AS/NZS 3827.

2:1998

Australian/New Zealand Standard™

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Lighting system performance—

Accuracies and tolerances

Part 2: Compliance requirements

 AS/NZS 3827.2:1998

This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical

Committee LG/12, Specification and Assessment of Lighting Performance. It was
approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 15 May 1998 and on
behalf of the Council of Standards New Zealand on 16 August 1998. It was published
on 5 October 1998.
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The following interests are represented on Committee LG/12:

Association of Consulting Engineers Australia
Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association
CSIRO — Division of Telecommunications and Industrial Physics
Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand
Queensland University of Technology
Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee LG/1 — Interior Lighting
Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee LG/2 — Road Lighting

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 97339.

 AS/NZS 3827.2:1998
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Australian/New Zealand Standard™

Lighting system performance—

Accuracies and tolerances

Part 2: Compliance requirements

First published as AS/NZS 3827.2:1998.

Published jointly by:

Standards Australia
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Homebush NSW 2140 Australia

Standards New Zealand

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 AS/NZS 3827.2:1998 2

PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
Committee LG/12, Specification and Assessment of Lighting Performance, in response to
a request by the Illuminating Engineering Society of Australia and New Zealand.
The objective of this Standard is to set out minimum requirements for indoor and outdoor
lighting systems, in order to ensure that calculated or measured values of lighting
performance parameters are of an acceptable accuracy.
AS/NZS 3827.1* provides a comprehensive overview of the factors that influence
variability in lighting performance and provides advice and recommendations on how such
variability may be contained within tolerable limits.
This Standard has been developed as a companion to AS/NZS 3827.1 and is intended for
reference in Standards covering particular lighting applications and in contract
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specifications that involve the assessment of compliance with specified values of lighting
performance parameters. For ease of reference, the requirements of this Standard are set
out under the same section headings and, where applicable, clause titles as those used
within AS/NZS 3827.1.
The requirements of this Standard are limited to those attributes/characteristics for which
it is reasonable to specify requirements in mandatory form. There are many other
attributes/characteristics of lighting systems for which requirements cannot be expressed
in mandatory form, due to the present state of knowledge or for other reasons.
Nevertheless, it is equally important that attention be given to these attributes/
characteristics and that the advice and recommendations provided in AS/NZS 3827.1 be
followed.

* AS/NZS 3827 Lighting system performance—Accuracies and tolerances

AS/NZS 3827.1 Part 1: Overview and general recommendations

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CONTENTS

Page

FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 APPLICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.4 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5 BASIS OF COMPLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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SECTION 2 UNCERTAINTY IN LIGHTING DESIGN AND MEASUREMENT

2.1 ROUNDING OF CALCULATION RESULTS AND
LIGHT MEASUREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 TREATMENT OF INDETERMINATE VALUES IN MEASUREMENT . . . . 8

SECTION 3 INPUT INFORMATION

3.1 MANUFACTURE OF LIGHTING EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.2 LAMP AND LUMINAIRE PHOTOMETRIC DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

SECTION 4 DESIGN METHODS AND SENSITIVITIES

4.1 CALCULATION METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2 DESIGN ASSUMPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3 MAINTENANCE ASSUMPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

SECTION 5 DESIGN DOCUMENTATION

5.1 INFORMATION ON DESIGN BASIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.2 INSTALLATION DOCUMENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.3 INFORMATION FOR THE CLIENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

SECTION 6 INSTALLATION
6.1 EVALUATION OF PROPOSED ALTERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

SECTION 7 VERIFICATION
7.1 METHODS OF VERIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7.2 VERIFICATION BASED ON LIGHTING CALCULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7.3 VERIFICATION BASED ON LIGHTING MEASUREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . 11

SECTION 8 LIGHTING SYSTEM MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

SECTION 9 EXPECTED ACCURACIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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FOREWORD

The requirements set out in this Standard are the minimum that are considered acceptable
to enable assessment of compliance with specified or target values of lighting
performance. It may be possible to improve the accuracy of the design of the lighting
system with respect to some aspect and this should be encouraged. It is unlikely, however,
that this will compensate for not meeting other requirements of the Standard.
The purpose of compliance with the Standard is not only to achieve an acceptable
relationship between the design intent and the installed lighting system but also to
document the design in such a form that the calculation process can be verified.
The uncertainties stated in this Standard are statistical and represent levels of uncertainty
that can be reasonably expected if the design and installation processes comply with the
requirements of this Standard. This assumes that all the errors are not concurrently at their
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maximum and that some cancel each other out. However, there is a finite probability that
all the errors could be cumulative, in which case a result outside those assumed in this
Standard would occur. Allowing for the worst possible occurrence would result in
overdesign to an excessive degree in the vast majority of cases.
The designer should apply this Standard by compensating for the uncertainty assumed in
assessing compliance by selecting a design parameter, be it illuminance or otherwise, that
ensures that the limiting tolerance is within the requirement of the applicable design
Standard.
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA / STANDARDS NEW ZEALAND

Australian / New Zealand Standard

Lighting system performance—Accuracies and tolerances

Part 2: Compliance requirements

S E C T I O N 1 S C O P E A N D G E N E R A L

1.1 SCOPE This Standard specifies requirements for various elements/aspects of the
design and installation of interior and exterior lighting systems, and for verification of the
compliance of such systems with specified or target values of lighting parameters.
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The requirements are based on AS/NZS 3827.1 and are those considered essential to
ensure that calculated or measured values of lighting parameters are of an acceptable
accuracy.
NOTE: The specified requirements are primarily limited to those attributes/characteristics for
which quantitative criteria can reasonably be stated. There are many other
attributes/characteristics of lighting systems that are important to the achievement of a
satisfactory result. Although requirements for these attributes/characteristics cannot be
expressed quantitatively, their importance in the overall achievement of an accurate design
should not be overlooked. For further information and advice, see AS/NZS 3827.1.

1.2 APPLICATION This Standard is intended to be called up by cross-reference in

Standards covering particular interior or exterior lighting applications, as well as in
contract specifications that involve the assessment of compliance with specified values of
lighting performance parameters.

1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referenced in this

Standard:
AS
1680 Interior lighting
1680.1 General principles and recommendations
1680.2.2 Part 2.2: Office and screen-based tasks
AS/NZS
3827 Lighting system performance — Accuracies and tolerances
3827.1 Part 1: Overview and general recommendations
4293 International lamp coding system (ILCOS)
NOTE: A bibliography of additional documents relevant to the subject of this Standard is
provided in AS/NZS 3827.1.

1.4 DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Standard, the definitions below apply.
NOTE: Some of the defined terms are illustrated in Appendix B of AS/NZS 3827.1. That
Appendix also describes the use of these terms in lighting calculations/measurements.
1.4.1 Accuracy of calculation/measurement — the closeness of the agreement between
the result of a calculation/measurement and a true value of the parameter being
calculated/measured.
NOTE: ‘Accuracy’ is a qualitative concept which generally refers to the collective effects of a
number of sources of error. Where a numerical value is assigned, the term ‘uncertainty’ is
preferred.

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