Car Parks

The lighting requirements for lighting on car parks are detailed in this section.

Area

Ra Value

Lighting class

 

 

(a)

(b)

(c)

Car Park

Ra<60

S4 a

S2a

CE2

 

Ra≥60

S5 a

S3 a

S2a

(a)  Light traffic, e.g. district centre areas

(b)  Medium traffic, e.g. town centre areas

(c)  Heavy traffic, e.g. parking areas of schools, churches, major sports.

a  When calculating the S class light levels for car parks the Emin value shall be ignored and a Uo value of 0.25 shall be applied.