Swimming Pool Lighting
Several Options are shown for Swimming Pool Lighting – Wall Mounted Floodlights, direct or indirect and High Bay Pendants.
Floodlights
Floodlights can be pointed directly at the Water or alternatively can be used indirectly by bouncing the light of the Ceiling. With a bright ceiling, it is possible to use floodlights directed at the ceiling to illuminate the pool. This can require extra Lighting, depending on Reflectances and distances involved, but it can lead to reduced glare and better uniformity of light levels. With a low height ceiling, it may not be possible to illuminate the centre of a Pool from the sides with direct lighting, but indirect lighting using the Ceiling as reflector may be possible. The Photo of this Pool shows this indirect lighting with Floodlights pointed upwards at the Ceiling.
Wall Uplighters
If the ceiling is darker or obstructed, but is high enough, then wall mounted floodlights can be pointed towards the centre of the Pool. Smaller Floodlights and more of them may be required to avoid causing glare, which may result from the use of a few, more powerful Floodlights. The Photo of New Ross Sports Centre shows Asymmetric Floodlights on the Wall directed towards the centre of the Pool.
The floodlight itself needs to be designed for outdoor usage and for higher ambient temperatures which are common in swimming pools. Other options with this floodlight include symmetric or asymmetric light output. Asymmetric is supplied in this project as light was directed to the centre of the ceiling.
