The degree of visibility and comfort required in a wide range of outdoor work places is governed by the type and duration of activity.

This Standard specifies the lighting requirements related to the amount and quality of lighting which will contribute to the visual needs for safety, easiness, efficiency and comfort for performing tasks within outdoor work places or other areas related thereto.

This Standard does not provide explanation on how the lighting systems should be designed to a resolve a specific problem, nor does it restrict the freedom of designers to adopt a new technology, or use of new equipment or device.

NOTE 1 For methods of designing the lighting systems and technologies to optimize a specific visual environment, related Guides and Reports of the International Commission on Illumination (Commision Internationale de lEclairage, hereafter referred to as CIE) and standards issued by the Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan should be referred to.

NOTE 2 The International Standards corresponding to this Standard and the symbol of degree of correspondence are as follows:

CIE S 015: 2005 Lighting of outdoor work places

ISO/CIE 8995-3: 2006 Lighting of work places-Part 3: Lighting requirements for safety and security of outdoor work places

(Overall evaluation: MOD)

The symbols which denote the degree of correspondence in the contents in the corresponding International Standard and JIS are IDT (identical), MOD (modified) and NEQ (not equivalent) according to ISO/IEC Guide 21-1.

However, the stationary luminaires such as stone lanterns to be installed in garden shall be outside the scope of this Standard.

The portable luminaires for garden use include a type that is fixed by sticking a spike into the earth and a type that is fixed by a clamp (such as thumbscrews that are detachable by hand), etc.

The luminaires of embedded type are not included.

NOTE: The International Standard corresponding to this Standard and the symbol of degree of correspondence are as follows.

IEC 60598-2-7 : 1982 Luminaires.

Part 2 : Particular requirements) Section Seven – Portable luminaires for garden use) Amendment 1 : 1987 and Amendment 2 : 1994 (MOD)

In addition, symbols which denote the degree of correspondence in the contents between the relevant International Standard and JIS are IDT (identical), MOD (modified), and NEQ (not equivalent) according to ISO/IEC Guide 21-1.

Scope

This Standard sets out requirements for the control of the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting. It includes limits for the relevant light technical parameters to control these effects. As the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting are best controlled by appropriate design, this Standard is primarily applicable to new installations. This Standard specifically refers to the potentially adverse effects of outdoor lighting on nearby residents (e.g. of dwellings such as houses, hotels, hospitals), users of adjacent roads (e.g. vehicle drivers, pedestrians, cyclists) and transport signalling systems (e.g. air, marine, rail), and on astronomical observations.
NOTE: Appendix B provides guidance on the documentation that may be required by planning bodies, in order to facilitate assessment of a proposed lighting scheme.
The Standard does not apply to public lighting, as defined in Clause 1.4.11, unless specified by the relevant authority.
This Standard does not apply to environmental impacts associated with the daytime appearance of outdoor lighting systems, including their support structures.
Due to the diversity of biota throughout Australia and New Zealand and minimal information on thresholds and behavioural response of species to artificial light, the effect of obtrusive light on fauna is not covered within the normative parts of this Standard.
NOTE: This subject is discussed in Appendix C for information only.

Scope

This Standard sets out guidelines for the control of the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting except for those applications specifically excluded below. It includes recommended limits for the relevant lighting parameters to control these effects. As the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting are best controlled by appropriate design, the guidance given is primarily applicable to new installations; however, some advice is also provided on remedial measures that may be taken for existing installations.

This Standard specifically refers to the potentially adverse effects of outdoor lighting on nearby residents (e.g. of dwellings such as houses, hotels, hospitals), users of adjacent roads (e.g. vehicle drivers, pedestrians, cyclists) and transport signalling systems (e.g. air, marine, rail), and on astronomical observations.

This Standard does not apply to-
(a) public lighting, as defined in Clause 1.4.10;
(b) internally illuminated advertising signs;
(c) the obtrusive effects of brightly lit surfaces, e.g. floodlit buildings, and externally lit advertising signs;
(d) lighting systems which are installed for the purposes of colour television broadcasting;
(e) lighting systems which are of a cyclic or flashing nature; and
(f) environmental impacts associated with the daytime appearance of outdoor lighting systems, including their support structures.

Notwithstanding Item (c) above, whilst this Standard does not cover the obtrusive effects of the bright objects themselves, it does apply to any indirect effects produced in terms of the light technical parameters of Table 2.1.

NOTES:
1 Some lighting installations may require, in terms of planning ordinances, the preparation of an environmental impact statement as a prerequisite for obtaining development approval.
2 See the Foreword for further information on the specific exclusions outlined above.
3 Appendix A sets out general principles that should be applied in the design of outdoor lighting for the control of obtrusive effects.

Scope

This Standard contains recommendations and requirements (the requirements refer to methods of assessment and measurement and levels of performance) specific to the lighting of lawn bowls where played outdoors.
Recommendations which are appropriate for indoor bowls and covered outdoor bowling greens are provided in AS 2560.2.2.
This Standard deals with training and competition levels of play, and takes into account spectator viewing requirements associated with these levels of play.
The Standard does not address the amenity and emergency lighting which may be required in public areas associated with stadiums.
Additional recommendations and requirements applicable to all sports venues, including those for football, are contained in AS 2560.1.
The Standard does not detail the special requirements of lighting for television broadcasting.
This Standard makes recommendations, but does not set requirements, regarding obtrusive light released into the environment from sports lighting installations (see Clause 10).