In our last post we covered what Pickleball is, now let's discuss the lighting design for Pickleball courts.
The Pickleball court measures 20 feet x 44 feet and is suitable for both singles and doubles. The net hangs 36 inches at each end and 34 inches in the middle. The non-volley area extends 7 feet from either side of the net and is often referred to as the ‘kitchen’.
For higher levels of play, doubles courts can be larger (30' x 60' or 64').
Depending on the level of play, the light levels required on Pickleball courts are as follows:
Level I: Professional 750 lux (horizontal) x 450 lux (vertical)
Level II: Club competition 500 lux (horizontal) x 350 lux (vertical)
Class III: Recreational 300 lux (horizontal) x 200 lux (vertical)
Lighting levels and installation heights
Pickleball Field Standards require lighting to be provided by fixtures mounted on 20 foot high poles with an average brightness of 30 footcandles (fc) and a maximum/minimum ratio of 2.0 or less.
Light levels below 30 FC will result in reduced visibility.
(FC is for foot candle and describes the amount of luminous flux that passes over a square foot (1LM/1 square foot = 1fc).
Lux is the luminous flux passing through an area of square metres (1lm/1 square metre = 1lux). It's just not the same unit of area.
1FC = 10.76 Lux, 30FC = 322.8 Lux)
The Max/Min ratio measures the uniformity of light distribution (maximum light intensity in an area divided by the minimum light intensity in that area) Pickleball fields should have a Max/Min ratio of 2.0 (1.7 for Class I fields).
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