EN 12665:2024
(Main)Light and lighting - Basic terms and criteria for specifying lighting requirements
Light and lighting - Basic terms and criteria for specifying lighting requirements
This document defines basic terms and definitions for use in all lighting applications. This document also sets out a framework for the specification of lighting requirements, giving details of aspects that are to be considered when setting those requirements.
Licht und Beleuchtung - Grundlegende Begriffe und Kriterien für die Festlegung von Anforderungen an die Beleuchtung
Dieses Dokument definiert grundlegende Begriffe für alle lichttechnischen Anwendungen. Dieses Dokument legt auch Rahmenbedingungen für die Festlegung der Anforderungen an die Beleuchtung fest. Dabei werden Einzelheiten zu den Gesichtspunkten dargestellt, die bei Festlegung dieser Anforderungen zu berücksichtigen sind.
Lumière et éclairage - Termes de base et critères pour la spécification des exigences en éclairage
Le présent document définit les termes et définitions de base à utiliser dans toutes les applications d’éclairage. Le présent document définit également un guide pour la spécification d’exigences en éclairage et fournit certains détails relatifs aux aspects à prendre en compte lors de l’établissement desdites exigences.
Svetloba in razsvetljava - Osnovni izrazi in merila za specifikacijo zahtev za razsvetljavo
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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01-januar-2023
Svetloba in razsvetljava - Osnovni izrazi in merila za specifikacijo zahtev za
razsvetljavo
Light and lighting - Basic terms and criteria for specifying lighting requirements
Licht und Beleuchtung - Grundlegende Begriffe und Kriterien für die Festlegung von
Anforderungen an die Beleuchtung
Lumière et éclairage - Termes de base et critères pour la spécification des exigences en
éclairage
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 12665
ICS:
01.040.91 Gradbeni materiali in gradnja Construction materials and
(Slovarji) building (Vocabularies)
91.160.01 Razsvetljava na splošno Lighting in general
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 12665
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
November 2022
ICS 01.040.91; 91.160.01 Will supersede EN 12665:2018
English Version
Light and lighting - Basic terms and criteria for specifying
lighting requirements
Lumière et éclairage - Termes de base et critères pour Licht und Beleuchtung - Grundlegende Begriffe und
la spécification des exigences en éclairage Kriterien für die Festlegung von Anforderungen an die
Beleuchtung
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CEN/TC 169.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
3.1 Eye and vision . 5
3.2 Light and colour . 8
3.3 Lighting equipment . 25
3.4 Daylight . 35
3.5 Lighting installations . 36
3.6 Lighting measurements . 49
4 Framework for the specification of lighting requirements . 50
4.1 General . 50
4.2 Illuminance . 51
4.3 Luminance . 51
4.4 Glare . 51
4.4.1 Disability glare . 51
4.4.2 Discomfort glare . 51
4.5 Colour . 51
4.5.1 Colour rendering . 51
4.5.2 Light source colour . 51
4.6 Energy. 51
4.7 Maintenance . 52
4.7.1 Maintenance . 52
4.7.2 Maintenance factor . 52
4.8 Measurements and calculations . 52
Annex A (informative) Additional explanation of defined terms . 53
Annex B (informative) Index of terms . 56
Bibliography . 65
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European foreword
This document (prEN 12665:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 169 “Light and
lighting”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 12665:2018.
The main technical changes in this revision of EN 12665:2018 are through harmonisation with the
revised CIE International Lighting Vocabulary, CIE S 017:2020.
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Introduction
This document specifies a basic framework intended to be used for the specification of lighting
requirements.
Where a term is contained in CIE Publication CIE S 017:2020 ILV, International Lighting Vocabulary or
IEC 60050-845, International Electrotechnical Vocabulary, Chapter 845: Lighting, a reference is given to
the equivalent term where the terms in both documents are, for all practical purposes, identical.
NOTE Definitions from CIE S 017:2020 and IEC 60050-845:2020 contain notes providing information on the
numbering in previous versions of both documents. These notes were generally omitted as they are not necessary
for application in European standards.
For some terms additional explanation is given in informative Annex A. An index of terms is given in
informative Annex B.
The lighting requirements for a space are determined by the need to provide:
— adequate illumination for safety and movement;
— conditions that will facilitate visual performance and colour perception;
— acceptable visual comfort for the occupants in the space.
The relative importance of these factors will vary for different applications. This basic framework covers
aspects in the field of vision, photometry and colorimetry, involving natural and man-made optical
radiation over the UV, the visible and the IR regions of the spectrum, and application subjects covering
all usages of light, indoors and outdoors, including environmental, energy and sustainability
requirements and aesthetics and non- image forming biological aspects.
Peculiar and specific terms can be defined in application standards.
Considerations should also be given to the energy used by lighting and to maintenance.
The parameters that need to be specified to ensure good visual conditions and an efficient lighting
installation are common to many applications. These are dealt with in Clause 4 of this document.
LED terms and definitions already existing within EN 62504 have not been included in this document.
For terms and definitions concerning daylight openings within a building envelope the following
standards may also be consulted:
EN 12216, Shutters, external blinds, internal blinds — Terminology, glossary and definitions
EN 12519, Windows and pedestrian doors — Terminology
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1 Scope
This document defines basic terms and definitions for use in all lighting applications. This document also
sets out a framework for the specification of lighting requirements, giving details of aspects that are to be
considered when setting those requirements.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/ui
3.1 Eye and vision
3.1.1
adaptation
process by which the state of the visual system is modified by previous and present exposure to stimuli
that can have various luminance values, spectral distributions and angular subtenses
Note 1 to entry: Adaptation to specific spatial frequencies, orientations, sizes, etc. are recognized as being included
in this definition.
Note 2 to entry: The terms light adaptation and dark adaptation are also used, the former when the luminances of
the stimuli are of at least several candelas per square metre, and the latter when the luminances are of less than
some hundredths of a candela per square metre.
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-845:2020 845-22-012 / CIE S 017:2020; 17-22-012, modified - Note 2 to entry
added]
3.1.2
accommodation
adjustment of the dioptric power of the crystalline lens by which the image of an object, at a given
distance, is focused on the retina
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-845:2020 845-22-086 / CIE S 017:2020; 17-22-086]
3.1.3
visual acuity
visual resolution
capacity for seeing distinctly fine details that have very small angular separation
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-845:2020 845-22-077 / CIE S 017:2020; 17-22-077]
3.1.4
brightness
attribute of a visual perception according to which an area appears to emit, transmit or reflect, more or
less light
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Note 1 to entry: The use of this term is not restricted to primary light sources.
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-845:2020 845-22-059 / CIE S 017:2020; 17-22-059]
3.1.5
contrast
perceived contrast
assessment of the difference in appearance of two or more parts of a field seen
simultaneously or successively
EXAMPLE 1 Brightness contrast, lightness contrast, colour contrast, simultaneous contrast, successive contrast.
EXAMPLE 2 By the proportional variation in contrast near the luminance threshold (ΔL/L) or by the ratio of
luminances for much higher luminances (L /L ).
1 2
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-845:2020 845-22-089 / CIE S 017:2020; 17-22-089, modified - example 2 added]
3.1.6
brightness contrast
subjective assessment of the difference in brightness between two or more surfaces seen simultaneously
or successively
3.1.7
colour contrast
subjective assessment of the difference in colour between two or more surfaces seen simultaneously or
successively
3.1.8
glare
condition of vision in which there is discomfort or a reduction in the ability to see details or objects,
caused by an unsuitable distribution or range of luminance, or by extreme luminance contrasts
Note 1 to entry: See also “disability glare”, “discomfort glare”.
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-845:2020 845-22-098 / CIE S 01/E 7:2020; 17-22-098]
3.1.9
flicker
perception of visual unsteadiness induced by a light stimulus the luminance or spectral distribution of
which fluctuates with time, for a static observer in a static environment
Note 1 to entry: The fluctuations of the light stimulus with time include periodic and non-periodic
fluctuations and can be induced by the light source itself
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