Lighting Quality in Taiwan’s Badminton Courts

This study aims to analyze the quality of lightings in the indoor badminton courts in Taichung, Taiwan. The study was conducted on-site and illuminance values were analyzed. A digital illuminance meter and handheld distance meter were used as the main measuring tools. Data was collected and analyzed by SPSS for 11.0. The results show that Guoguang Badminton Court has reached the “leisure” grade for illuminance, while Hongyi Badminton Court has fallen short of the standard. Second, the maximum/minimum illuminance ratios at Guoguang Court has achieved the standard of grade one, and Hongyi Court is grade two, which means that the two courts have reached the standard for formal contests and general matches respectively. Considering the variance, Guoguang Court was classified as third grade, while Hongyi Court was second grade, both of which have fallen short of the variance standard for formal contests.