Natwerk Designs

What is the steps for good lighting design for a soccer or basketball stadium?

it's a report for my college. so if there is a previous Example or PDF sources i'll be grateful

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1. First you will need to choose acceptable locations for the light posts that will be pleasing to the eyes. From there you will need to make a lumens map and determine what lighting will have to be mounted to reach your desired lumens rating at any point on the field (and parking lot if that is part of the scope)
2. The IESNA RP-86 (Illumination Engineering Society of North America) defines how to design lighting for a soccer field. The height of light poles and locations are determined primarily by glare restriction requirements. No luminaire should be tilted at an angle of less than 30 degrees to horizontal. Essentially, this means that the light pole should be high enough so that the lights are tilted down to their aiming point at 30 degrees or greater. This ensures that people are not staring into the lights. IESNA also recommends that the furthest aiming point for a fixture on a pole is one-third the distance across the width of the field. With these two requirements in mind, a little trigonometry will determine correct pole heights. Good lighting distribution with good glare control is achieved with four poles located at 20 meters from the end of the field of play. There are different classes of competition. Many high school soccer stadiums that I have designed (such as Rockwall ISD in Texas) have average maintained light levels of 60 footcandles. A municipal soccer field may only have 30 footcandles maintained average. Basketball is an indoor sport and the lights are overhead, so there are few glare requirements. There are generally only light level and uniformity requirements. High school basketball courts can be designed anywhere from 60 to 80 footcandles whereas collegiate and professional courts will have at least 100 footcandles for broadcasting.