Standards

Why are standards important? They provide boundaries for designers; continuity for repetitive tasks; provide a baseline recommendation for HS&E and the legal system; improve product quality and indirectly productivity and probably most importantly, it educates the great unwashed. This has to be balanced with achieving an acceptably lit environment. The issue is that prior to the computer calculation era, the lumen method of calculation was used and uniformity was generously dealt with. Calculations are now being done with computers, to an apparent degree of precision that is not supported by an appropriate level of accuracy in post installation measurements. AS1680.1-2006, Interior and workplace lighting - general principles and recommendations Abstract Provides general principles and recommendations for lighting building interiors to enhance the performance and comfort of those performing visual tasks. Deals with illuminating essential task details, using both artificial light and daylight, while controlling or excluding factors that might cause visual discomfort. Scope This standard sets out general principles and recommendations for the lighting of interiors of buildings for performance and comfort. It applies primarily to interiors in which specific visual tasks are undertaken and takes into account both electric lighting and daylight. The recommendations have the object of producing a visual environment in which essential task details are made easy to see and adverse factors which may cause visual discomfort are either excluded or appropriately controlled. Recommendations for the lighting of particular interiors or activities are provided in the standards which comprise AS(/NZS)1680.2. Refer also to AS/NZS1680.0 for basic requirements for safe movement. The standard does not deal with lighting for the purposes of decoration, display, entertainment or sport. NOTE: Attention is drawn to the AS(/NZS)2293 series of standards which set out requirements for the lighting necessary to alleviate panic and to permit safe evacuation of the building occupants should this be required in the event of loss of the normal lighting. Australian Standards AS 1680 Series Part 0 1998 Part 1 2006 Part 2.0 1990 Part 2.1 2008 Part 2.2 2008 Part 2.3 2008 Part 2.4 1997 Part 2.5 1997 Interior Lighting Safe Movement General Principles and Recommendations Recommendations for Specific Tasks and Interiors (superseded) Circulation spaces and other general areas Office and screen based tasks Educational and training facilities Industrial Tasks & Processes Hospital & Medical Tasks

Part 3 1991 Part 4 2001 AS/NZS 2293 Series Part 1 2005 Part 2 1998 Part 3 2005 AS/NZS 1158 Series Part 0 1997 Part 1.1 1997 Part 1.3 1997 Part 2 1986

Measurement, Calculation and Presentation of Photometric Data Maintenance of Electric Lighting Systems Emergency Evacuation Lighting For Buildings System Design, Installation and Operation Inspection and Maintenance Emergency Luminaires and Exit Signs Road Lighting (Collection 32) Road Lighting - Introduction Road Lighting Vehicular Traffic (Category V) Lighting Performance and Installation Design Requirements Road Lighting Vehicular Traffic (Category V) Lighting Guide to Design, Installation, Operation and Maintenance The Lighting of Urban Roads and Other Public Thoroughfares Computer Procedures for the Calculation of Light Technical Parameters for Category A Lighting Road Lighting Pedestrian Area (Category P) Lighting Performance and Installation Design Requirements The Lighting of Urban Roads and Other Public Thoroughfares Supplementary Lighting at Pedestrian Crossings Lighting for Roads and Public Spaces Tunnels and Underpasses Lighting for Roads and Public Spaces Luminaires Control Of The Obtrusive Effects Of Outdoor Lighting Sports Lighting (Collection 34) Lighting of Multipurpose Indoor Sports Centres Lighting For Outdoor Netball and Basketball Swimming Pools Outdoor Hockey

Part 3.1 1999 Part 4 1987 Part 5 2007 Part 6 2004 AS/NZS 4282 1997 AS/NZS 2560 Series

Guide to Sports Lighting Lighting For Football (All Codes) Lighting For Outdoor Tennis Baseball and Softball Bowling Greens

Over 74 Australian and New Zealand Standards exist related to lighting in some way.