As 2560.2.1-2003 Sports Lighting Specific Applications - Lighting For Outdoor Tennis
As 2560.2.1-2003 Sports Lighting Specific Applications - Lighting For Outdoor Tennis
As 2560.2.1-2003 Sports Lighting Specific Applications - Lighting For Outdoor Tennis
1—2003
AS 2560.2.1
Australian Standard™
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Sports lighting
Australian Standard™
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Sports lighting
Originated as AS 2560.2.1—1982.
Second edition 2003.
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AS 2560.2.1—2003 2
PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee LG-009, Sports
Lighting, to supersede AS 2560.2.1—1982, Lighting for outdoor tennis.
It forms part of the AS 2560 series, which is as follows:
AS
2560 Sports lighting
2560.1 Part 1: General principles
2560.2 Specific applications
2560.2.1 Part 2.1 Lighting for outdoor tennis (this Standard)
2560.2.2 Part 2.2: Lighting of multipurpose indoor sports centres
2560.2.3 Part 2.3: Lighting for football (all codes)
2560.2.4 Part 2.4: Lighting for outdoor netball and basketball
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CONTENTS
Page
1 SCOPE ........................................................................................................................4
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS ..................................................................................4
3 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................4
4 PARTICULAR VISUAL REQUIREMENTS..............................................................5
5 GENERAL DESIGN OBJECTIVES ...........................................................................5
6 ILLUMINANCE LEVELS ..........................................................................................6
7 UNIFORMITY OF ILLUMINANCE ........................................................................11
8 BACKGROUNDS.....................................................................................................11
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
Australian Standard
Sports lighting
1 SCOPE
This Standard contains recommendations and requirements specific to the lighting of
outdoor tennis courts (the requirements refer to methods of assessment and measurement
and levels of performance).
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This Standard deals with training and play up to competition level, and takes into account
spectator viewing requirements associated with these levels of play.
This Standard does not address the amenity and emergency lighting which may be required
in public areas associated with tennis court complexes.
Additional recommendations and requirements applicable to all sports venues, including
those for outdoor tennis, are contained in AS 2560.1.
Recommendations and requirements applicable to lighting for indoor tennis are provided in
AS 2560.2.2.
This Standard does not detail the special requirements of lighting for colour television
broadcasting.
This Standard makes recommendations, but does not set requirements, regarding obtrusive
light released into the environment from sports lighting installations (see Clause 11).
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
The following documents are referred to in this Standard.
AS
2560 Guide to sports lighting
2560.1 Part 1: General principles
2560.2 Part 2: Specific applications
2560.2.2 Part 2.2: Lighting of multipurpose indoor sports centres
4282 Control of the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting
AS/NZS
3827 Lighting system performance—Accuracies and tolerances
CIE
83 Guide for the lighting of sports events for colour television and film systems
112 Glare evaluation system for use within outdoor sports and area lighting
3 DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Standard, the definitions given in AS 2560.1 as qualified below for
the specific case of tennis courts apply. Some critical definitions are also repeated in this
Standard.