Required illuminance levels for outdoor lighting in Ukraine: streets, courtyards, children’s and sports grounds, stadiums, crossings, car parks

Which standard covers what

DBN V.2.5-28:2018 covers streets, courtyards, parks, car parks and industrial sites, but not stadiums. Clause 1.2 states directly that stadium and sports track lighting is designed to DBN V.2.2-13. So for sport you work with two documents: the area around the pitch is set by DBN V.2.5-28, the pitch and the facility itself by DBN V.2.2-13.

For children’s playgrounds a third document joins them, DBN B.2.2-5 «Landscaping of territories». It gives no illuminance levels for such grounds, but it sets requirements for the lighting equipment.

Object	Where to find the level	What is specified
City and town streets, carriageway	DBN V.2.5-28, Table 8.27	Average road surface luminance (asphalt concrete) or average horizontal illuminance (other surfaces)
Public highways	DBN V.2.5-28, subsection 8.12, Table 8.54	The same, by road category
Pavements, pedestrian streets, courtyards, parks	DBN V.2.5-28, Tables 8.30–8.34	Average horizontal illuminance
Children’s playgrounds	DBN V.2.5-28, Tables 8.32 and 8.33; DBN B.2.2-5, cl. 6.8	Average horizontal illuminance; mounting height of luminaires
At-grade pedestrian crossings	DBN V.2.5-28, cl. 8.5.31 and Table 8.36 (streets), cl. 8.12.14 (highways)	Uplift over the carriageway norm; average and minimum horizontal illuminance
Car parks	DBN V.2.5-28, Tables 8.45 and 8.19; DBN B.2.2-5, cl. 5.6.13.8	Average horizontal illuminance, uniformity
Industrial sites, warehouses, construction sites	DBN V.2.5-28, section 8.3, Tables 8.12–8.24	Average illuminance, uniformity U0, discomfort glare rating GRL, colour rendering index Ra
Stadiums and sports grounds	DBN V.2.2-13-2003, section 6 and Annex Ts; for adjoining areas DBN V.2.5-28, Table 8.34	Levels for TV broadcast, stands and recreational use; mounting height and angle of luminaires; flicker

What is actually specified

Average horizontal illuminance Eavg, lx, is the main quantity for pavements, courtyards, grounds and car parks. For a carriageway with an asphalt concrete or bitumen-treated surface the norm is set as surface luminance in cd/m², which is what the driver sees. On setts, cement concrete and slabs the norm is illuminance (note 1 to Table 8.27).

Non-uniformity is limited separately: minimum to average illuminance (U0 in Tables 8.12–8.24), maximum to average on car parks, vertical illuminance at a crossing or on a stand. To limit glare the standards give the threshold increment TI, luminous intensity at high angles and the GRL rating. Light pollution is limited by vertical illuminance on the object and by the upward light ratio ULR.

Streets and roads in built-up areas

Table 8.27 as amended by Amendment No. 1 (in force from 1 January 2026) divides streets and roads into categories A, B and V. All values are minimums: «not less than».

A pavement adjoining the carriageway must have at least half the carriageway luminance (cl. 8.5.3). Arterial streets of city-wide importance that serve as approaches to airports, shopping and entertainment centres and logistics centres take not less than 2.0 cd/m² (cl. 8.5.6). Multi-level interchanges are lit to the norm of the arterial road they sit on (cl. 8.5.7).

Category	Streets and roads	Average surface luminance, cd/m²	Average horizontal illuminance, lx
A	Arterial roads	2.0	30.0
A	Arterial streets of city-wide importance	1.6	25.0
B	Arterial streets of district importance	1.4	20.0
V	Residential streets	1.0	15.0 / 7.0
V	Roads in research, industrial and utility-warehouse zones	0.8	10.0 / 5.0
V	Access roads, park roads, service roads	0.6	8.0 / 4.0
V	Footpaths, cycle paths	0.4	6.0 / 3.0

In the illuminance column the first figure is for cities and towns, the second for villages. In garden societies and dacha cooperatives the average horizontal illuminance is 2.0 lx on main access roads and 1.0 lx on the rest. In printed editions of the 2018 DBN Table 8.27 is different: Amendment No. 1 replaced it.

Uniformity and glare on streets

The ratio of minimum to average luminance is not less than 0.4 for a norm above 0.6 cd/m² and not less than 0.3 for a norm of 0.6 cd/m² or lower. The ratio of minimum to maximum along a traffic lane is 0.6 and 0.4 respectively (cl. 8.5.4).

The mounting height of luminaires is chosen so that the threshold increment TI does not exceed 10 % for luminance above 0.8 cd/m² and 15 % for 0.8 cd/m² and below (Table 8.28). Where illuminance is the specified quantity, the luminous intensity towards the driver is limited too: not more than 30 cd per 1000 lm at 80° from the vertical and 10 cd per 1000 lm at 90° (cl. 8.5.8).

Public highways

For roads outside built-up areas Amendment No. 1 added subsection 8.12. The road category is set by the road design under DBN V.2.3-4; Table 8.54 gives the levels.

Road category	Average surface luminance, cd/m²	Average horizontal illuminance, lx
I-a	1.6	25.0
I-b	1.2	20.0
II	0.8	10.0
III	0.6	8.0
IV–V	0.4	6.0

Luminance is used for asphalt concrete surfaces, illuminance for setts, cement concrete and slabs (note to Table 8.54).

What else subsection 8.12 requires

If the gap between adjacent lit sections is less than 250 m, the road is lit continuously to avoid alternating lit and dark stretches (cl. 8.12.5). The ratio of minimum to average luminance or illuminance is not less than 0.4 for a norm above 0.8 cd/m² or 10 lx and not less than 0.3 otherwise (cl. 8.12.6).

Public transport stops, car parks, rest and viewing areas and weigh-in-motion sites are lit to not less than 10 lx (cl. 8.12.11). Cycle paths along the road need not less than 5 lx (cl. 8.12.16), and cycle crossings are lit for at least 60 m from the road with a norm of not less than 10 lx (cl. 8.12.17). Under bridges, overpasses and flyovers in the dark the luminance must be not less than 2.0 cd/m² or the illuminance not less than 30 lx (cl. 8.12.8).

Classes M, C and P under DSTU EN 13201

Alongside the DBN categories there is a European system of road lighting classes. Class M applies to carriageways with motor traffic (luminance is specified), class C to conflict areas such as junctions and roundabouts, class P to pedestrian and slow-traffic areas (illuminance is specified for C and P). All five parts of the series have been adopted in Ukraine as DSTU, and the bibliography of DBN V.2.5-28 lists them after Amendment No. 1.

We do not copy the numeric class tables here: take them from the text of the standard. For a pole order it is enough to name the system the calculation was made under (the DBN category or the DSTU EN 13201 class) and its result: pole height and spacing.

Pedestrian areas, courtyards and parks

Tables 8.30 and 8.31 introduce class P with subclasses P1–P6 by the importance of the space. For each, an average horizontal illuminance and a ratio of average to maximum illuminance are set. For P2 a minimum semi-cylindrical illuminance of 6 lx is added (cl. 8.5.26). To avoid dark patches in pedestrian areas, cl. 8.5.30 limits the ratio of minimum to average illuminance (1:4).

Class	What belongs	Eavg, lx	Eavg/Emax
P1	Squares in front of main entrances to exhibitions and stadiums, hypermarket and supermarket entrances, station and airport grounds	20	1:3
P2	Main pedestrian streets, non-vehicular parts of squares, squares in front of factories, public transport boarding areas, filling station grounds	10	1:3
P3	Pedestrian streets, main entrances to city parks, secondary entrances and central alleys of stadiums	6	1:5
P4	Pavements separated from the carriageway, main access roads of residential districts, approaches to schools, kindergartens, hospitals	4	1:5
P5	Secondary access roads of residential districts, service areas, central alleys of parks and public gardens, passages between garages, temporary car parks	2	1:10
P6	Side alleys and secondary entrances of public gardens and parks	1	1:10

Pavements, paths, access roads and entrances

Separate values for non-vehicular areas are in Table 8.32, and for building entrances in cl. 8.5.27.

Object	Eavg, lx
Main pedestrian streets, non-vehicular parts of squares of categories A and B, squares in front of factories	10
Pedestrian streets within public centres / elsewhere	6 / 4
Pavements separated from the carriageway on streets of categories A and B / V	4 / 2
Public transport stop areas	10
Footpaths of boulevards and public gardens next to streets of categories A / B / V	6 / 4 / 2
Access roads of residential districts: main / secondary	4 / 2
Service areas and areas by waste containers	2
Main entrance to a building / emergency or service entrance	6 / 4
Path by the main entrance / by the emergency entrance	4 / 2

Parks and gardens

For park territories Table 8.34 gives levels by zone. The poles themselves are covered in the article on park lighting poles.

Object	City parks, lx	District gardens, lx
Main entrances	6	4
Secondary entrances	2	1
Central alleys	4	2
Side alleys	2	1
Mass recreation areas, in front of theatres and cinemas, open stages, for table games	10	10

Children’s playgrounds

For a courtyard and a children’s playground in a residential block DBN V.2.5-28 gives one figure: average horizontal illuminance of 10 lx where equipment for active games stands (Table 8.32). For grounds at kindergartens, schools and educational institutions it is also 10 lx on group and physical education grounds and grounds for active games, and 4 lx on access roads and approaches to buildings and grounds (Table 8.33).

Requirements for the equipment itself are in DBN B.2.2-5:2011. Lighting equipment is on the mandatory list of elements of a children’s playground (cl. 6.8.6). It must operate in the mode that lights the playground territory, and mounting it lower than 2.5 m is prohibited (cl. 6.8.10). This standard names neither an upper height limit nor a pole type.

No separate uniformity is set in the tables specifically for a children’s playground. The requirements for pedestrian areas above serve as a guide, and the final value is recorded in the design brief. If the ground is also used in the evening for football or basketball, the additional requirements for sports facilities apply: see the next section.

Object	Eavg, lx	Source
Children’s playgrounds where equipment for active games stands	10	DBN V.2.5-28, Table 8.32
Group and physical education grounds of kindergartens, schools, boarding schools, educational institutions	10	DBN V.2.5-28, Table 8.33
Active game grounds in the recreation area of these institutions	10	DBN V.2.5-28, Table 8.33
Access roads and approaches to buildings and grounds	4	DBN V.2.5-28, Table 8.33
Service areas and areas by waste containers	2	DBN V.2.5-28, Table 8.32
Mounting height of lighting equipment on a children’s playground	not lower than 2.5 m	DBN B.2.2-5, cl. 6.8.10

Sports grounds and stadiums

This is where the standards diverge most, so this section is longer than the others. It covers what DBN V.2.2-13 contains, what it does not, and what the designer takes from the brief.

What DBN V.2.2-13 gives and what it does not

DBN V.2.2-13-2003 applies to new and reconstructed open and enclosed sports facilities with or without spectators. Section 6 requires artificial lighting on seasonal ice rinks, at open pools in year-round use, and on all parts of the site intended for pedestrians and vehicles. On other open facilities it is usually provided where there are stands (cl. 6.1).

For levels for individual sports cl. 6.2 refers to DBN V.2.5-23, and for the territory of sports facilities and complexes to DBN V.2.5-28. The standard itself has no «sport — lx» table. For a football pitch, a tennis court or a basketball court the level is set by the design brief, taking into account the competition class and the requirements of the sport federation; for tennis and a number of other sports the European standard EN 12193 is used. Take values from it only from its own text.

Classes and categories: different scales

Several scales that do not coincide appear in the standards and in our articles. DBN V.2.2-13, Annex Ts, divides football stadiums into categories: first, second, third and elite. The European standard EN 12193 distinguishes classes I–III by level of competition. In the article on stadium sports lighting classes I–V are a gradation for football, where IV and V mean televised matches.

Use the scale named in the brief or by the client, and do not carry figures over from one scale to another.

TV broadcast: Table 24

The levels of Table 24 are mandatory for arenas with stands for more than 40 thousand spectators (football, bandy, athletics with a 400 m track), large indoor facilities, and in other cases where the design brief provides for colour TV broadcast. Such installations are designed as fixed; semi-fixed ones are allowed by agreement if the electrical connection and mountings are provided in advance (cl. 6.2).

Object	Minimum illuminance, lx	Plane in which it is specified
Sports zone	1000	Vertical along the longitudinal and transverse axes of the arena at 1 m height; horizontal at arena surface level
Stand	500	Vertical towards the television camera at 1 m height
Pool water surface	1000	Vertical along the longitudinal and transverse axes of the pool

Maintenance factor 1.2. Light sources have a continuous or near-continuous spectrum with a colour temperature of usually 6400 K. The ratio of horizontal to vertical illuminance is not more than 3:1. Non-uniformity of stand illuminance is allowed down to 1:3. For zones where spectators are shown in close-up the illuminance is raised to 750 lx; these zones are not more than 20 % of the stand area. The edition of the standard is oriented to discharge lamps (cl. 6.6) and has no requirements specifically for LED luminaires.

Recreation, stands and mass skating

For facilities without TV broadcast DBN V.2.2-13 gives only minimums.

Object	Level	Clause
Stands of indoor facilities, average horizontal	50 lx	cl. 6.3
Stands of open facilities	not less than 10 % of the level provided for that sport, taking into account stand capacity	cl. 6.3
Open flat facilities for physical recreation, minimum horizontal on the surface (indoors 150 lx)	50 lx	cl. 6.4
Open areas for preparatory exercises at pools, minimum horizontal (in halls 150 lx)	50 lx	cl. 6.4
Seasonal rinks for mass skating, average horizontal on the ice surface	not less than 10 lx	cl. 6.2
Open flat facilities for team sports, non-uniformity coefficient	not less than 0.33	cl. 6.2
Water surface of open pools fitted with lighting installations	not less than 5 lx	cl. 6.7

Flicker

Table 25 limits the flicker coefficient Kp for open flat facilities. For LED floodlights this is a direct criterion for the driver, and it goes into the technical requirements for the luminaires.

Sport (open flat facilities)	Kp, not more than, %
Badminton, basketball, volleyball, handball	15
Tennis	10
Gorodki	20
Rugby, football, field hockey, bandy	15
Athletics	20
Speed skating	20
Figure skating	20
Ice hockey	10

The area around the pitch

Stadium entrances and alleys are set by DBN V.2.5-28 (Table 8.34). The square in front of the main stadium entrance belongs to class P1, that is 20 lx.

Object	Stadiums, lx
Main entrances	10
Secondary entrances	6
Central alleys	6
Side alleys	4

Mounting height and angle of luminaires

On open flat facilities lit for team sports (except gorodki) DBN V.2.2-13 requires side-top lighting. Luminaires are mounted not lower than 10 m, and the angle between the field surface and the perpendicular dropped from the optical centre of the luminaire to the longitudinal axis of the field must be not less than 27° (cl. 6.8).

Overhead lighting is allowed at a lower mounting height: from 12 m for volleyball and tennis, from 8 m for badminton, basketball and handball, from 6 m for ice hockey. Overhead luminaires have a cut-off angle of not less than 30°.

Example. A 105×68 m pitch, a mast 8 m from the touchline. The distance from the mast to the longitudinal axis is d = 34 + 8 = 42 m. At 27° the optical centre of the lowest row of luminaires must be not lower than 42 × tan 27° ≈ 21.4 m. At 25°, used in the article on stadium and sports ground lighting, it is 42 × tan 25° ≈ 19.6 m. The mast top is higher by the height of the crown, and the final height comes from the lighting calculation.

Emergency lighting at football stadiums

Annex Ts to DBN V.2.2-13 requires football stadiums to have floodlighting meeting UEFA standards and an emergency lighting system that gives not less than 800 lx evenly over the pitch if the power supply fails. If both systems are off, an emergency generator is needed. Values by stadium category are in Table Ts.6 of the annex.

Pedestrian crossings

An at-grade crossing is lit more strongly than the carriageway it crosses: the norm is raised by not less than a factor of 1.3 (cl. 8.5.31). The level is raised by changing the pole spacing or by adding more or more powerful luminaires. On public highways the requirement is stricter: not less than 1.5 times, and a different colour temperature compared with the carriageway (cl. 8.12.14).

The luminaire is placed before the crossing on the side the traffic approaches from and aimed at the pedestrian. On roads with two-way traffic it is installed before the crossing for both directions (cl. 8.12.12). To reduce glare for drivers asymmetric luminaires with the maximum luminous intensity directed at the crossing are recommended (cl. 8.12.13). Layouts and mounting heights are covered in the article on pedestrian crossing lighting.

Zone	Eh avg, not less than, lx	Eh min, not less than, lx
Commercial and industrial zones	30	15
Residential zones	20	6

Table 8.36 of DBN V.2.5-28. It applies to at-grade crossings on streets in built-up areas. For beacons and special illuminated signs at a crossing cl. 8.5.32 sets a height of 2–3 m above the carriageway, a luminance of not less than 300 cd/m² and 40–60 flashes per minute.

Car parks

For car parks DBN V.2.5-28 has two tables on different bases. Table 8.45 gives national norms for car parks on streets and in residential districts, Table 8.19 gives values for parking by traffic intensity with additional parameters. The design brief should record which of them is used.

The ratio of maximum to average illuminance on car parks is not more than 3:1 for an average above 6 lx, not more than 5:1 for 4–6 lx and not more than 10:1 below 4 lx (cl. 8.5.54). Diffused-light luminaires at filling stations and car parks adjoining streets are mounted not lower than 3 m for a source flux up to 6000 lm; floodlights on roofs and canopies aimed towards a street or road are prohibited (cl. 8.5.14).

Object	Eavg, lx	Additional	Source
Open car parks on streets of all categories and paid ones off the street	4	Emax/Eavg not more than 5:1	Table 8.45
Open car parks in residential districts	2	Emax/Eavg not more than 10:1	Table 8.45
Passages between rows of box garages	4	Emax/Eavg not more than 5:1	Table 8.45
Filling station: fuelling and tank unloading points / rest of the area with carriageway	20 / 10	—	Table 8.45
Parking with low traffic intensity at shops and residential buildings, motorcycle parking	5	U0 not less than 0.25; GRL not more than 55; Ra not less than 20	Table 8.19
Parking with medium intensity at offices, institutions, factories, sports and multi-purpose facilities	10	U0 not less than 0.25; GRL not more than 50; Ra not less than 20	Table 8.19
Parking with high intensity at schools, churches, shopping centres, large sports and multi-purpose facilities	20	U0 not less than 0.25; GRL not more than 50; Ra not less than 20	Table 8.19
Specially equipped parking areas (horizontal surface)	not less than 4	—	DBN B.2.2-5, cl. 5.6.13.8

Industrial sites and outdoor workplaces

Section 8.3 sets lighting for industrial sites and outdoor work areas. The values of Tables 8.12–8.24 follow the European standard for outdoor workplace lighting, which the DBN cites in its bibliography. The specified quantity is average illuminance on the working surface (cl. 8.3.1).

Zone (Table 8.12)	Eavg, lx	U0, not less than	GRL, not more than	Ra, not less than
Pedestrian pavements	5	0.25	50	20
Carriageway for traffic at up to 10 km/h: bicycles, lorries, excavators	10	0.4	50	20
Traffic zones at up to 40 km/h	20	0.4	45	20
Pedestrian walkways, turning areas, loading and unloading areas	50	0.4	50	20

For shipyards and docks the GRL in the zone for traffic at up to 40 km/h is 50.

Industrial and storage areas

For cargo work Table 8.18 gives these levels.

Work (Table 8.18)	Eavg, lx	U0, not less than	GRL, not more than	Ra, not less than
Short-term handling of large loads, loading and unloading large goods	20	0.25	55	20
Prolonged handling of large loads, crane lifting and lowering, open loading platforms	50	0.4	50	20
Reading labels, covered loading platforms, work with tools, reinforcement and concrete pouring	100	0.5	45	20
Inspection of electrical, mechanical and pipe connections	200	0.5	45	60

Minimum luminaire height against glare

For luminaires with a cut-off angle below 15° cl. 8.3.4 sets the minimum mounting height above ground depending on the lamp luminous flux on one pole and the type of light distribution. For diffused-light luminaires it is not less than 3 m for a flux up to 6000 lm and 4 m for more. This is the lower limit of pole height that the designer checks before starting selection.

Light distribution	Maximum luminous flux on one pole, lm	Minimum height, m
Semi-wide	less than 6000	7.0
Semi-wide	6000–10 000	7.5
Semi-wide	over 10 000 to 20 000	8.0
Semi-wide	over 20 000 to 30 000	9.0
Semi-wide	over 30 000 to 40 000	10.0
Semi-wide	over 40 000	11.5
Wide	less than 6000	7.5
Wide	6000–10 000	8.5
Wide	over 10 000 to 20 000	9.5
Wide	over 20 000 to 30 000	10.5
Wide	over 30 000 to 40 000	11.5
Wide	over 40 000	13

Floodlights: luminous intensity and height

The ratio of the axial luminous intensity of one floodlight Imax to the square of the height H must not exceed the values of Table 8.10 depending on the specified illuminance (cl. 8.3.5). If the axial directions of several luminaires coincide, the table value is divided by their number.

Specified illuminance, lx	Imax/H², cd/m²
0.5	100
1	150
2	250
3	300
5	400
10	700
20	1400
30	2100
50	3500

Glare, light pollution, maintenance factor and dimming

For light pollution Table 8.11 sets limits by type of surrounding zone. The type reflects how brightly the surroundings are already lit: A1 is unlit areas, for example parks and protected zones; A2 poorly lit areas, for example industrial or rural residential; A3 moderately lit areas, for example residential suburbs; A4 city centres and shopping districts. The values are given before the start of the lighting restriction mode and in the restriction mode.

Zone	Vertical illuminance on the object, lx (before restriction / in restriction mode)	Luminous intensity of the luminaire, cd (before restriction / in restriction mode)	ULR, %	Facade luminance, cd/m²	Sign luminance, cd/m²
A1	2 / 0	2500 / 0	0	0	50
A2	5 / 1	7500 / 500	5	5	400
A3	10 / 2	10000 / 1000	15	10	800
A4	25 / 5	25000 / 2500	25	25	1000

The luminous intensity is that of each luminaire in the potentially glaring direction. Table 8.11 comes from section 8.3 (industrial sites and workplaces); by its title it gives limit parameters of outdoor installations for preventing light pollution.

Tall poles

For poles 20 m high and more that light large areas and interchanges, the luminaires must give the maximum luminous intensity at not more than 65° from the vertical. The intensity at 80°, 85° and 90° must not exceed 50, 30 and 10 cd per 1000 lm of luminous flux respectively. The height of luminaires above the carriageway of the upper level of an interchange must be not less than 10 m (cl. 8.5.15). The structural side of such poles is in the article on floodlight masts 30–42 m.

Maintenance factor, ingress protection and dimming

The design takes a maintenance factor into account (cl. 8.5.9). For LED luminaires it is calculated under Annex V, and the ingress protection must be not lower than IP53, assuming cleaning twice a year. For industrial sites cl. 8.3.7 takes a maintenance factor of 0.67 with not fewer than four cleanings of luminaires a year at metallurgical, chemical and mining enterprises, mines, railway stations and adjoining streets, and with not fewer than two cleanings for other objects. In Table 24, for sports installations with TV broadcast, the maintenance factor is 1.2.

Outdoor lighting is built with LED luminaires or with luminaires with better energy-consumption figures (cl. 8.5.61). Reducing the level at night (dimming) on streets and squares with a norm above 0.4 cd/m² or 4 lx is allowed by switching off not more than half of the luminaires, except adjacent ones, or by a flux regulator down to not less than 50 % of the norm and not below 0.4 cd/m² and 4 lx. On park roads, pedestrian and cycle paths, car parks and access roads dimming is not applied (cl. 8.5.59).

How the levels relate to pole height and spacing

None of the standards above sets pole height or spacing. They give level, uniformity and glare limits, and the height, bracket projection and spacing are found by calculation for the chosen luminaire. The link works both ways: a higher level or stricter uniformity shortens the spacing or increases the number of luminaires per pole, while glare limits (TI, intensity at high angles, minimum heights under Table 8.9) set the lower height limit. For sports fields the lower limit is set by the mounting angle under cl. 6.8 of DBN V.2.2-13.

Practical rules are covered separately. Mounting height, the ratio of lit width to spacing and pole series are in the articles How to choose lighting pole height and Spacing between street lighting poles. The minimum luminaire height above the carriageway under the PUE is in the article on street and road lighting standards. How much a pole of each height weighs is in the height and mass table.

A raised norm at a crossing or junction means either a shorter spacing or an additional pole in the crossing zone. On a children’s playground the luminaire height is limited from below (2.5 m). On a sports field the mounting angle may call for a mast much taller than one that suits a street.

Lighting calculation and fitting poles with luminaires

We carry out the lighting calculation to the standards ourselves and fit poles with luminaires, so the levels in this article are input data for us, not a separate task for the client. The client names the purpose of the object, the dimensions of the site and the norm (table or class) to calculate to. We select the pole, the layout and the luminaires and send the result: the layout, the number and power of the luminaires, a table of illuminance levels and the uniformity. We fit poles with luminaires for streets and yards, as well as with floodlights for masts.

If the client has their own requirements, we calculate to them. For the calculation we need a site plan marked with possible pole locations, the illuminance level or competition class, the city and the name of the object; if there is no plan yet, a sketch with dimensions is enough. More on the lighting calculation page. Installation is carried out by a partner construction company.

What to put in a pole enquiry

An enquiry that already names the norm saves several rounds of correspondence. The minimum is:

• the purpose of the object: street (category), courtyard, children’s playground, stadium, car park, crossing;
• the norm and values to calculate to: the DBN table or class, and the Eavg, Emin or U0 the client or the expert review requires;
• a plan with dimensions: carriageway and pavement widths or field dimensions, possible pole locations;
• the carriageway surface (asphalt concrete or setts): it decides whether luminance or illuminance is specified;
• the mounting height of luminaires if the design fixes it, and special limits (the 2.5 m lower limit on a children’s playground, the angle for a sports field, tree crowns);
• luminaires: already chosen (type, weight, wind area, mounting) or selected by us from the calculation;
• the city or wind region: see Wind regions of Ukraine;
• what you need from us: the pole, bracket, embedded part or anchor cage, galvanising, powder coating, KM and KMD drawings.

How to submit an enquiry and what we ask you to send is described in the article How to order poles and masts.

Standards and validity

DBN V.2.5-28:2018 «Natural and artificial lighting». In the e-construction.gov.ua register its status is «in force»: approved by order of the Ministry of Regional Development No. 264 of 03.10.2018, in force from 01.03.2019. Amendment No. 1 was approved by order of the Ministry of Development No. 1254 of 13.08.2025 and has been in force since 01.01.2026. The numbers in this article are taken from the consolidated text with Amendment No. 1 as of 25 October 2026.

DBN V.2.2-13-2003 «Sports and physical recreation facilities». In the register its status is «in force», approved by order of Derzhbud No. 184 of 10.11.2003, the main text in force from 01.03.2004, Amendment No. 1 from 01.10.2010. The numbers are taken from the consolidated text with Amendment No. 1.

DBN B.2.2-5:2011 «Landscaping of territories». In the register its status is «in force»; amendments No. 1 (from 01.10.2018), No. 2 (from 01.06.2020) and No. 3 (from 01.09.2022). Clauses 5.6.13.8, 6.8.6 and 6.8.10, cited in this article, were not changed by these amendments.

DBN V.2.5-23, to which DBN V.2.2-13 refers for levels by sport, is a standard for the design of electrical installations. The 2025 edition is in force (order of the Ministry of Development No. 1301 of 25.08.2025), replacing DBN V.2.5-23:2010. The European standard EN 12193, latest edition 2018: whether it has been adopted in Ukraine as a DSTU must be checked, and its values are not reproduced here. Road and street categories are set by DBN V.2.3-4:2015 and DBN V.2.3-5:2018, which DBN V.2.5-28 cites; the DSTU EN 13201 series is named in the bibliography of the DBN after Amendment No. 1.

The numbers in the tables are copied from the texts of the standards. For a project check them against the edition accepted by the client or the expert review, and against the design brief.