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Input information
These are the input data for the following calculation:

1. An office area has length: 20 meter; width: 10 meter; height: 3 meter.

2. The ceiling to desk height is 2 meters.
3. The area is to be illuminated to a general level of 250 lux using twin lamp 32 watt CFL
luminaires with a SHR of 1.25.
4. Each lamp has an initial output (Efficiency) of 85 lumen per watt.
5. The lamps Maintenance factor (MF) is 0.63 ,Utilization Factor is 0.69 and space
height ratio (SHR) is 1.25.

Calculation in 8 steps
1. Total wattage of fixtures:

Total wattage of fixtures = Number of lamps x each

lamp’s watt.
Total wattage of fixtures = 2 × 32 = 64 Watt.

2. Lumen per fixtures

Lumen per fixtures = Lumen efficiency (Lumen per

Watt) x each fixture’s watt
Lumen per fixtures = 85 x 64 = 5440 Lumen

3. Number of fixtures

Required number of fixtures = Required Lux x Room

area / MF x UF x Lumen per fixture
Required number of fixtures = (250 x 20 x 10) /
(0.63 × 0.69 × 5440)
We will need 21 fixtures

4. 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 =
2.25 meter.

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5. Number of required rows of fixtures along with width of room

Number of rows required = Width of room / Max.

spacing = 10 / 2.25
Number of rows required is therefore = 4.

6. Number of fixtures required in each row

Number of fixtures required in each row = Total

Fixtures / Number of rows = 21 / 4
Therefore, we have 5 fixtures in each row.

7. Axial spacing between each fixture:

Axial spacing between fixtures = Length of room /

Number of fixtures in each row
… and that would be: 20 / 5 = 4 Meter

8. Transverse spacing between each fixture:

Transverse spacing between fixtures = Width of room

/ Number of fixtures in row
… and that would be: 10 / 4 = 2.5 Meter.

5 things to conclude

Calculated
Calculated room
room for
for the
the number
number of
of lighting
lighting fixtures
fixtures

So far, we have been calculated the following:

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Number of rows with lighting fixtures = 4

Number of lighting fixtures in each row = 5
Axial spacing between fixtures = 4.0 meter
Transverse spacing between fixtures = 2.5 meter
Required total number of fixtures = 21

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23 Comments

how can i get utilization factor,initial lumen in a lamp and SHR please a
little explanation

TADELE (reply)
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MELESE
OCT 30, 2018

Dear Jignesh Parmar,

i am Ravi. i need one information. the above lighting calculation how did
you get the Each lamp has an initial output (Efficiency) of 85 lumen per
Ravi GM watt. please exaplain me. i am not getting this value.
JUN 24, 2018
thanks
ravi gm
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How to calculate the no of fixtures required shed length 59 meters x width

28 meters x height 9 meters with hi bay fitting

RAJAN (reply)
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VARMA
APR 29, 2018

1 lx = 1 lm/m2
Area = 59 (Length) *28 (Width) = 1652 Sq. Meters
Average Lumen Required for the Application: i.e: 150
Bhavin Total Lumen = 150 Lumen * 1652 Sq. Meters = 2,47,800 Lumens
Patel
JUN 13, 2018
Now Find Fitting Lumen = Say 100W, (150Lumen/Watt= 15000 Lumen
Fitting we would like to use
No. of Fittings = Total Lumens/ Lemen per Fitting = 247800/15000=
Approx. 17 Nos. of Fitting
We also have to consider Height of Installation with Beam Angle of Light
which can Increase or Decrease no. of Fittings
Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information if required
to info@eledea.in
Thanks in advance,
Bhavin Patel
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Room Height not considered in calculation, How to considered Room

height in illumination manual cal.

Vijayakuma (reply)
DEC 19, 2018

Hey, i was wondering how to find the Utilization Factor for a light?
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Majd
MAR 16, 2017

dear sir

Rajeev
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JAN 19, 2017 i need to know the no of lights ( high bay required) for a shed having
lenght,breadth and height of 73 mts 33 mtrs and 9 mtrs respectively. the
highbay have 130 lumens per watt at source 120 beam angle and are of
100 watts . the lux level is of 250 . can you please let me know the no of
fixtures requird

thanks
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can u help how to calculate illumination factor for 4 tube lights of 40 watts
inside and outside led bulbs are putting on a hub how to calculate the
spacing
Divya
SEP 06, 2016
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How i can calculate SHR in lighting calculation

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Jamshid
JUN 15, 2016

i need to know what is the relation between No. of Light and lumens while
increasing mounting height of the light.

SUBRAMAN also what is the recommendation for industries. how can i able to find
MAY 06, 2016
Spacing Height Ratio? Where to i got this?
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20x 400w son floodlights are mounted on a 12pole at the middle of each of
the side of a square area of 40m side. calculate utilization factor ,the
average illumianace on the area, the illuminance at any corner point.
Moubani GIVEN : the total initial lamp lumen is 50 klm, D.F=0.8, MF=0.75, loss
Banerjee
OCT 14, 2015
factor=0.9
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It’s verry interesting!

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Koua
JUL 21, 2015

Your work is very good . I appreciate it so much . My question is , if u are

really keen to share your knowledge in the field of electrical Engineering ,
how would one communicate to you ?
Emmanuel
JUL 15, 2015
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Thank you very much.

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Said
APR 27, 2015

Your clarification and description is very interesting and simple, thanks

too much, in this regard I want to ask some questions:

Mostafa 1. should i take into consideration the clean factor (1.27-1.33), ie the
Elsayeed
MAR 21, 2018
values of numbers will be multiplied with this factor and therefore no of
luminaries will increase.

2. for a certain space, it should be identified the color of ceiling, wall&

floor and material type to get the reflecting factors and g with room index
through the data table of the chosen lamp to get UF and this data no
longer be available for the new models of lamps! how can we deal with
this issue? appreciate your reply.
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how can i download this in pdf form

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Dawsam
Abdallah
SEP 29, 2014

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How can I download this article format PDF

Thank you very much

Awny (reply)
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SEP 23, 2014

Number of rows with lighting fixtures = 4

Number of lighting fixtures in each row = 5
Required total number of fixtures = 21
Mohammed TOTAL NUMBER OF FIXTURES SHOULD BE 20 OR 21?? IF 21 PLEASE
Nizamuddin
SEP 01, 2014
EXPLAIN ? ACCORDING TO DATA AT THE BOTTOM SIDE (ALSO
MENTIONED IN 1ST 2 LINES OF COMMENT) I THINK SO TOTAL
NUMBER OF FIXTURES SHOULD BE 20.

REGARDS
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how to download this one?

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Mohammed
Nizamuddin
AUG 31, 2014

tiny mistake in figures..

step 4: spacing should be 2.5 instead of 2.25…1.25×2=2.5..

Kavi step 5: the calculation sticks to 10/2.5=4
AUG 29, 2014

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Nice demonstation of a classical calculation without the help of a fat light

planning software.
But let me please make some comments: A lighting level of 250 Lux for an
Alexander office area is not compliant to standards. For offices you should plan with
Nowak
AUG 19, 2014
500 Lux instead.
Also I would consider to use not CFL but linear fluorescent lamps (T5),
which have much higher efficiency of approx. 100 Lumen per Watt. Than

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you get also a better MF of 0,8 and this together reduces the number of
fixtures.

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