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Fig. 18 Determination of
height h
′
R
(schematic
diagram)
Room index is:
a
R
b
R
k
¼
ð
49
Þ
h
0
R
ð
a
R
þ
b
R
Þ
If the calculation results in a room index of less than 0.6, a value of k = 0.6 shall be
used for simpli
ed calculations,
where:
a
R
is the depth of the space;
b
R
is the width of the space;
h
0
R
is the difference between the height of the lighting level and the work plane
(see Fig.
18
).
5.3.3 Simplified Procedure
The speci
c electrical power can be calculated with equation:
k
A
E
m
m
2
p
j
¼
W
=
ð
50
Þ
MF
g
s
g
LB
g
R
where:
p
j
is the electrical power in relation to the
floor area for arti
cial lighting;
k
A
is the reduction factor to take into account the task area;
MF
is the maintenance factor which takes into account system aging processes up
to the time of the next maintenance (MF
) standard value
MF = 0.67 shall be assumed. Value 0.80 choose whether if lamps with only a
slight decrease in luminous
2ð
0
:
5
0
:
8
Þ
flux and a low failure rate and if the lamps used
have a pronounced decrease in luminous
flux and a high failure rate, the
maintenance factor shall be reduced to a value up to 0.50;
g
s
is the luminous ef
cacy of the light source and the associated operating
devices used;
g
LB
is the light output ratio (luminaire ef
ciency) of the type of luminaire used;
g
R
is the utilization factor given in the Table
28
.
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