Illumination Infrastructure of the Electrical Engineering Building in Dhvsu Main Campus toward Institutional Policy on Lighting Management

The illuminance of a building, particularly in a classroom, has to obtain a lumen of 300 minimum and 750 maximum, based on the standards set by the Department of Energy. This plays a crucial role to a student or instructor in terms of how much lumens a classroom needs. Certain facilities tend to disregard the so-called “Illumination Standards” that users need to execute the work. This study focuses on assessing the current lighting fixtures and illumination levels of the Electrical Engineering Building of Don Honorio Ventura State University (DHVSU Bacolor Pampanga Philippines 2001) in compliance with the Department of Energy’s Illumination Standard of a classroom. The researchers discovered that the said building has been using an 18-watt non-LED with a luminous flux of 1800. It was figured out that the current lighting fixtures were tested 100 up to 250 lumens. As a result, the study recommended using a 36W with a luminous flux of 3600. This paper also proposed a lighting management policy including selective switching, upgrading to newer lighting fixtures, and energy-efficient lighting, following the standards from the abovementioned department.