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The purpose of sports lighting is to create the ideal conditions of visibility for those who experience sports facilities.

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The great interest of the media in sports events has an important effect on the development of the sports themselves. This, together with the increased leisure time, has resulted in a booming number of active sportsmen and women all over the world, either taking part in the sports as a leisure activity or in amateur and professional competitions.

Consequently, numerous sports complexes have been developed in which all kinds of sports are practiced, from the general physical training sessions to professional activities. In the organization of sports activities and events, the quality of the facilities available is for the utmost importance for pleasure and in the outcome of the competition. Space, a good playing surface, heating/cooling, safety provisions, etc. are all of major importance.

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  1. EN 12193:2018: Light and Lighting – Sports Lighting. CEN European Committee for Standardization, Brussels (2018)

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  2. CIE 112: 1994: Glare Evaluation System for Use within Outdoor Sports and Area Lighting. CIE Central bureau, Vienna (1994)

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  3. EBU Tech 335: Method for the Assessment of the Colorimetric Properties of Luminaires: the Television Lighting Consistency Index (Tlci-2012) and the Television Luminaire Matching Factor (Tlmf-2013). European Broadcast Union, Geneva (2017)

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  4. IES Lighting Handbook, 10th edn. Reference and Application. Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, New York (2011)

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  1. Signify, Miribel, France

    Gilles Page

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  1. Color Science & Imaging Lab, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Renzo Shamey

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  1. van Bommel Lighting Consultant, Nuenen, Netherlands

    Wout van Bommel

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Page, G. (2020). Sports Lighting. In: Shamey, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_144-4

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    Sports Lighting
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    19 October 2019

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_144-4

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    Sports Lighting
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    10 October 2014

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27851-8_144-3

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