Designing correct lighting in our streets, highways, parks or gardens of a municipality, the minimum lighting levels necessary for the development of the activities that take place in these spaces must be taken into account, promoting the safety and comfort of users but avoiding light pollution.
Road lighting undoubtedly offers a simple and economical alternative, to largely counter serious and dangerous road accidents. It is an effective safety method for all drivers, pedestrians and pedestrians in urban and rural areas, as it ensures that traveling on properly lit roads generates greater confidence. It is for this reason that neighborhood associations, local administrations, councils should always be an obligation.
Achieve efficient energy consumption, achieve minimum environmental impact and make a reasonable investment. Something that many municipalities struggle to achieve in their municipalities.
LED lighting meets these expectations, also reducing consumption and facilitating energy efficiency without altering lighting levels and protecting the environment.
To achieve long-lasting lighting, the type of lamp that provides the correct operating parameters must be chosen by the manufacturer.
This is why it is important to take into account renewable energies such as the use of photovoltaic solar energy through panels for street lamps or garden lamps.
Additionally, areas that require further study due to the rigor of their locations should be investigated, i.e. walks, stairs, roundabouts, living spaces, these spaces should take take into account the criteria and minimum lighting levels established for lighting since they must promote vision without harming, damaging or harming the comfort of pedestrians or drivers.
The lighting must be homogeneous and the lighting must not be excessive so as not to create contrasts of shadow and light which alter the aesthetics of these spaces. Not to mention, the location and orientation of the luminaires do not produce glare for passers-by.
Techniques to reduce costs and make the city more sustainable
The installation of on and off control systems constitutes a great advantage to produce savings of between 10 and 30%, being able to control according to the needs of the environment.
This system consists of integrating switches with astronomical schedules or with light sensors specially designed to control the light load according to sunrise and sunset times at different times of the year.
We can also integrate a double-level reactance, which will vary the impedance of the circuit individually in each of the luminaires, by adapting the luminous flux to the particular needs of each measurement, or the installation of luminous flux reducers at the head of the network , with the aim of reducing light intensity during certain hours of the night, during which citizen activity is reduced to a minimum.