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IES, AVIXA Jointly Publish Standard on Lighting for Videoconferencing Rooms

July 9, 2018
Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association (AVIXA) have announced the release of the new standard

Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association (AVIXA) have announced the release of the new standard, Recommended Practice for Lighting Performance for Small to Medium Sized Videoconferencing Rooms (ANSI/IES/AVIXA RP-38-17).

Created by lighting experts from IES and videoconferencing experts from AVIXA, the standard is ANSI (American National Standards Institute) approved, demonstrating that the development procedures meet ANSI’s essential requirements for openness, balance, consensus, and due process.

This standard provides lighting parameters and performance criteria for small-to-medium-sized single-axis videoconferencing spaces defined as one set of video displays and cameras. Although the standard is written to consider at least three but no more than 25 primary seating locations, the principles can be applied to other applications as outlined.

The standard provides guidance to professionals involved in the design, construction, assessment, and support of videoconferencing environments. In addition to presenting performance criteria for the design and measurement/evaluation of room lighting, the standard provides guidance for other room design considerations, such as finishes (e.g., walls and shades, floor, ceiling, windows) and furniture.

RP-38-17 provides measurable lighting performance criteria so the system will:

  • Offer minimum lighting performance requirements for optimum participant viewing of displays, presenter, and task area
  • Optimize lighting for cameras, thereby improving the images transmitted to remote sites
  • Enhance videoconference communication, comfort, and productivity.

The Recommended Practice for Lighting Performance for Small to Medium Sized Videoconferencing Rooms standard, ANSI/IES/AVIXA RP-38-17, is available in PDF format from IES at www.ies.org/store. The list price is $40; IES members $28. AVIXA members can purchase the standard for $28 at avixa.org/lightingVCstandard. For nonmembers of AVIXA, the purchase price is $40.

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