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Lighting for Sport
Principal Consultant: Dr. N. A. Smith B.A., Ph.D.
Services currently offered:
- Consultancy and guidance on floodlighting schemes for sporting clubs
- Floodlighting surveys at grounds of professional and semi-professional sporting clubs with comprehensive report on survey findings and recommendations for remedial attention where required
- Innovation on sports lighting projects including collaboration with universities and sports lighting equipment manufacturers
- Lectures on sports lighting to students taking undergraduate and post graduate courses
Sports Lighting projects undertaken:
- Collaboration with Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) in respect of revision of CIBSE Lighting Guide 4: Sport (LG4). Member of five-strong Task Group looking into revision of the Guide. Contributed to revision on lighting for: Televised sport, Partially sighted and visually impaired sport, stadia, athletics, badminton, basketball, cricket (day/night), cycle racing, speedway and tennis
- Individually developed mathematical expression for illuminance requirements for sports grounds, for incorporation into revision of CIBSE LG4
- Carried out floodlighting surveys at grounds of Football League clubs
- Collaboration with University of Sheffield - Sports SET (Science, Engineering & Technology) Network & SportsPulse on various sports lighting projects
- Presented lecture on Sports Lighting to undergraduate students at University of Sheffield
- Collaborated with Sports Equipment Manufacturers on possible projects involving innovative sports equipment with a lighting involvement
- Collaborated with International Tennis Federation
- Collaborated with Badminton England (formerly The Badminton Association of England) in respect of Technical Guidance Notes (TGN)
- Presented lecture to Sport England Architect’s Group on Sports Hall Lighting
- Currently liaising with University Departments of Optometry on research relative to a possible link between sports equipment and sports lighting
- Initial liaison with ECB on innovative research project involving floodlighting at cricket grounds
- Secretary of Sports Vision Association for three years (2001-2003)
- Presented lecture on Sports Lighting to delegates on courses administered by Sports Vision Association
- Presented lecture on Sports Lighting at the 12th Commonwealth International Sport Conference – Manchester, UK – 2002
- Presented lecture on Lighting for Tennis at ‘TST 2003’ – International Tennis Federation Congress on Tennis Science and Technology – London, UK – 2003
- Individually written articles on sports lighting for optometry journals e.g. The Optician and Optometry Today
