1 luminaire.4 budget lines.
Every indoor padel project has to fund architectural courtesy light, emergency lighting, maintenance light and playing light — four installations, four budget lines, four running costs. The ELLITE PADEL perimeter luminaire covers all four with one piece of equipment, automated. Lower CAPEX at build stage, lower OPEX for the entire life of the club.
What does 4-in-1 lighting mean?
An indoor padel building is, above all, a building: it has to meet architectural standards, not just sports ones. Traditional court floodlights only cover the game — everything else has to be installed, wired and paid for separately.
ELLITE PADEL perimeter lighting performs four functions with one product. That is a major saving for the owner and it improves the viability of the whole business plan.
Courtesy lighting
Architectural light for corridors and shared areas, automatically dimmed when there is no booking.
02Emergency lighting
An emergency kit inside the luminaire itself, aligned with the court access door.
03Maintenance & cleaning
Programmed light at the level and time you choose, instead of switching the whole building on.
04Playing light
Outside the vertical of the court: no glare, no flat shadows, no dark zones.
Corridors lit without leaving the court on
- Traditional court floodlights are not approved to act as architectural and courtesy lighting for corridors and shared areas.
- Leaving them on to light the corridors is extremely inefficient and generates energy cost that is completely out of place.
- ELLITE PADEL is architectural light: it complies with the requirements on luminous flux, uniformity and glare.
- With no booking, the light dims automatically by 95%: the luminaire runs at 5% and the corridors stay perfectly lit. That is 95% energy saved in that period. The percentage is configurable.
Budget lines that disappear
- Floodlights / highbays for corridors and shared areas
- Wiring, conduit and junction boxes
- Protection and switching gear in the panel
- Machinery and labour for the installation
- The energy those fittings would consume, every day
The emergency kit lives inside the luminaire
Every building needs emergency lighting in each area. ELLITE PADEL can incorporate a kit that operates for the autonomy and at the light output required by regulation.
- The luminaire is made up of 30 individual lamps. The kit is normally installed in the one aligned with the vertical of the court access door.
- If the distance between courts is under 3 m, one kit per door is not needed: it also covers the adjacent courts.
- Mounted at 6, 7 or 8 m, with lenses of a specific beam aperture, 2 m of length and up to 60 W depending on configuration, emergency lighting performance is very high.
- The budget line for emergency lighting of the playing areas disappears.
Why light the whole club at 100% just to clean the glass?
Cleaning the glass, the turf and the shared areas does not require competition light. Yet in most clubs everything goes to full power for hours: money burnt in kWh.
Programme the playing light for maintenance and cleaning: at the time you want, for as many hours as you want, at the percentage you need. 10% is enough — around 90% energy saving every day on that task.
Light from the perimeter, not from above the player
Because we are outside the vertical of the playing area we meet UNE-EN 12193 and the FIP requirements, reach an average uniformity of 0.8 — above the 0.7 demanded for Class I competition — and deliver two to three times the light required for each type of use. The glare, the flat shadows, the unlit corners and the wasted energy of traditional LED floodlights simply disappear.
Visual comfort
No glare, no shadows, no invasive light in the player's eyes.
A memorable experience
A unique atmosphere on court: it generates emotion, and emotion is what players remember.
Loyalty and word of mouth
Players come back and become the club's best ambassadors.
More players, more revenue
Better facilities widen the customer base and strengthen the business.
Booking app integration
Processes automated, spend under control, 50–80% less kWh.
Higher price per hour
A top-tier facility supports a higher hourly rate.
What the standard demands, and where we sit
Padel court lighting in Spain and Europe is governed by UNE-EN 12193 (Lighting of sports installations), plus the stricter requirements of the International Padel Federation (FIP) for official and televised courts. Municipal light-pollution rules and the electrical and energy-efficiency regulations apply on top.
| Class | Use | Lux required | Uniformity required | ELLITE PADEL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| III | Recreational | 200 lux | 0.5 | Uniformity 0.8 · x2–x3 the required level |
| II | Training | 300 lux | 0.6 | Uniformity 0.8 · x2–x3 the required level |
| I | Competition | 500 lux | 0.7 | Uniformity 0.8 — above the class requirement |
Minimum levels under UNE-EN 12193. FIP competition adds 500–750 lux horizontal, 1000–1500 lux vertical for TV, uniformity ≥ 0.7 and 8 m mounting height.
Also applicable to the 4-in-1 functions
- Courtesy light: architectural requirements for circulation and shared areas — flux, uniformity and glare.
- Emergency lighting: mandatory in every area of the building; the kit is integrated into the luminaire itself.
- Colour: 4000–5000 K and CRI ≥ 70 (≥ 80 for competition), with controlled flicker for broadcast.
Shall we run the numbers for your club?
Tell us the number of courts, the mounting height and whether it is a new build or a refurbishment. We come back with the configuration, a certified lighting study and the exact budget lines you can take out of the project.