Decoding the lighting standards

Several countries in the world have developed their own standards to certify that the spaces are illuminated with good ergonomics.

There many of them classfied based on location and the function like Interior, Exterior, Emergency lighting, Farms, etc. We will be focusing on the interior homes and office lighting, they are as follows

  • ASR A3.4 (2011) Technical Rules for Workplaces: ASR A3.4 Lighting and Visual Connection

  • EN 12464-1 Lighting of work places – Part 1: Indoor work places

  • ISO 8995-1:2002(E)/CIE S 008/E:2001 Lighting of work places – Part 1: Indoor

  • CIE 117 Discomfort glare in interior lighting

  • CIE 40 Calculation procedures for interior lighting: Basic method

  • CIE 52 Calculation procedures for interior lighting: Practical method

  • CIE 110 Spatial distribution of daylight – Luminance distributions of various skies

  • DIN 5034 Daylight in interior spaces

  • IES LM 79-08 Electrical and photometric measurements of solid-state lighting products

  • IESNA Lighting Handbook (10th Edition) Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Lighting Handbook

  • JIEG-001 method II(2013)/III(2005) Maintenance Factor and Maintenance Planning in Lighting Design

  • SLL Lighting Guide 7 Office lighting

  • VBG Publ. SP2.4 BGI 856 Office lighting

  • ISO 15469:2004 Spatial distribution of daylight

  • CIE S 011:2003 Standard general sky

  • ISO/CIE TS 22012:2019 Light and lighting – Maintenance factor determination – Way of working

  • AS/NZS 1680 Interior lighting

  • DIN 5040 (1976, 1995, 1977, 1999) Luminaires (lighting fittings); classification

The full lists including the Exterior and other functionality are [ASR A3.4 (2011), EN 12464-1, ISO 8995-1:2002(E)/CIE S 008/E:2001, EN 1838, EN 12193, EN 15193, CIE 117, CIE 97, CIE 40, CIE 52, CIE 110, DIN 5034, DIN V 18599 1,4 und 10, IES LM 79-08, IESNA LM-63, IESNA Lighting Handbook (10th Edition), JIEG-001 method II(2013)/III(2005), SLL Lighting Guide 7, SLL Lighting Guide 12, VBG Publ. SP2.4 BGI 856, CTE SU, SU4, Green building council Australia, ISO 15469:2004, CIE S 011:2003, ISO/CIE TS 22012:2019, AS/NZS 2293, AS/NZS 1680, EN 13032: (2012, 2017, 2021, 2015, 2018), CIE 171:2006, DIN 5040 (1976, 1995, 1977, 1999), SIA 387/4:2023, SIA 380/4:2006, Decreti Ministeriali 27/09/2017 (IT)]