BS EN 13201-4:2015

BSI Standards Publication

Road lighting
Part 4: Methods of measuring lighting
performance
BS EN 13201-4:2015 BRITISH STANDARD

National foreword
This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13201-4:2015.
It supersedes BS EN 13201-4:2003 which is withdrawn.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical
Committee EL/1/2, Road lighting.
A list of organizations represented on this committee can be
obtained on request to its secretary.
This publication does not purport to include all the necessary
provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct
application.
© The British Standards Institution 2016.
Published by BSI Standards Limited 2016
ISBN 978 0 580 88060 5
ICS 93.080.40
Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from
legal obligations.
This British Standard was published under the authority of the
Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 January 2016.
Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication
Date Text affected
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 13201-4

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM December 2015

ICS 93.080.40 Supersedes EN 13201-4:2003

English Version

Road lighting - Part 4: Methods of measuring lighting

performance
Éclairage public - Partie 4 : Méthodes de mesure des Straßenbeleuchtung - Teil 4: Methoden zur Messung
performances photométriques der Gütemerkmale von Straßenbeleuchtungsanlagen

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 6 June 2015.

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. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
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Contents Page

Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2 Normative references .................................................................................................................................... 7
3 Terms and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 7
4 Symbols and abbreviations ......................................................................................................................... 9
5 Preliminary information of road lighting system measurement .................................................. 9
5.1 Aims of measurements .................................................................................................................................. 9
5.2 Measurement procedures and selection of photometric instruments ..................................... 10
5.3 Measurement uncertainty evaluation .................................................................................................. 11
5.4 Measured zones ............................................................................................................................................ 13
5.5 Measured parameters ................................................................................................................................ 13
5.6 General information regarding measurements during the lifetime of the lighting
installation...................................................................................................................................................... 14
5.7 Comparison with requirements.............................................................................................................. 14
6 Measurement conditions ........................................................................................................................... 15
6.1 Ageing of lamps and luminaires before measurements................................................................. 15
6.2 Stabilization after switch-on .................................................................................................................... 15
6.3 Climatic conditions ...................................................................................................................................... 15
6.4 Road conditions ............................................................................................................................................ 16
6.5 Extraneous light and obstruction of light ............................................................................................ 16
7 Photometric measurements..................................................................................................................... 17
7.1 Location of grid points................................................................................................................................ 17
7.2 Measurement of luminance ...................................................................................................................... 17
7.3 Measurement of illuminance ................................................................................................................... 18
7.4 Measurement of Edge Illuminance Ratio (REI) ................................................................................... 20
7.5 Measurement of the threshold increment (fTI).................................................................................. 21
8 Measurement of non-photometric parameters ................................................................................ 22
8.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 22
8.2 Supply voltage ............................................................................................................................................... 22
8.3 Temperature and humidity ...................................................................................................................... 22
8.4 Geometric data .............................................................................................................................................. 22
8.5 Instruments for non-photometric measurements ........................................................................... 22
9 Test report ...................................................................................................................................................... 23
Annex A (informative) Evaluation of tolerances in road lighting installation design ........................ 24
A.1 Tolerance analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 24
A.2 Parameters to be considered in the tolerance analysis ................................................................. 25
A.3 Mathematical model for tolerance evaluations ................................................................................ 26
A.4 Modelling the tolerance analysis............................................................................................................ 26
Annex B (informative) Important particular parameters ............................................................................ 29

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B.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 29

B.2 Particular luminance and uniformity ................................................................................................... 29
B.3 Use of extended uniformity....................................................................................................................... 29
B.4 Evaluation of extended uniformities ..................................................................................................... 30
Annex C (normative) Conventions for symbols of photometric quality parameters ......................... 32
Annex D (normative) Guidelines for measurement systems for adaptive road lighting ................... 33
Annex E (informative) Measurements for investigation of discrepancies between
photometric measures and design expectation ................................................................................ 35
Annex F (informative) Measurement uncertainty evaluation).................................................................... 36
F.1 Luminance measurements ........................................................................................................................ 36
F.2 Illuminance measurements ...................................................................................................................... 39
Annex G (informative) Practical information .................................................................................................... 43
G.1 General ............................................................................................................................................................. 43
G.2 Measurement precautions ........................................................................................................................ 43
G.3 Measurement organization ....................................................................................................................... 43
Annex H (informative) Example of report .......................................................................................................... 44
H.1 Premise............................................................................................................................................................. 44
H.2 General test information ............................................................................................................................ 44
H.3 Geometrical data ........................................................................................................................................... 44
H.4 Road surface data ......................................................................................................................................... 44
H.5 Lamp and luminaire data ........................................................................................................................... 45
H.6 Electricity supply .......................................................................................................................................... 45
H.7 Environmental conditions ......................................................................................................................... 46
H.8 Condition of installation............................................................................................................................. 46
H.9 Measuring devices data .............................................................................................................................. 46
H.10 Photometric measuring devices characteristics ............................................................................... 47
H.11 Measurement grid ........................................................................................................................................ 47
H.12 Light monitoring record ............................................................................................................................. 47
H.13 Specific information for dynamic measurements............................................................................. 48
Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................. 49

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European foreword

This document (EN 13201-4:2015) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 169 “Light and
lighting”, the secretariat of which is held by DIN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2016 and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by June 2016.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.

This document supersedes EN 13201-4:2003.

The main technical changes in this version are:

— The definition of different aims of measurement with peculiar requirements in order to optimize
the instrument characteristics, measurement cost and time;

— A deeper comparison between static and dynamic measurement requirements;

— Addition of specific requirements for ILMD (Image Luminance Measuring Device) when used as
luminance meter;

— Evaluation of measurement uncertainty;

— Comparison with requirements or design expectation carried out considering the expanded
measurement uncertainty of the measure;

— Addition of guidelines for the measurement of Threshold Increment and of Edge Illuminance Ratio;

— Suggestion for an algorithm for the evaluation of tolerances in road lighting installation design;

— Description of the concept of particular parameters in order to consider measurements carried out
in condition different from the normative ones;

— Description of an improved convention for symbols of photometric quality parameters in order to

avoid confusion between values of the same parameter but with different meanings;

— Measurement systems for adaptive road lighting are considered;

— Guidelines for the measurement uncertainty evaluation are given.

This document EN 13201-4 has been worked out by the Joint Working Group of CEN/TC 169 “Light and
lighting” with CEN/TC 226 “Road Equipment”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

EN 13201, Road lighting is a series of documents that consists of the following parts:

— Part 1: Guidelines on selection of lighting classes [Technical Report];

— Part 2: Performance requirements;

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— Part 3: Calculation of performance;

— Part 4: Methods of measuring lighting performance [present document];

— Part 5: Energy performance indicators.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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Introduction

The purpose of Part 4 of this European Standard is to:

a) establish conventions and procedures for the characterization based on measurements of road
lighting installations considering the photometric quality parameters, i.e. the set of quantities that
characterize a lighting class, specified in Part 2;

b) give advice on the use and selection of luminance meters and illuminance meters for this particular
application;

c) specify measurement requirements according to the aims of the measurement and expected
accuracy;

d) establish conventions for evaluating the measurement uncertainty of involved parameters;

e) give information on the application of tolerance analysis in the design of the lighting installation.

A non-exhaustive list of possible measurement aims is:

f) verification of compliance with standard requirements;

g) verification of compliance with design expectations;

h) road lighting installation monitoring, e.g. for maintenance purposes;

i) road lighting installation control, e.g. for optimizing energy saving;

j) investigation of discrepancies between real lighting conditions and design expectations.

The conventions for observer position and location of measurement points are those adopted in
EN 13201-3. However, relaxation from these is permitted especially where the measurements are used
for monitoring the performance of a road lighting installation, to control its performances or other
purposes or when different conditions are specified in the road lighting installation design.
Conditions, which can lead to inaccuracies, are identified and precautions are given to minimize and
quantify these.
This standard should be used to write measurement procedures for the characterization of road
lighting installations.
Criteria for deciding when measurements should be done, on the purpose of measurements and on how
the measurement results shall be used fall outside the scope of this standard.

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1 Scope
This European Standard specifies measurement conditions and procedures for measuring the
photometric quality parameters of road lighting installations, i.e. the quantities that quantify their
performances in accordance with EN 13201-2 lighting classes.
Parameters used for quantifying the energy performance of road lighting installations are not
considered.
A methodology to evaluate the road lighting performances considering tolerances in the design
parameters is described in the informative Annex A.

2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated
references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 12665, Light and lighting — Basic terms and criteria for specifying lighting requirements

EN 13032-1, Light and lighting — Measurement and presentation of photometric data of lamps and
luminaires — Part 1: Measurement and file format

EN 13201-2, Road lighting — Part 2: Performance requirements

EN 13201-3:2015, Road lighting — Part 3: Calculation of performance

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 12665 and the following apply.
3.1
automatic measuring system for control purpose
automatic system used to generate a control signal, correlated to one or more measured photometric
parameters that can influence the operating conditions of a road lighting installation

Note 1 to entry: Metrological parameters, such as measurement repeatability and stability, generally are the
main characteristic of the system.

3.2
dynamic measurement system
measurement system that moves along the road surface to carry out the measurement

3.3
static measurement system
measurement system that does not move when in service

3.4
parameter (normative)
quantity defined in EN 13201-2 following calculation rules of EN 13201-3

Note 1 to entry: The value of the parameter can:

a) give standard requirements;