The class 2 full supply and installation package is estimated to cost $150,000.00 plus GST ($172,500.00 including GST).
Our class 2 flood lighting design for Rugby Union or Rugby League playing fields complies and exceeds the sports lighting international standards (IS) in accordance with AS 2560.2.3-2007 (R2017). Sports lighting specific applications - lighting for football (all codes). The class 2 design package is our most popular option due to performance and cost. Player safety is paramount and often overlooked especially with older lighting designs. Spectator comfort must be considered, yet often, is not. The class 2 design offers these aspects in spades and future proofs a clubs investment by exceeding international standards and offering a 50 year design life for the high mast poles which in fact, when maintained, is an indefinite design life.
Design Specification
Class 2 Design, Level of Play Specification:
- Professional level match practice (up to and including the All Blacks, learn more)
- Semi-professional level competition (up to and including NPC, learn more)
- Professional level ball and physical training
- Semi-professional level match practice
- Club competition and match practice
- Semi-professional level ball and physical training
- Amateur level ball and physical training
- Touch & Tag
Magnatech LED Class 2 Specification:
- 227 Average Lux (13.5% above IS)
- >70 Ra | CRI (7.5% above IS)
- 0.60 Uniformity
- 42.6% Glare (14% less than IS)
- 18m high mast poles (25% above IS)
International Standards Specification:
- 200 Average Lux
- Minimum 65 Ra | CRI
- 0.60 Uniformity
- 50% Maximum Glare
- 14.4m high mast poles (based on this design)
Design Specification:
- 5 x 1250w Optolite Capricorn Flood Lights per high mast pole
- 4 x 18m High Mast Pole postitioned 5m back from the 22m line
- Principle Playing area (PPA) 120m x 70m, includes an ingoal area of 10m (as per international standards)
Upgrading
Magnatech LED (NZ) standard designs can commonly accommodate upgrades. It is important to establish this at the beginning of the project as upgrade are commonly unachievable retrospectively. High mast pole height and cable size need to be applied at the outset to achieve upgrades.
A free assessment is available to determine the basic requirements of your flood lighting project. A report will be generated to advise if flood lighting is feasible and to what extent is available. This product is a supply and installation design package. Products can be purchased individually if desired. All aspects of the project are managed by Magnatech LED (NZ). We make it easy for clubs and community groups (volunteers) to achieve their goals by managing the project from start to finish. Visit Funding for Community Groups to check if your organisation is eligible for funding. Fund raising may also be required to top up any funding grants. Talk to us about fund raising.
Estimate Inclusions and Exclusions
Inclusions:
- Free assessment of planning investigations, such as sufficient power supply, zoning etc
- Geotechnical report
- Resource consent application (Basic Only)
- Building consent exemption
- Light spill management
- Use of land approval
- Supply and installation project management
- High mast pole engineering based on the generic PS1 parameters
- Site specific producer statement
- High mast poles, cross arms, luminaires, fittings, fixings and assembly
- Foundations based on the generic PS1 parameters, including earthworks, formwork, foundation bolts and flange templates, concrete and placement. View the installation page for more details.
- Electrical works (beyond power supply to the 1st high mast pole) including cabling, accessories, trenching, position and commissioning of lighting arrangements
Exclusions:
- Power supply and cabling to the 1st High Mast Pole
- Environmental report where required
- Site specific engineering where required
- Resource consent that exceeds basic requirements
Why is an appropriate/ sufficient level of lighting required?
Primarily, player safety. Beyond that, spectator experience and an adequate visual environment for both players and spectators. The major elements of the game are the fast pace, deliberate heavy body contact, low trajectory passes generally across the principle playing area (PPA), kicks ranging from along the ground, high trajectory and kicks at goal all make side lighting systems convenient and appropriate.
General design objectives
The main objectives of a lighting installation are as follows:
- Provision of a level of illumination appropriate to the class of play and the number of spectators
- Provision of an appropriate uniformity of illumination of the ball throughout its flight
- Control and restriction of glare
- Provision of colour rendering properties suitable for rapid identification of team colours
- Addressing of environmental considerations, including obtrusive light to surrounding properties, as appropriate and as required by relevant local authorities
- Provision of an installation suitable for anticipated or likely future upgrading to a higher level
- Provision of an installation suitable for all football codes for which it is expected to be used
- Selection of lighting equipment of appropriate type and the location and arrangement of such equipment in a manner that will facilitate necessary maintenance during the life of the installation. Where lighting appropriate to training or lower levels of competition is to be installed, consideration should be given to the likelihood of future upgrading of the installation as making provision for such (in pole sizes, cabling, etc.) can significantly reduce the cost of the future upgrading
Illuminance Levels
A basic requirement for illumination of a football field is that the ball is adequately always illuminated while in play. This Standard specifies requirements for horizontal illuminance of the PPA surface only. It does not explicitly address vertical illuminance immediately above the PPA or illumination of the ball on medium- and high-trajectory paths. While complying levels of illumination of the horizontal PPA surface will generally provide adequate vertical illumination to a minimum of 1.5 m above the PPA, adequate illumination of the ball while at heights substantially above this can usually be achieved by addressing the following design considerations:
(a) Design of the lighting envelope such that the ball does not leave it while in play
(b) Illumination of the ball from several directions at all times, including from below (usually by reflected light)
(c) Control of backgrounds so as to provide good contrast at all times
Allowance for depreciation shall be made for the progressive reduction in the illuminance provided by the installation which will occur as the result of lamp lumen depreciation (LLD) and luminaire dirt depreciation (LDD). The extent of the allowance required will depend on the type of lamp selected, the location of the installation, and the cleaning and lamp replacement cycles adopted. The combined effect of these allowances will determine the illuminance which should initially be provided by the installation in order to ensure that the maintained illuminance required by Table 1 can be provided at all times (refer to Clause 3.1). Magnatech LED standard lighting design has a 10% maintenance factor embedded in the design, plus a further 5 - 12% increase in performance over and above the international standards.
NOTE: Attention is drawn to the fact that the presence of mist, dust or smoke in the atmosphere can significantly reduce measured illuminance values because of the long light throws normally associated with football grounds. The client should be queried at the early stages of the design process regarding any factors that might require a higher illuminance level than that specified in Table 1 for the apparent relevant level of play.
Uniformity of illuminance
As the participants are required to observe the football well above the PPA, the distribution of light across the space above the PPA needs to be reasonably uniform as large variations in illuminance across this space will cause apparent uneven flight of the ball and hence poor judgement by the participants. This Standard specifies requirements for the uniformity of horizontal illuminance of the PPA only. It sets no requirements for the uniformity of vertical illuminance at any height.
The uniformity gradient indicates the rate of change of illuminance between any grid point. Thus, calculating the uniformity gradient and considering values considerably higher or lower than the norm can indicate the presence of any excessively bright or dark spots in the design or installation. These variations can be important for high-speed sports because a fast-moving object passing from a light space to a dark space can appear to change speeds due to different visual processing times for different adaptation levels as the visual system responds more slowly at lower adaptation levels. However, even for extremely fast movement, the capabilities of human vision are such that uniformity gradients considerably in excess of 20% usually provide little difficulty.
Control of glare
Glare from floodlights which are not correctly positioned and aimed with respect to the PPA may negate any benefits gained from the increases they provide in illumination. In the design of football ground lighting installations, careful consideration should be given to visual requirements for the comfort of the participants and the spectators.
Ideally no glare should be introduced into the field of view; however, the need to limit glare conflicts with other lighting requirements. For example, light at near-horizontal angles will assist in the clear view of the football in the air above the PPA, but light at these angles may also give rise to troublesome glare for both participants and spectators. This Standard specifies requirements for the glare rating (GR) calculated for viewing angles below the horizontal only. The reduction of glare above this angle should be addressed.
