Lighting Guide Rugby Field Enjoy the flexibility, love your sport Lighting Guide The right lighting for your sports facility The world is constantly evolving, and so is the way we communicate and interact with each other. The sports industry is no exception. More than ever, people are finding it harder to interact and keep in touch with team members. As a result, individual sports, such as running, are gaining popularity while teams and the unity they provide are fading. Social media has impacted The impact on sports clubs how we interact with each Lighting a football field Understanding how the industry is changing is other in the world of sports. key for sports clubs to remain afloat financially and socially. Through social platforms such Because recreational football is usually illuminated uniformly regardless of the as Twitter, Facebook or apps we played in the evening after work, pole arrangement chosen. Surprisingly, lighting can play a major role in can communicate with our teams, effective lighting maximizes the allowing sports clubs to provide a welcoming The poles must be positioned outside share scores, and much more. New opportunity for people to take part in and inspiring environmnet for people to practice the normal direction of view for players technologies like fitness trackers the game. whenever they’d like. with regard to their alignment with both allow us to share our activities Although the lighting level will obviously goal lines and touch lines. and compare results, even with be lower than for broadcasted matches, Of course, proper illumination when playing Source: Society of Light and Lighting UK professional athletes. the lighting quality should remain high sports is a basic necessity. However, the quality in terms of uniformity, visual comfort of the lighting is crucial not only for the athletes, Whether you play a sport to stay and limitation of obtrusive light, but for the sports facility owners. At Philips, we fit, set a personal record, or for especially in residential areas where can support you with the best-in-class lighting socialization, the way we leisure sports facilities are often to improve athlete results, while using minimum located. participate in sports is ever eneergy, minimize the impact on the environment changing. These types of facilities will usually be and increasing potential revenue streams. stand-alone, in residential areas, with little or no spectator capacity. While our lighting systems provide the players The lighting for non-televised events and trainers with the flexibility to play whenever should be planned so that the they want, they also provide facility operators horizontal surface of the pitch can be insight on the status of all lighting in their facility. 2 3 Lighting Guide Football Lighting a rugby field Lighting a football field The lighting should provide uniform Care should be taken to ensure that illumination over the full pitch, shadows are not cast onto the pitch Because recreationalappropriate football to the proposed is usually classilluminated of from uniformly floodlights regardless located of behind the played in thecompetition. evening after It should work, also ensurepole that arrangement grandstand chosen. rooflines. It is permissible to effective lightingthe full maximizes flight of the the ball is visible while place poles in line with or close to the The poles must be positioned outside opportunityproviding for people good to viewingtake part conditions in for scoring (try) line as poles located close the normal direction of view for players the game. players, officials and spectators. to this line can reduce shadowing from For competitions, the lighting with regardthe to high their goal alignment posts. with both Although therequirements lighting level will will probably obviously be dictatedgoal lines and touch lines. be lower than for broadcasted matches, Source: Society of Light and Lighting UK by the viewing requirements of Source: Society of Light and Lighting UK the lightingspectators, quality should which remain in turn high are related to in terms ofthe uniformity, viewing conditionsvisual comfort and spectator and limitationcapacity of obtrusive of the sports light, ground. Various especially lightingin residential systems areas may where be suitable for leisure sportsrugby facilities grounds are and often stadia. In the located. provision of any lighting system, These typesthought of facilities should will be usually given to be reduce stand-alone,visual in residential obstruction areas, of the with event for little or no spectatorsspectator capacity.wherever possible. The lighting for non-televised events should be planned so that the horizontal surface of the pitch can be 3 Rugby 3 Lighting Guide Football Recreational and amateur level AS52560: Eh ave > 75 lux Tango LED gen3 70 m 120 m Specifications Tango LED gen3 AAAA AAAA Poles 4 x 12 m Floodlight 16 x Tango LED gen3 500W Floodlight Type BVP384 LED600 500W 220x240V AWB System Power 8 kW Eh ave > 75 lux Emin/Eave > 0.5 Ra > 70 GR Max 40 ULR 2% AAAA AA AA MF 0.8 Floodlight aiming Amateur and Semi- Professional level AS2560: Eh ave > 200 lux OptiVision LED gen2 70 m 120 m Specifications OptiVision LED gen2 AAAAA AAAAA Poles 4 x 18 m Floodlight 20 x OptiVision LED gen2 1471 W Floodlight Type BVP525 OUT T25 50K 1xLED1940/757 A-NB/30 System Power 29.42 kW Eh ave > 200 lux Emin/Eave > 0.6 Ra > 70 GR Max 50.1 ULR 2% MF 0.9 AAAAA AAAAA Floodlight aiming 4 Rugby Professional level EN12193: Eh ave > 500 lux OptiVision LED gen2 70 m 120 m Specifications OptiVision LED gen2 AAAAAAA AAAAAAAA AAAAAAA Poles 6 x 18 m Floodlight 44 x OptiVision LED gen2 1471 W Floodlight Type BVP525 OUT T25 50K 1xLED1940/757 A-NB/30 System Power 64.72 kW Eh ave > 500 lux Emin/Eave > 0.7 Ra > 70 GR Max 50 ULR 2% MF 0.9 AAAAAAA AAAAAAAA AAAAAAA Floodlight aiming *The lighting technical parameters and design values stated in this document are of a general nature only and is not intended to be relied upon as a substitute for professional advice. Excludes any obtrusive lighting calculations, client due diligence is required. No responsibility will be accepted by Signify for loss occasioned to any person doing anything as a result of any material in this resource. For project specific requirements and professional lighting designs, please contact Signify New Zealand Limited on 0800 4LIGHT (0800 454 448). 5 Rugby Lighting considerations The main goal when installing a lighting system on a field is to meet specific standards. Usually, the lighting requirements are linked to the sport. In practice, the light level for a training field is lower than a match field. Specific lighting is also needed based on the type of game, speed of action, and viewing distance. A crucial, yet often overlooked, element and professional events do. A sporting of a first-class sports venue is its lighting facility’s capacity and the distances from system. A great lighting system does more which spectators are viewing the action than just illuminate the field of play. Among also come into play in lighting. This variety other things, it also makes visitors generally of interests explains why AS Standards are comfortable in their surroundings and organised into different so-called ‘levels of ensures a successful game for the players. play’. But beyond those simple imperatives, sports Given thenmany factors involved in lighting is a complex business. National, providing excellent lighting at a sporting regional, and local competitions all have venue, it might be useful to define the their different lighting requirements; practice key considerations that sports lighting sesions and recreational sports call for professionals need ot take into account. different lighting regimes than competitive Horizontal illuminance Vertical illuminance The illuminated playing surface The sporters in any particular sporting event, as well takes up a major part of the field as the ball they’re using, can be understood as vertical of view for anyone in a sporting surfaces. This means that we need to keep vertical venue, whether players, officials or illuminace (Ev) primarily in mind when we light them. spectators. Horizontal illuminance (Eh) represets the illuminance on To guarantee an optimal view and make it possible for this horizontal plane at ground the human eye to identify players from every direction, level. It serves primarily to create we should generally measure Ev at a height of 1.5 a stable visual background against metres, which corresponds approximately to the faces which the eye can discern players of the players. and objects. Experience shows that there’s an intimate relationship For Amateur till Professional level, between vertical and horizontal illuminance. For sports an average horizontal illuminance with no specific vertical illuminance criteria, vertical of between 50 lux and 500 lux is illuminance will be sufficient if the required horizontal required, depending on the sport in illuminance is achieved, and if the lighting design rules question and on the level of play. are followed. 6 Uniformity defined obtrusive light limits based on CIE Ensuring uniformity is important in avoiding recommendations. The key criteria here adaptation problems for both players and are vertical illuminance on properties, the spectators. If uniformity is inadequate, luminaire intensity in a potentially obtrusive certain objects or player details might be direction of each light source, the quantity difficult to see from certain positions. of light emitted above the horizontal plane that passes through the center of the Uniformity is expressed as: luminaire, and the level of glare that area • The ratio of the lowest to the highest drivers experience. illuminance (U1 = Emin/Emax) • The ratio of the lowest to the average Colour properties illuminance (U2 = Emin/Eaverage) The color properties of luminaires have two • The uniformity of the horizontal important aspects: illuminance is generally specified as • The color appearance of the light.