Recommended Practice: Lighting Retail Spaces

Lighting Retail Spaces

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ANSI/IES RP-2-20
Document Type: Recommended Practice (RP)

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Approved American National StandardThis document is a revision of IES RP-2-17, published in 2017. It includes information on current lighting techniques and new lighting technology introduced since that date. This document was written for designers with varying levels of experience in retail lighting design. It emphasizes lighting quality and energy efficiency and provides an in-depth discussion of the lighting system and the criteria essential to lighting merchandise displays in a variety of retail applications. As such, it is intended to serve as a foundation for good retail and merchandise lighting. It provides recommendations for both horizontal and vertical illuminance levels as well as uniformity recommendations.

Purchase includes RP-10-20+E1: Lighting Common Applications

Page count: 84 pages
Publisher: Illuminating Engineering Society (2020)
SKU: ANSI/IES RP-2-20
ISBN-13: 978-0-87995-385-0

Chapters:

  • 1.0 Introduction and Scope
    2.0 Store Classification and Retail Lighting Goals
    3.0 Characteristics of Light and Lighting
    4.0 Lighting Design Considerations
    5.0 Lighting Systems Considerations
    6.0 Lighting Requirements of Specific Merchandise Spaces
    7.0 Techniques for Lighting Merchandising Spaces

Citation Format:
Illuminating Engineering Society. ANSI/IES RP-2-20, Recommended Practice: Lighting Retail Spaces. New York: IES; 2020.

CONTENTS

  • 1.0 Introduction and Scope
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Scope
  • 2.0 Store Classification and Retail Lighting Goals
  • 2.1 Types of Stores
  • 2.2 The Goals of Retail Lighting
  • 3.0 Characteristics of Light and Lighting
  • 3.1 General
  • 3.2 Illuminance and Luminance
  • 3.3 Reflection, Refraction, Transmission, Absorption, and Glare
    3.3.1 Reflection
    3.3.2 Refraction
    3.3.3 Transmission
    3.3.4 Absorption
    3.3.5 Glare
    3.3.6 Veiling Reflections
  • 3.4 Color and the Store Environment
  • 4.0 Lighting Design Considerations
  • 4.1 Lighting Quality
  • 4.2 Lighting Quantity
  • 4.3 Room Surface Reflectances
  • 4.4 Energy Codes
    4.4.1 Exterior Lighting Zones
    4.4.2 Other Considerations
  • 4.5 Maintenance Program
  • 4.6 Operating Procedures
  • 4.7 Emergency Lighting
  • 5.0 Lighting Systems Considerations
  • 5.1 Electric Light Sources
    5.1.1 Light Emitting Diodes (LED)
    5.1.2 Fluorescent
    5.1.3 Metal Halide
    5.1.4 Filament Light Sources
    5.1.5 Cold Cathode and Neon Sources
    5.1.6 Fiberoptic Sources
  • 5.2 Daylighting
  • 5.3 Luminaires
  • 5.4 Lighting Controls
  • 5.5 Acoustical and Thermal Factors
  • 6.0 Lighting Requirements of Specific Merchandise Spaces
  • 6.1 Entrances and Exterior Surrounds
  • 6.2 Sales Areas
  • 6.3 Show Windows
  • 6.4 Ancillary Spaces
    6.4.1 Dressing and Fitting Rooms
    6.4.2 Alteration Rooms
    6.4.3 Wrapping and Packaging Areas
    6.4.4 Stock Rooms
    6.4.5 Restrooms, Lounges, and Locker Rooms
    6.4.6 Offices
    6.4.7 Food Service Facilities
    6.4.8 Escalators, Elevators, and Stairways
  • 7.0 Techniques for Lighting Merchandising Spaces
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Distribution and Direction of Light
  • 7.3 Ambient Lighting
    7.3.1 Ambient Lighting Choices
  • 7.4 Perimeter Lighting
  • 7.5 Feature Lighting
    7.5.1 Rack Lighting (Clothing)
    7.5.2 Shelf and Gondola Lighting
    7.5.3 Counter Lighting
    7.5.4 Mirror Lighting
    7.5.5 Showcase Lighting
    7.5.6 Wall-Case Lighting
    7.5.7 Modeling Lighting
  • 7.6 Accent Lighting
    7.6.1 Floodlighting
    7.6.2 Spotlighting
  • 7.7 Decorative Lighting
  • Annex A – Illuminance Recommendations
  • Annex B – Fading, Bleaching, and Shelflife
  • Annex C – Lighting Fresh Foods and Live Produce
  • Annex D – Outdoor Retail Lighting
  • Annex E – Retrofits and Reflectors
  • Annex F – A Select List of Retail Lighting Terms
  • References