ice arenas

Ice arena lighting should provide comfortable conditions for players and spectators. It hosts training and competitions in figure skating, hockey, skating and curling. Ice structures can also be designed for mass skating. Thus, they are divided into universal or reserved for one sport. With this in mind, a lighting scheme with lighting fixtures is selected.

features and approaches to lighting

All ice rinks are divided into 2 main types:

Demo. Designed for various performances and competitions.
Educational and training. They are used exclusively for training, therefore, unlike the previous ones, they do not have stands, and are also designed without taking into account the requirements for video filming.

In general, the lighting of the hockey rink is organized in all rooms and in all areas of the structure where people pass and vehicles move. When determining the level of illumination to be provided, the type of ice rinks must be taken into account:

Training. They have dimensions from 26x56 to 30x60 m, spectator stands up to 200 seats. Here, the lamps are recommended to be hung at a level of 6-9 m.
For local and regional competitions. Dimensions - from 25x56 to 30x61 m, spectator stands up to 500 seats. Lamps are already placed at a height of 6.5-11 m.
Spectacular with the possibility of television broadcasts (KHL, VHL, MHL). Here, when organizing lighting, the requirements of the leagues that hold the matches are already observed.

key parameters of the quality of the light environment

Professional ice arenas should have at least 500 lux of illumination at ice level.

The coefficient of uniformity of vertical illumination towards the main telephoto camera must be at least 0.8, towards the secondary cameras - at least 0.6. The coefficient of uniformity of horizontal illumination must also be at least 0.8.

The lighting scheme of the hockey rink is chosen taking into account whether outside observers will be in the building. If not, side or top placement of lighting fixtures is used.

illumination level

uniformity of illumination

lighting configuration

spectrum of light sources

visual comfort

efficiency

It is recommended to equip with modern light sources or luminaires with a color rendering index Ra of at least 80 and a color temperature of at least 5600 K.

The luminous flux ripple coefficient from the luminaires should not exceed 1%. It is important to pay attention to the UGR parameter, which is determined by the calculation method.

To illuminate ice arenas, it is desirable to use modern high-performance lamps based on LED light sources.