AS/NZS 1680.0:2009 Interior lighting, Part 0: Safe movement
Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Supersedes: AS/NZS 1680.0:1998 Interior lighting, Part 0: Safe movement
Draft Designation: DR AS/NZS 1680.0Reconfirmed by: AS/NZS 1680.0:2009 REC:2020 Interior lighting, Part 0: Safe movement
This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Committee LG-001, Interior and Workplace Lighting, to supersede
AS/NZS 1680.0:1998, Interior lighting—Safe movement.
The objective of this Standard is to set out the minimum requirements for electric lighting
systems within publicly accessible areas of buildings to provide visual conditions that
facilitate the safe movement of people in the normal use of the building.
This Standard forms Part 0 of the AS(/NZS) 1680 series. Other parts in the series are as follows:
AS(/NZS)
1680 Interior and workplace lighting
1680.1 Part 1: General principles and recommendations
1680.2.1 Part 2.1: Specific applications—Circulation spaces and other general areas
1680.2.2 Part 2.2: Specific applications—Office and screen-based tasks
1680.2.3 Part 2.3: Specific applications—Educational and training facilities
1680.2.4 Part 2.4: Industrial tasks and processes
1680.2.5 Part 2.5: Hospital and medical tasks
1680.3 Part 3: Measurement, calculation and presentation of photometric data
1680.4 Part 4: Maintenance of electric lighting systems
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ have been used in this Standard to define the
application of the appendix to which they apply. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral part
of a Standard, whereas an ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and guidance.
Reconfirmed: 2020-09-11.
This Standard sets out the minimum requirements for electric lighting systems within
publicly accessible areas of buildings so as to provide visual conditions that facilitate the
safe movement of people in the normal use of the building. The Standard does not apply to
the provision of the visual conditions necessary for the performance of specific work tasks.
NOTES:
1 Electric lighting alone, no matter how well designed, cannot provide visual conditions that will ensure safe movement. Other factors, such as the use of interior surface finishes of appropriate colour and reflectance, and the avoidance of excessive contrasts in brightness of surfaces in the field of view, e.g. windows and luminaires, can significantly enhance the visual environment for safe movement. For persons with impaired vision, additional special factors may be of importance for safe movement (see Appendix A).
2 General recommendations for the lighting and visual conditions necessary for the
performance of work tasks are given in AS/NZS 1680.1. Recommendations appropriate to
specific tasks or activities are set out in the AS/NZS 1680.2 series.
3 Attention is drawn to the AS(/NZS) 2293 series of Standards, which set out requirements for
the design, installation, operation and maintenance of emergency evacuation lighting for
buildings.
Contents:
1: Scope
2: Application
3: Referenced Documents
4: Definitions
5: Minimum Illuminance
6: Control Of Glare From Electric Lighting
Appendix A: Lighting For The Partially Sighted
Appendix B: Assessment Of Compliance By Measurement Or Calculation Of Illuminance
Interior and Workplace Lighting.
LG-001
Australian Building Codes Board; Engineers Australia; IES: The Lighting Society; Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand; Lighting Council of Australia; Lighting Council of New Zealand; Property Council of Australia; University of Sydney.
