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Calculating The Number of Indoor Lighting Fixtures

The document provides an example of calculating the number of indoor lighting fixtures needed for an office space. It outlines the 8 step process, including determining: total wattage needed, lumens per fixture, number of fixtures, minimum spacing between fixtures, number of rows and fixtures per row, axial and transverse spacing between fixtures. The calculations determine 21 fixtures are needed, arranged in 4 rows with 5 fixtures each, spaced 4 meters axially and 2.5 meters transversely.

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Calculating The Number of Indoor Lighting Fixtures

The document provides an example of calculating the number of indoor lighting fixtures needed for an office space. It outlines the 8 step process, including determining: total wattage needed, lumens per fixture, number of fixtures, minimum spacing between fixtures, number of rows and fixtures per row, axial and transverse spacing between fixtures. The calculations determine 21 fixtures are needed, arranged in 4 rows with 5 fixtures each, spaced 4 meters axially and 2.5 meters transversely.

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Energy E icency / Lighting

An example of calculating the


number of indoor lighting
xtures

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An example of calculating the number of indoor lighting fixtures (on


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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
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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 xtures:

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Total wattage of fixtures = Number of lamps x


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

2. Lumen per xtures

Lumen per fixtures = Lumen efficiency (Lumen per


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

3. Number of xtures

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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 xture

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 xtures 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 xtures 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.

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7. Axial spacing between each xture:

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 xture:

Transverse spacing between fixtures = Width of


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

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5 things to conclude

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Calculated room for the number of lighting fixtures

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So far, we have been calculated the


following:

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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About Author
Jignesh Parmar

Jignesh Parmar has completed M.Tech (Power


System Control) ,B.E(Electrical). He is member of
Institution of Engineers (MIE),India. Membership
No:M-1473586.He has more than 13 years
experience in Transmission -Distribution-Electrical
Energy theft detection-Electrical Maintenance-
Electrical Projects (Planning-Designing-Technical
Review-coordination -Execution). He is Presently

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associate with one of the leading business group


as a Deputy Manager at Ahmedabad,India. He has
published numbers of Technical Articles in
"Electrical Mirror", "Electrical India", "Lighting India",
"Industrial Electrix"(Australian Power Publications)
Magazines. He is Freelancer Programmer of
Advance Excel and design useful Excel base
Electrical Programs as per IS, NEC, IEC,IEEE
codes. He is Technical Blogger and Familiar with
English, Hindi, Gujarati, French languages. He
wants to Share his experience & Knowledge and
help technical enthusiasts to find suitable solutions
and updating themselves on various Engineering
Topics.
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