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What light must achieve in
competitions
A wide range of activities takes place in sports halls from football tournaments to gymnastics
lessons. The lighting should, therefore, be appropriate for most sports and games while meet-
ing important safety standards.
Lighting design is based on the type of sport that has the most demanding visual task. Different
regulations apply to sports hall lighting depending on whether the hall is used for school sports
or for competitive club sports. EN 12464-1 stipulates a light intensity of at least 300 lux with a
uniformity of 0.6 for normal use. The values are higher for competitions.
Wide-area luminaires or profile luminaires are powerful and well suited for homogeneous illumi-
nation. In either case, highly efficient luminaires with a neutral white light colour are advisable.
A key requirement for lighting in sports halls are shock and ball-impact resistant luminaires
that do not break when struck by a ball. Because players look upwards in many sports, the
luminaires must also be highly glare-free (min. UGR ≤ 22). Separate lighting control of individual
areas is needed in very large halls. It makes it possible to create appropriate lighting scenes for
different sports, events, or competitions or to switch off certain areas, e.g. where only parts of
triple or multi-purpose halls are used.
Lighting requirements (EN 12464-1)
• for school and sports halls: light intensity of
at least 300 lx - 500 lx, uniformity of 0.6 /
glare reduction of UGR ≤ 22
• shock and ball-impact resistant luminaires
• good colour rendering (CRI ≥ 80) with neutral
white light colour (4000 K)
• separately controllable lighting for multi-purpose
hall use
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