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In sports competitions, there are many factors that affect the site of competition, one of the most important factors is lighting conditions. The lighting effect on the sports field directly affects the performance of the athletes, the viewing effect of the audience and the broadcast of TV programs.

E-LITE Lighting(Since 2008), as industry leading LED Industrial & Outdoor Lighting manufacturer, found the growing demands of sports lighting switching to LEDs ever since the year 2008 and started the R&D. Being the first batch of manufacturers that invest in LED Sports Lighting, E-LITE Lighting successfully launched various luminaires specialized in all kinds of indoor and outdoor sports courts, and established its leading position in LED Lighting areas.

For years, E-lite LED floodlights, LED High Mast Lights and LED Highbay lights are constantly exporting to US, UK, Australia, Japan, Turkey, Spain, Mexico, Thailand…, and light up all kinds of outdoor and indoor gyms, including tennis courts, football pitches, basketball courts, baseball fields, hockey areas, fitness centers, etc.

Sports lighting requirements

To do a good stadium lighting design, the designer must first understand and master the stadium lighting requirements: there should be sufficient illuminance and uniformity of illuminance, no glare lighting and appropriate shadow effects.

(1) Illumination requirements

Sport lighting design is mainly to meet the needs of football, athletics, football, hockey and other sports. The movement of football is not only on the ground, but also in the space of 10-30 meters from the ground. Most of the track and field competitions are performed within a height of about 3 meters from the ground. Sports such as javelin, discus, and hammer can reach a height of 20 meters. Therefore, it is necessary to maintain a certain brightness in all directions of a certain space height and meets the requirements for uniform light distribution on the ground. In order to meet the requirements of color TV live broadcasting, especially HDTV broadcasting, the brightness ratio between athletes and the venue and the audience should have a certain value.The horizontal illuminance, vertical illuminance, and brightness

(2) Illumination uniformity

In order to ensure that TV cameras can capture high-quality TV images, the requirement for uniform lighting is necessary.Simultaneously,unevenness of light will also cause visual pain to athletes and audiences.The faster the athletes moves and the smaller the exercise equipment,the stricter the requirements for vertical illumination,illumination uniformity and illumination gradient.

(3) Brightness and glare

Both the camera and the human eye use the intensity of the perceived illumination as the brightness. Therefore, the picture contrast and its background are the most important for the picture quality. Brightness and glare are important to the visual comfort of athletes and spectators. Considering that to avoid too dark background, part of the light should be directed to the stands.This not only reduces the glare of the audience on the opposite stand, but also makes the TV picture more favorable because of a bright stand background.In general, glare is largely determined by the brightness of lighting facilities,The glare problem can be solved as long as the contradiction between the audience and the athlete is coordinated.This coordination is done by the designer, that is, the light distribution of the flood light, the installation plan, the height of the lamp suspension and other factors should be considered when designing.

(4) Shadow effect

The strong contrast of brightness and the shadows hinder the correct adjustment of the TV camera, which will affect the quality of the TV picture. Too dark will also reduce visual comfort. On the other hand, shadows are very important for television transmission and viewers, especially when football games with fast-moving high-speed passing characteristics. If there are shadow effects, the audience from the players cannot track the goal.