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Module 4 Lighting Application Version 2 EE IIT, Kharagpur 1 Lesson 16 Sports Lighting Version 2 EE IIT, Kharagpur 2 Instructional objectives 1. List the factors responsible for sport lighting? 2. List the categories of users concerned with sport lighting. 3. State the grouping of games according to CIE. Sports Lighting This lesson addresses sports lighting application. Lighting for sports facility looks for comfort of four user groups namely Players, Officials, Spectators and Media. Players and officials should see clearly in the play area to produce best possible results the object used in the game. Spectators should follow the performance of the players. In addition to play area surroundings also need to be illuminated. Lighting should be such that it enables safe entry and exit. With increasing crowd level safety becomes more and more important. Media include TV and film, for whom lighting should provide lighting such that conditions are suitable for color picture quality as per CIE 83. This should be suitable for both general pictures as well as close up of players and spectators. Additionally, it should have provisions for emergency power supply to provide continuous transmission. Criteria relevant for sports lighting are Horizontal Illuminance, Vertical Illuminance, Illuminance Uniformity, Glare restrictions, Modeling shadows and Color appearance rendering Horizontal Illuminance This becomes important as major part of view is illuminated playing area. Illuminance on the horizontal plane serves adaptati