 18%
Medium and Dark Brown 3 - 18%
Black 1 - 4%
• The reflection coefficients for standards rooms are 0.7, 0.5 and 0.2
Room Index

Room Index

L = Room Length (m)


W = Room Width (m)
H = Height of the luminaires above the horizontal working plane (m)
Example :-
Calculate the number of light fixtures required for general office room, If the
height of the false ceiling is 2 meters and the width is 6 meters and the length of
the office room is 10 meters.
(Consider room situation as clean room)

Room Index = 1.875

U = 0.575

M 0.8 (Clean Room)


LUX Required = 500
Lumen¿ each Luminaire=3400 lm
N = = 19.18

Therefore, at least we required 20 number of light fixtures for illuminate this


office room.

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