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The purpose of sports lighting is to create the ideal conditions of visibility for those who experience sports facilities.
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The great interest of the media in sports events has an important effect on the development of the sports themselves. This, together with the increased leisure time, has resulted in a booming number of active sportsmen and women all over the world, either taking part in the sport as a leisure activity or in amateur and professional competitions.
Consequently numerous sports complexes have been developed in which all kinds of sports are practiced, from the general physical training sessions to professional activities. In the organization of sports activities and events, the quality of the facilities available is for the utmost importance for pleasure and in the outcome of the competition. Space, a good playing surface, heating/cooling, safety provisions, etc., are all of major importance.
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CEN Comité Européen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization) – Brussels
CIE Commission International de l’éclairage (International Commission of Illumination) – Vienna
CIE 112: Glare evaluation system for use within outdoor sports and area lighting – CIE Central bureau, Vienna, Austria, 1994
GAISF General Association of International Federations – GAISF has been renamed Sport Accord in 2009 – Lausanne
GAISF guide to the artificial lighting of indoor and outdoor sports venues – 2006
NF EN12193 European standard – sports lighting – l’association FranÓaise de Normalisation, 11 rue Francis de PressensÕ, 93571 La plaine Saint Denis, France, March 2008
IES Illuminating engineering Society – New York
IES Lighting Handbook, 10th edn. Reference and application – Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, 120 Wall Street, New York, USA, 2011
NF EN 1838 European standard – emergency lighting – l’association FranÓaise de Normalisation, 11 rue Francis de PressensÕ, 93571 La plaine Saint Denis, France, 2013
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Page, G. (2012). Sports Lighting. In: Luo, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_144-3
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