Parking Lot

Lighting analysis and requirements for each component of the parking lot.

1. Entrance and exit

The entrance and exit of the parking lot need to check the documents, charge, identify the driver’s face, and facilitate the communication between the staff and the driver; the railing, the facilities on both sides of the entrance and exit, and the ground must provide corresponding lighting to ensure the safety of the driver’s driving, therefore, the lighting here should be properly strengthened and provide targeted lighting for these operations. GB 50582-2010 stipulates that the parking lot The illumination at the entrance and toll should not be less than 50lx.

2.Signs, markings

The signs in this car park are required to be illuminated to be seen, so the lighting should be designed to take into account the lighting of the signs. Then is the ground markings, set lighting should ensure that all the markings can be clearly displayed.

3. The body of the parking space

The illumination requirements at the parking space, to ensure that the ground markings, ground car lock, isolation rails are clearly shown to ensure that the driver will not hit the ground obstacles due to insufficient illumination when driving into the parking space. Vehicle parking in place after the body needs to be displayed through the appropriate lighting, in order to facilitate the identification of other drivers and vehicle access.

4.Pedestrian route

Pedestrians pick up or get off the car, there will be a section of walking road, this section of the road should be considered according to the ordinary pedestrian road lighting, provide appropriate ground lighting and vertical surface lighting. This car park pedestrian route and the carriageway have mixed use, according to the carriageway standard consideration.

5. Environmental interference

For safety reasons and directional needs, the parking lot environment should have some lighting. However, the impact on the off-site environment should be reduced, after all, vehicles or parking lots are not aesthetic decorations in the public environment, and they may destroy the harmony of the environment. The above problems can be improved through the arrangement of lamps and lanterns, and an array can be formed around the parking lot by setting continuous light poles, which can play the role of a sight barrier and make the parking lot achieve an isolation effect inside and outside.

Lighting Quality Requirements

For the parking lot lighting in addition to the basic illumination requirements, such as the uniformity of illumination; light source color rendering, color temperature requirements; glare is also an important indicator to measure the quality of lighting. High quality site lighting can create a relaxed and good visual environment for drivers and pedestrians.