Code of Street Lighting

Street Lighting Disturbs Commuting Bats

Anthropogenic disturbance is a major cause of worldwide declines in biodiversity. Understanding the implications of this disturbance for species and populations is crucial for conservation biologists wishing to mitigate negative effects. Anthropogenic light pollution is an increasing global problem, affecting ecological interactions across a range of taxa and impacting negatively upon critical ...

Discussion of "Electrocution by Street Lighting".

A Review of Street Lighting Evaluations: Crime Reduction Effects

Consideration of the literature concerning street lighting effects on crime yields the following conclusions: (1) Precisely targeted increases in street lighting generally have crime reduction effects. (2) More general increases in street lighting seem to have crime prevention effects, but this outcome is not universal Older and U.S. research yield fewer positive results than more recent U.K. r...

Street lighting changes the composition of invertebrate communities.

Artificial lighting has been used to illuminate the nocturnal environment for centuries and continues to expand with urbanization and economic development. Yet, the potential ecological impact of the resultant light pollution has only recently emerged as a major cause for concern. While investigations have demonstrated that artificial lighting can influence organism behaviour, reproductive succ...

Comparison of real street lighting with sodium lamps and LEDs

The paper presents the comparison of luminous and electrical properties of modern LED-based luminaires with properties of the conventional luminaires with high pressure sodium lamp. It collects available product information of compared luminaires with measured luminous and electrical properties of them to allow a reader to take a view of mentioned luminaire properties. The most important values...