Obtrusive Light: 3 Things You Might Find Interesting
As a Lighting Consultant, I help clients improve their installations by determining how to control light which spills beyond and above the boundaries of their facilities. Outdoor Lighting Guidance for the control of obtrusive lighting has existed since 1990 and was updated in 2013. These guidelines define the limits of light spilt upward and outward […]
What does Maintenace Factor mean to Facility Owners in an LED World?
Before diving straight into this topic let’s take a few moments to look at what we did in a pre-LED world and understand what we mean by ‘maintenance factor’ and how we apply it to sports lighting applications. The illumination level referred to in most lighting standards is defined as a ‘maintained illuminance’ or ‘the […]