CR 14380:2003

Lighting applications - Tunnel lighting

This standard is valid for all road tunnels and underpasses which are used by the motorised traffic, and which are decided to be lighted.

Eclairagisme - Eclairage des tunnels

Uporaba razsvetljave – Razsvetljava v predorih

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 08-Apr-2003
• ICS: 93.080.40 - Street lighting and related equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 169 - Lighting applications
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 169/WG 6 - Tunnel lighting
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 09-Apr-2003
• Completion Date: 09-Apr-2003
• Ref Project: SIST-TP CR 14380:2004 - Lighting applications - Tunnel lighting

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST-TP CR 14380:2004
01-september-2004
Uporaba razsvetljave – Razsvetljava v predorih
Lighting applications - Tunnel lighting
Eclairagisme - Eclairage des tunnels
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CR 14380:2003
ICS:
93.060 Gradnja predorov Tunnel construction
93.080.40 &HVWQDUD]VYHWOMDYDLQ Street lighting and related
SULSDGDMRþDRSUHPD equipment
SIST-TP CR 14380:2004 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

---------------------- Page: 1 ----------------------

SIST-TP CR 14380:2004

---------------------- Page: 2 ----------------------

SIST-TP CR 14380:2004
CEN REPORT
CR 14380
RAPPORT CEN
CEN BERICHT
April 2003
ICS
English version
Lighting applications - Tunnel lighting
This CEN Report was approved by CEN on 10 November 2001. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 169.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United
Kingdom.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION
EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG
Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36  B-1050 Brussels
© 2003 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. CR 14380:2003 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

---------------------- Page: 3 ----------------------

SIST-TP CR 14380:2004
CR 14380:2003 (E)
CONTENTS
0 Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 6
2 References. 6
3 Definitions. 6
3.1 Tunnel related zones
3.2 Lighting
3.3 Luminances, illuminances
3.4 Traffic related concepts
4 General aspects of tunnel lighting. 10
4.1 Tunnel conditions
4.1.1 Stopping Distance
4.1.2 Tunnel Lighting Requirements
4.1.3 Traffic composition
4.1.4 Road and Tunnel conditions
4.2 Distinction between long and short tunnels
4.3 Lighting systems and contrast rendition methods
4.3.1 Artificial lighting systems
4.3.2 Screened daylight systems
4.4 Aspects common to the various design methods
4.4.1 Flicker
4.4.2 Glare restriction
4.4.3 Lighting control
4.4.4 Maintenance
5 Lighting of long tunnels. 18
6 Artificial lighting of short tunnels and underpasses . 18
7 Emergency lighting. 19
8 Traffic signals. 19
9 Measurement of tunnel lighting installations . 19
9.1 Quality numbers for tunnel lighting installations
9.2 Measuring fields
9.3 Instruments and methods
9.3.1 General
9.3.2 Illumination measurements
9.3.3 Luminance measurements with spot-luminancemeter
9.3.4 Reflection measurements
2

---------------------- Page: 4 ----------------------

SIST-TP CR 14380:2004
CR 14380:2003 (E)
ANNEXE A1 – L20 METHODOLOGY. 22
A.1.1 Luminance level in the threshold zone
A.1.2 Length of the threshold zone
A.1.3 Lighting requirements for the transition zone
A.1.4 Lighting of the interior zone
A.1.5 Lighting of the walls
A.1.6 Uniformity of the road surface luminance
A.1.7 Lighting of the exit zone
A.1.8 Night time lighting
A.1.9 Glare and flicker
A.1.10 Determination of the luminance in the access zone
A.1.10.1 Approximation of L20
A.1.10.2 Determination of L20
ANNEXE A2 – TRAFFIC WEIGHTED L20 METHOD. 30
A.2.1 The determination of the tunnel class
A.2.2 The lighting of the threshold zone of long tunnels
A.2.3 The length of the threshold and transition zone
A.2.4 The road surface luminance of the interior zone
A.2.5 The exit zone
A.2.6 Non-uniformity of the luminance
A.2.7 The lighting of the tunnel walls
A.2.8 Glare restriction
A.2.9 Restriction of the flicker
A.2.10 Night-time lighting
ANNEXE A3 – VEILING LUMINANCE METHOD AS USED IN THE NETHERLANDS. 34
A.3.1 Introduction
A.3.2 The determination of the required contrast in the threshold zone of a long tunnel
A.3.3 The veiling luminan
...