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Introduction Lecture

Lighting and Acoustics (AP228)


NATIONAL BUILDING CODEOFINDIA
2016
NATIONAL BUILDING CODEOFINDIA2016
❖It is a comprehensive building Code, is a national instrument providing guidelines for regulating
the building construction activities across the country.

❖It serves as a Model Code for adoption by all agencies involved in building construction works
be they Public Works Departments, other government construction departments, local bodies or
private construction agencies.

❖The Code was first published in 1970 at the instance of Planning Commission and then first
revised in 1983. Thereafter three major amendments were issued to the 1983 version, two in
1987 and the third in 1997. The second revision of the Code was in 2005, to which two
amendments were issued in 2015.
NATIONAL BUILDING CODEOFINDIA2016
CONTENTS OF NBC 2016

VOLUME 1

❖ PART 0 INTEGRATED APPROACH – A PRE-REQUISITE FOR APPLYING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE

❖ PART 1 DEFINITIONS

❖ PART 2 ADMINISTRATION

❖ PART 3 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL RULES AND GENERAL BUILDING REQUIREMENTS

❖ PART 4 FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY

❖ PART 5 BUILDING MATERIALS

❖ PART 6 STRUCTURAL DESIGN


NATIONAL BUILDING CODEOFINDIA2016
CONTENTS OF NBC 2016

VOLUME 2

❖ PART 7 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, PRACTICES AND SAFETY

❖ PART 8 BUILDING SERVICES


❖ Section 1 Lighting and Natural Ventilation

❖ Section 4 Acoustics, Sound Insulation and Noise Control

❖ PART 9 PLUMBING SERVICES (INCLUDING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT)

❖ PART 10 LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT, SIGNS AND OUTDOOR DISPLAY STRUCTURES

❖ PART 11 APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY

❖ PART 12 ASSET AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT


Lighting
Principles of Lighting

Good lighting is necessary for all buildings. The aim of good lighting is to promote work and
other activities carried out within the building; promote the safety of the people using the
building; and create, in conjunction with the structure and decoration, a pleasing environment
conducive to interest of the occupants and a sense of their well-being.
Aims of Lighting
a)Careful planning of the brightness and color pattern within both the working areas and the surroundings so that
attention is drawn naturally to the important areas, detail is seen quickly and accurately and the room is free from any
sense of gloom or monotony

b) Using directional lighting, where appropriate, to assist perception of task detail and to give good modeling;

c) Controlling direct and reflected glare from light sources to eliminate visual discomfort;

d) In artificial lighting installations, minimizing flicker from certain types of lamps and paying attention to the colour
rendering properties of the light;

e)Correlating lighting throughout the building to prevent excessive differences between adjacent areas so as to reduce
the risk of accidents; and

f) Installing emergency lighting systems, where necessary.


Glare
Excessive contrast or abrupt and large changes in brightness produce the effect of glare. When
glare is present, the efficiency of vision is reduced and small details or subtle changes in scene
cannot be perceived. It may be,

a) direct glare due to light sources within the field of vision;

b)reflected glare due to reflections from light sources or surfaces of excessive brightness;

and

c) veiling glare where the peripheral field is comparatively very bright.


Example of Glare
The view of the bright sky through a window or skylight, especially when the surrounding wall or
ceiling is comparatively dark or weakly illuminated.

Glare can be minimised in this case either by shielding the open sky from direct sight by louvers,
external hoods or deep reveals, curtains or other shading devices or by cross lighting the
surroundings to a comparable level.
Day-lighting
❖Day lighting is utilization of light from the sun and sky to augment or replace electric light.
Appropriate fenestration and lighting controls can be used to modulate daylight admittance and
to reduce electric lighting, while meeting the occupants visual comfort.

❖Impact on lighting energy consumption - During day time when natural light outside, is
available in abundance, window can be utilized as a tool to harness natural light from Sun and
sky to light the space. Buildings, in which artificial lighting is integrated with the day lighting, can
reduce their energy consumption significantly.
Terminology
❖ Candela (cd) - The SI unit of luminous intensity. Candela = 1 lumen per steradian.

❖Daylight Factor - The measure of total daylight illuminance at a point on a given plane expressed as the
ratio (or percentage) which the illuminance at the point on the given plane bears to the simultaneous
illuminance on a horizontal plane due to clear design sky at an exterior point open to the whole sky vault,
direct sunlight being excluded.

❖ Daylight Penetration - The maximum distance to which a given daylight factor contour penetrates into a
room.

❖ Direct Solar Illuminance - The illuminance from the sun without taking into account the light from the sky.
Terminology
❖Glare - A condition of vision in which there is discomfort or a reduction in the ability to see
significant objects or both due to an unsuitable distribution or range of luminance or due to
extreme contrasts in space and time.

❖Illuminance —Ata point on a surface, the ratio of the luminous flux incident on an infinitesimal
element of the surface containing the point under consideration to the area of the element. The
unit of illuminance (the measurement of illumination) is lux which is 1 lumen per m2.

❖Lumen (lm) - SI unit of luminous flux. The luminous flux emitted within unit solid angle (one
steradian) by a point source having a uniform intensity of one candela.
Terminology
❖Visible light is a form of electromagnetic (EM) radiation, as are radio waves, infrared radiation,
ultraviolet radiation, X-rays and microwaves. Generally, visible light is defined as the wavelengths
that are visible to most human eyes.

❖Visible light falls in the range of the EM spectrum between infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV). It
has frequencies of about 4 × 1014 to 8 × 1014 cycles per second, or hertz (Hz) and wavelengths
of about 740 nanometers (nm) or 2.9 × 10−5 inches, to 380 nm (1.5 × 10−5 inches).

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