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The Effect of Spill Light on Street Lighting Energy Efficiency and Light Pollution

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  • Theodor Terrich

    (Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Czech Technical University, 16627 Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Marek Balsky

    (Department of Electrical Power Engineering, Czech Technical University, 16627 Prague, Czech Republic)

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Street lighting is usually designed to meet luminance (or illuminance) requirements of technical standards and recommendations with minimum possible lighting installation power consumption. However, with the expansion of street lighting in growing cities caused by increasing traffic intensity, the disturbing effects of street lighting on the surroundings are often neglected in the design of lighting systems. Light emitted outside the area to be lit (spill light) causes an increase in complaints from residents and an increase in lighting installation power consumption. Therefore, this paper proposes an analysis of the effect of spill light on the energy efficiency of the street lighting systems.

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  • Theodor Terrich & Marek Balsky, 2022. "The Effect of Spill Light on Street Lighting Energy Efficiency and Light Pollution," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-10, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:9:p:5376-:d:805630
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