Billboard lighting is widely used in the outdoor lighting scenario. Every time when walk along the street or drive on the road, people tend to see a massive number of billboards or signs along the road. As a result, billboard light is essential as the sign should reach as better uniformity as possible so that people can recognize the content on the billboard in a short time and will not miss it.
Billboard Lighting Design Guide
The recommended lighting characteristics for billboard lighting is a minimum in-service illumination of 20 FC, and the uniformity as the ratio of average light level to minimum light level should be 4.0 or less. One point that is important to note is that, in the case of billboards, the IES guidelines are not legal requirements as they are used in other lighting applications. The IES recommendations for billboard lighting uniformity are considered as unrealistic data as only one of the tested technologies studies achieving the maximum to minimum light level ratio under 4.0.
The benefits of Solar Floodlights
You can always find the proper fixtures that can perfectly fit your scenarios. We offer multiple fixtures that feature different solar flood lighting scenarios. The FLUX, BROADWAY, FOCUS can be your great options for billboard lighting or sign lighting.
Uniformity
The uniformity of a sign or billboard is an essential metric for lighting performance. If certain parts of the billboard are too dark or too bright, the content on the board will not be able to render satisfactorily. took that point into consideration by optimizing the beam angle and tilt angle of the fixtures. We provide multiple fixtures to meet different requirements. Our BROADWAY is an all-in-one design fixture that can be mounted on top of the board. For larger size boards, we also have FLUX and COSMO so that the customer can mount the fixtures both on the top
and the bottom of the billboard.
In addition to uniformity, the beam angle is another big part to be considered when creating a lighting design for billboards.
