JOURNAL

LIGHTING

March  2013
The  publication  for  all  lighting  professionals

Impact  assessment:  the  latest  ILP  guide

Is  all  lanes  running  a  good  idea?
Dark  thoughts  from  Sir  Andrew  Motion
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Lighting Journal March 2013

03 EDITORIAL 30 ALTARED STATE

Durham’s World Heritage Site
04 NEWS reaches completion

08 LIGHT MINDED/ 34 POST MODERNISM

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for a street light...

10 10 IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
James Paterson and Malcolm 38 FLASHES OF
Mackness summarise the main BRILLIANCE
points from the ILP’s newly Carl Gardner brings a critical
published PLG04 eye to the Light Show exhibition at
the Southbank’s Hayward Gallery

16 GOING WITH THE FLOW

Mark Cooper examines the HA’s
proposed measures for controlling
42 PRODUCTS
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their wisdom
44 LIGHT ON THE PAST
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SLL Guidance on obtrusive lighting

45 CONSULTANTS
22 NO TIME TO WASTE
16 Simon Cook on the need to plan
ahead for forthcoming changes
to the WEEE Directive
46 LIGHTING DIRECTORY

24 WE MUST EMBRACE 48 DIARY

THE DARKNESS
Former poet laureate Sir Andrew
Motion launches Star Count 2013
with an impassioned plea

28 STEP IN THE LIGHT

DIRECTION
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has often been acknowledged, in lighting we spend an awful lot of
President time talking to each other. Mainly the observation arises in connection
Pete Lummis I.Eng MILP
with our need to raise awareness of lighting issues with government, other

Chief Executive branches of the design and engineering fraternity or even the general public.
Richard G Frost BA (Cantab) DPA Whether we are discussing new technology such as LEDs, the drawbacks
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Tom Baynham listen to an outside, lay person’s opinion of a lighting
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Mark Cooper IEng MILP
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Keith Lewis, it was appropriate to reprint an article written by Sir
Nigel Parry IEng FILP Andrew Motion in the Daily Telegraph for the launch of
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Star Count 2013. The former poet laureate and current
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president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England
Advertising Manager begins with an aesthetic and philosophical appreciation
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4 News
Rights to light challenged
Last month the Law Commission
began a ministerially backed three-
month consultation on the legal
entitlement to daylight.
Dating from 1611, ‘rights to
light’ are automatically prescribed to
buildings where natural light has been
constant for 20 years, a situation the
consultation is proposing could be
changed. The move is part of the
continued bid to free up planning
laws, and to prevent home owners
delaying development projects.
According to the Consultation
Paper, the YPNO[[VSPNO[PZKLÄULK
as ‘an easement: a property right,
entitling a landowner to receive,
usually through a window, enough
of the natural light passing over a
neighbour’s land to enable the
ordinary use of the building’.
Some 2.8m homes in England
and Wales built in the past 20 years
could be affected if the automatic
right is removed.
‘Rights to light can have a
profound effect,’ says the document.
‘They are valuable to landowners and
can protect the amenity of properties,
but in doing so they allow those who
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Welsh park becomes
dark sky beacon
Brecon Beacons National Park has
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granted the status of an international
dark sky reserve, awarded by the
US-based International Dark-Sky
Association.
This means that the night-sky is
protected and lighting controls are in
place to prevent light pollution.
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Park in south-west England; Mont
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degree of control over
what can be done on
neighbouring land.
‘The availability of
modern, good quality
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commercial space
is important to the
success of increasingly
dense, modern town
and city centres, and
to the economy
more generally.’
However, the
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according to the
Northumberland-
based rights to light consultant
Smith Marston LLP. A less-publicised
proposal from the document, says
partner Adrian Marston, is that
developers will need to give notice
of a proposed obstruction. ‘Currently
their options are to keep quiet
and hope nobody comes out of
the woodwork, or seek insurance
cover,’ says Marston. If objections
are not raised within 12 months then
prescriptive rights to light are lost.
‘People in London are very
Megantic in Quebec,
Canada; Aoraki Mackenzie
in New Zealand, and
NambiRand Nature
Reserve in Namibia.
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were distributed to
residents living in the
‘core zone’ of the park to
inform them of the simple
measures they could take,
such as tilting outdoor
security lights downwards
instead of up, that could
make a difference to how
dark the night sky appears.
To get through the application
process, local astronomers
conducted a survey to assess the
levels of light pollution, and lighting
consultant LCADS prepared the
lighting masterplan as part of the
park’s submission.
LCADS is currently providing
a similar service for Loch Lomond
National Park and Northumberland
National Park, together with Kielder
Water and Kielder Forest.
familiar with these rights, but further
north there is less awareness,’
adds Marston. ‘This move will draw
attention to the fact that developments
can be contested. Developers
were hoping for an outright ban,
whereas the proposal actually will
make the whole process much
more transparent.’
To read the consultation document
in full, go to: http://lawcommission.
justice.gov.uk/docs/cp210_rights_
to_light_version-web.pdf
Warrington invests £34m
in upgrade programme
Warrington Council plans to invest
£34m in a major street lighting
renewal programme that will see
the total replacement of more than
22,000 lighting columns and lanterns
over three years.
The council will be opting for
LEDs in an effort to reduce its energy
usage. At present two-thirds of
Warrington’s annual £2.2m street
lighting budget is spent on energy.
More than a third of the
27,500 lights in the borough are
over 40 years old. Some 17,000
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replacement,10,000 of which are
high priority.
O Somerset County Council is
spending £250,000 on the repair
and replacement of around 100
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after acknowledging that they could
be a safety risk, according to the
local BBC website.
ILP launches Skills Portal
The ILP is to launch its new Skills
Portal on 8 April. The portal brings
together the training and education
resources already offered by
manufacturers so that a wider
audience of young lighting designers
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the ILP website for both members and
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required skills and identify where
training resources are available.
‘It is designed to help practice
heads create training and development
programmes, and for young entry-level
designers to understand what they
need to know and help them acquire
the necessary skills and knowledge,’
said ILP vice president Mark Ridler
(pictured), who has been instrumental
in organising the portal.
To get involved, manufacturers
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The findings of an important research paper on
lighting and traffic accidents will be the subject
of an online live seminar on 2 April. The webinar
has been organised by the Lighting Research
Centre (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
in the USA, in conjunction with the ILP.
Entitled To Illuminate or Not to Illuminate:
roadway lighting as it affects traffic safety at
intersections, the session will feature LRC
director and professor Mark Rea and senior
research scientist John Bullough, collaborating
with Eric Donnell, associate professor at Penn
State and faculty researcher at the university’s
Thomas D Larson Pennsylvania Transportation
Institute. All of them were involved with the
research project.
The team used lighting and crash data
for state highway intersections in Minnesota
to develop quantitative models relating night-
time driving safety to the presence of lighting
at these intersections.
In parallel, LRC researchers modelled
prototype roadway intersections with and
without lighting, based on roadway lighting
practices in Minnesota, and including the
effects of vehicle headlights.
Using a model of visual performance
developed by Rea while at the National Research
Council of Canada, they were able to estimate
drivers’ ability to detect potential hazards quickly
and accurately under each lighting scenario
compared to when there was no roadway
lighting present.
According to LRC, the webinar will offer
information that can be used now to not only
News 5
simply need to provide a 30-50
word summary of what training
they offer, and what they will
provide, as well as a contact
that designers can use to
arrange training. This will allow
designers to approach providers
directly as they wish.
The modularity of the
portal allows it to be applied
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backgrounds and lets the
employer select the skills
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whether pure design, sales, or progression is possible.
manufacture. ‘By harnessing readily available
It will also create a consensus as and largely free training resources,
to what skills are required that will help we can develop skills within the
employers in staff recruitment and profession, increasing our status
retention, and create greater clarity for and standing within the construction
those wishing to enter the profession industry,’ said Ridler.
News in brief
allocate lighting more efficiently, but to design Elizabeth Thomas, public lighting engineer
lighting more effectively. at Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, has
‘As new practices such as solid-state been appointed ILP vice president highways
lighting, adaptive roadway and vehicle lighting, and infrastructure. A member of the ILP since
and benefit-cost analysis continue to emerge, 1997, Thomas has been an active contributor to
the tools that will be presented in this webinar the institution as past chairman of the Midland
will help agencies specify and shape lighting Region. ‘I am very pleased to welcome Elizabeth
that minimises energy use and environmental
impact, while maximising the use of limited
to the vice-presidential team as she has both
the experience and the knowledge to create a
public resources,’ said Rea. vision for how the institution may better serve the
The webinar is on 2 April at 5pm and will
highway lighting community in future,’ said ILP
president Pete Lummis.
last one hour. Cost per participant is $25
Xicato, whose LED modules are based on
(around £16), free for LRC Partners. Sign
remote phosphor technology, has introduced the
up for the session by filling out and sending
first industry warranty that guarantees modules in
the registration form available from the
an installation will deliver visually consistent light
following website:
from luminaire to luminaire for a five-year period.
www.lrc.rpi.edu/education/outreachEducation/
The five-year colour consistency and lumen
registration/liveFromtheLRCRegistration.asp maintenance warranty has been underwritten
by insurer Munich Re which evaluated Xicato’s
patented corrected cold phosphor technology, as
well as the company’s product qualification and
manufacturing processes to assess the risk of a
*SHYPÄJH[PVU potential product failure..
The headline of a news story
Street lighting manufacturer Charles Endirect has
‘Warwickshire accident blamed
appointed Andrew Jackson as its new national
on switch-off’ (P4, January LJ)
sales manager. Jackson was originally trained
referred to a local newspaper
as a lighting designer
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and sales engineer
blaming Warwickshire County
by Thorn Lighting. He
Council’s part-night lighting
has also held senior
policy for a tragic accident, not
sales positions with
that it was the outcome of an
Holophane Europe and
enquiry. The enquiry is ongoing.
Harvard Engineering.
Lighting Journal March 2013

6 News
Single phosphor breakthrough
Left to right: Feng Liu, Zhengwei Pan and Xufan Li
(University of Georgia)
Chinese and American researchers claim to
have created an LED lamp that emits warm
white light – less than 4000K –with a single
light-emitting phosphor, according to findings
published in the online journal Light: Science
and Applications.
The usual process of combining two
or more phosphors to achieve warm white
light from LEDs is costly and often results in
inconsistent colour output because the source
materials respond differently to temperature
variations. A single phosphor theoretically
solves the problem of colour stability because
the colour quality doesn’t change with
increasing temperatures.
The researchers – University of Georgia
LETTER
The recent ILP Forum on S/P ratios was an
excellent event; I was honoured to have been
invited to attend and hope that the ILP continues
to hold such events. There is a need though to
address a critical item raised in the brief summary
presented in the January 2013 issue of LJ, and
this relates to energy consumption.
The summary mentions that the new
guidance based on S/P ratios will lead to an
increase in energy consumption, this being
relative to previous guidance which allowed a
one-step reduction when using white light.
This is not a fair statement.
What the new guidance (as reported in
PLG03) does is provide a system that maintains
approximately the same level of visual amenity
under different types of lamp by allowing variation
in illuminance – a lamp of higher S/P ratio uses
a lower illuminance. With lamps of moderate S/P
ratio this reduction in illuminance may not be as
much as gained using the one-step reduction, but
it is still a potential energy reduction compared
with no reduction in illuminance.
The one-step reduction used only one
criterion, that lamp Ra was equal to or greater
than 60. Colour rendering (Ra) says nothing about
ability to detect pavement obstacles, potential
trip hazards. So ignoring S/P ratio (which does
Lighting Journal March 2013
physicist Zhengwei Pan, with colleagues
from Georgia, Georgia Southern University,
Oak Ridge National Lab, Argonne National
Lab, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences –
created the new phosphor by combining small
quantities of europium oxide with aluminium
oxide, barium oxide and graphite powders.
They then heated the powders at 1450
degrees C in a tube furnace. A vacuum
created in the furnace pulled the vapourised
materials on to a substrate, and deposited the
vapours as a yellow luminescent compound.
This compound was then encapsulated
in a bulb and illuminated by a blue LED chip,
creating a warm white light. The phosphor
material achieves a colour rendering of Ra85.
‘Our material,’ says Pan, ‘achieves a
warm colour temperature while at the same
time giving highly accurate colour rendition,
which is something no single-phosphor-
converted LED has ever been shown to do.’
However the process is still not
commerically viable as the efficiency of the
new material is much lower than that of
conventional white LEDs. In addition,
in order to produce it on an industrial scale
means resolving even small variations in
temperature and pressure in the phosphor
synthesis process which can result in
materials with different luminescent colours.
correlate with obstacle detection) might have
led to a compromise on safety when using lamps
of high Ra but low S/P ratio by using a low
illuminance when it was not justified.
On a larger scale, a switch-off policy saves
energy but is recognised to be disadvantageous
for safety, yet we do not refer to the increased
energy consumption of a non-switch-off policy.
Let’s be consistent with compromises.
The aim of guidance offered in PLG03 is
to maintain equal visual amenity under different
lamps: what it does not do is to say whether
that is the right level of visual amenity, because
that is a function of illuminance class selection.
It is in the selection of illuminance class that
energy consumption is primarily addressed, yet
there appears to be little evidence for this range
of illuminances in either visual needs or cost-
benefit analysis.
My contribution to the Merlin project, along
with Peter Raynham at UCL and John Barbur at
City University, is working towards generating
better data for the selection of lighting classes.
Steve Fotios
Professor of lighting
and visual perception
Sheffield University
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LIGHT Minded...
Frustrated lighting designer Kevan Shaw, principal of KSLD,
writes an open letter to LED marketeers
D
ear LED marketeer: I think you are
not really aware of where LEDs are
or should be at in 2013. From my
experience, generation one was the
5mm epoxy encapsulated white LED that
I specified on to projects around 1999 to
2000. Generation two was the first high-
power devices from the likes of Lumiled,
Cree and a few others. Generation three
was the wafer-thin flip chips when we
started to see some reasonable, genuine
light output and efficiencies. Generation
four is the remote phosphor devices where
the possibility of reasonable and reliable
colour rendering appeared.
We are, after some 13 years, still waiting
for Generation X: the LED with a guaranteed
long life, genuine high efficiency in the
application including all gear and optical
losses, excellent colour rendering, good
warm colour appearance and able to deliver
a clean tight-focused beam of light – in fact,
exactly what has been promised by LED
marketeers like you since 1999.
We also need these at an initial cost
directly comparable with other light sources
because most lighting equipment purchase
decisions end up being made on, or
excessively influenced by, purchase price.
Your assertion that traditional luminaires
are ‘seriously inefficient’ is not correct. It
is convenient that the standards for LEDs
require complete fittings to be measured so
the light output ratio is always 100 per cent.
All optics have losses, all LEDs have very
significant efficiency losses due to operating
temperatures (it took 10 years before the
practice of quoting LED efficiencies at a
junction temperature of 20 degrees C began
to be changed to something closer to actual
operating temperature). By normal standards
the most efficient luminaire is a bare-batten
fluorescent where all the light except for that
reflected from the batten spine is available
to be directly reflected by room surfaces,
thereby creating a luminous environment.
LEDs, by their nature a directional light
source, may be better at delivering light
into a small patch below the fitting and this
is historically how lighting has come to be
measured, though it is not the most effective
way of creating lit space. I would direct you
Lighting Journal March 2013
to Christopher Cuttle’s papers on ideas for
how to advance lighting design and light
measurement to see where things need
to be going in this respect. Quality of light
is about the quality of the lit environment,
not any numbers relating to any particular
performance parameter of the fittings used.
As I mentioned, LEDs are typically
directional. However, when it comes to
really narrow distributions, say to use
instead of LVTH reflector spotlights, we
still cannot get good clean beams below
20 degrees. What we get are multi-chip
devices with consequent multiple shadows
and single-chip devices with a fried egg
distribution – a hot spot more or less of the
required beam angle with a huge blob of
light out to the field angle which is three
or four times the beam angle when it
should be very close to it.
To tame the good remote phosphor
LEDs into a decent beam requires reflectors
of 125mm diameter or more, giving lie to
the claim that LEDs allow for small fittings,
particularly once you have added the
requisite massive heatsinks.
Directional lighting is a limited subset of
the tools required by lighting designers. Area
lighting by LEDs is frequently possible but
at astonishingly high cost. Typically a lensed
linear fitting for close offset wallwashing will
cost £700 a meter and has the advantage of
being able to work at a very close offset. The
energy cost is usually around 70W a meter
for 2W chips on 33mm centres.
Doing the same job with fluorescent
would use a 1.2m-long 28W fitting end-to-
end, albeit at a reasonable offset from the
wall, with a range of fittings priced between
£80 and £300 each. To be frank, the quality
of light available from good T5 tubes is
comparable with typical LEDs both in the
warm and cool range. The chip-on-board
type devices suitable for linear applications
like this just do not come in really good
colour rendering types.
You seem to have convinced a great
many non-lighting specialists that LEDs
are the only light to be used now and in the
future. How about using this expertise to
persuade your company bosses to actually
deliver what you have promised?
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Impact
assessments
James Paterson and Malcolm Mackness
of LCADS summarise the key
points in the ILP’s latest
guidance, PLG04
Urban development sites
PLG04 Guidance on Undertaking Environmental Lighting
Impact Assessments has been produced primarily as a
working guide to lighting assessment procedures, where
required within planning applications. However, as it is based
on the fundamentals of good lighting practice, it should also
help designers in evaluating lighting effects in many other
situations. It has developed into a fairly long document and
its main sections are summarised below.
Section 1: Background
Describing and characterising both rural and urban
environments has been a function of landscape architecture
for many years. Originally, there was little consistency in
style or scope of coverage, including lighting aspects.
Eventually, methods became more formalised and
incorporated in national regulations, requiring both details
of any changes associated with developments and
assessment of their impacts.
Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) became
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following the introduction of EU directive 85/337/EEC,
amended in 1997 by directive 97/11/EC. This requires
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development in the future.
Even outside the statutory requirements, planning
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may therefore be used in such cases, adapted to the level
of detail appropriate in the circumstances.
Environmental zones showing obtrusive light limitations (ILP 2011)
PLG04 focuses on the lighting assessment aspects of
such development applications in a holistic way. While most
of the impacts are effects on people and their perception of
the surroundings, assessments must also include impact on
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producing the ecological sections of the EIA.
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on, the process for producing a lighting assessment, the guide
can also be used as a prompt for the lighting designer on
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remove, or minimise, potential environmental problems.
Section 2: Terminology
As for all things nowadays, acronyms cannot be avoided
and a complete section had to be developed to clarify
lighting references in the hierarchy of the main processes and
associated planning jargon. As a result, the report attempts
to maintain clarity and consistency in various references. For
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impact assessment whose acronym, LIA, is widely used to
mean landscape impact assessment.
The word receptor is heavily used in environmental
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element affected by the development, including pollution,
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is primarily the visual effects that are of concern, and these are
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entitled receptors, visual receptors or viewpoints. To limit
confusion PLG04 uses the term viewpoint.
Section 3: Lighting and the landscape
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lighting design should now recognise that there may be
Guidance update 11
adjacent viewpoints with a potentially reduced visual quality of
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lighting aspects is set out in the same format as that required
for the overall environmental impact statement.
While many projects in rural areas will require lighting
assessments, the situation can occur in a variety of
environments, each of which will have its own characteristics.
Setting appropriate lighting limits to cope with a reasonable
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of the local environment and then by specifying an appropriate
environmental zone see table below).
Section 4: Environmental zones
Based on CIE thinking, the concept of an environmental
zone was introduced to the UK in the 1990s in an ILP
Guidance Note (GN01). The latest version of this is included
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Guide on the limitation of the effects of obtrusive light from
outdoor lighting installations.
Environmental zones should be ideally set by the planning
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This should be part of their overall planning strategy for the
county or district, or whatever area concerned. In cases
where this has not been done, the lighting professional
may have to make decisions on the nature of the area and
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guidance on this process is given.
The environmental zone sets the limits for new lighting in
respect of:
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decorative lighting systems (cd/sqm)
Section 5: Planning applications and design detail
Planning applications can be provided with different levels of
design detail. Typically there are three stages:
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design or levels
2. Provisional design: indicative design meeting task
lighting requirements
3. Final design: with full details and calculation data
Lighting Journal March 2013
12 Guidance update
The preliminary investigation will typically link into an
outline planning application, having only general proposals
for potential layouts of roads and buildings and so on. It is
not possible, therefore, to undertake any actual lighting
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designs will require the appropriate lighting components to
be developed and evaluated.
Section 6: Lighting assessment structure
For each of the three planning stages that are listed above,
the lighting assessment should generally follow the sequence
set out here, which in turn follows the structure set out
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the client, their format must be followed, but the coverage
should include:
1. Site description, in short form
2. Method of assessment, site visit and evaluation
procedures
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development and its visual impact
4. Proposed development – nature of the associated
lighting proposals and designs
5. Residual effects – what changes in the lit scene are
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6. Potential mitigation – what is proposed to eliminate
Design presentation
or limit lighting problems
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areas where there is a lack of information at the time
of the report
8. Appendices
In addition to the main technical report, there will also
usually be a requirement for a non-technical summary of
the lighting assessment.
Section 7: The lighting assessment report
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of the above items in this section, which is quite substantial.
Particular emphasis is placed on the baseline assessment
– what is required, and the various safety and other
procedures that should be used in producing it. The need
for both day and night visits to viewpoints is covered, with
the daytime visit being used, in part, to assess the potential
hazards of returning after dark.
Although visits in rural areas may be more remote, there
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The need for a personal risk assessment for all locations is
stressed, along with the need for two people on site in most
Many rural projects will need lighting assessments, but the situation can occur in a range of environments, each with its own characteristics
cases, as well as emergency contact systems and so on.
Suggestions on recording of information and evaluation
of the baseline scene from each viewpoint are given, as well
as a possible recording format. If site notes and records can
be structured to match the style of the lighting assessment,
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Where night-time visits prove impractical on safety or
other grounds, the guidance also outlines techniques for
producing informed assessments, based on available safe
viewpoints and professional interpretation. It also gives an
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report to integrate into the LA.
Section 8: Proposed development
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matter what the size or location of the lighting project is
and whether it is a short-term, standalone project or part of
an overall long-term development. The level of design and
the detail that can be produced will vary depending on the
application status and detail.
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preliminary design elements in applications carry through to
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to the development proposal and local environment. If
there are alternative site layout options initially, then suitable
designs will have to be prepared for each.
Identifying the need for particular ranges of mounting
heights and types of luminaire at this stage may help in
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Once the site layout and features have been settled,
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Guidance update 13
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construction, and revisions are all too common. Choice of an
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may be a good strategy, if possible.
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that is required at each stage are given in this section. Other
design elements such as the use of appropriate maintenance
factors, plan requirements and visualisations and so on are
also covered here.
Inherent within the design process must be the
formulation and application of mitigation strategies. This
aspect is covered in Section 10.
Section 9: Residual effects
These are the effects that the proposed development will
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They will include such elements as:
• Illumination of roads and accesses, parking areas,
buildings and so on
• Spill light
• Source intensity
• Light presence Horizontal lighting contours
• Effects on wildlife and so on
This section of the assessment requires a summary of
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set out. Many of these are often relatively straightforward and
would involve references to working within the appropriate
British Standards and so on.
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part of it, then these will require more detailed consideration
in this section. Potential effects on wildlife and plants are a
typical case in point.
Section 11: Conclusions
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information or detail because it is unavailable, this should be
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are normally assessed against a seven-point table. Section 9
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Environmental Impact Assessments are public documents
Section 10: Potential mitigation and will be published by the local planning authority, usually
Mitigation strategies should be an inherent part of VU[OLPYWSHUUPUNWVY[HS^LIZP[L(ZZ\JO[OL`HYLL_WLJ[LK
a professional lighting design. The formulation of a to be in a form understandable to the general public. While
design approach for the development should therefore technical detail may be necessary in the main body of the
naturally involve both achieving the target lighting values lighting assessment, a non-technical summary must also
and limiting spill light, in addition to minimising glare be provided. This should avoid jargon and be written in
and light presence. plain English as far as possible.
14 Guidance update
Section 13: CV
This section is a reminder that only competent lighting
professionals should undertake lighting assessments and that
a brief CV will support this.
Although the focus of the guide is for those producing
lighting assessments, it will also act as a checklist for those
who are asked to carry out evaluations on behalf of local
authorities or other clients.
Section 15: Photography and images
As part of the lighting assessment, day and night-
time photographs are an important element of the
presentation. They can be especially useful in the
non-technical summary, but often form a substantial
part of the main report.
This section contains a wealth of information and
recommendations on viewpoint location, personal safety,
camera mounting, lens focal lengths, apertures and the
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which should be consistent with images provided by
others within the overall EIA.
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Section 16: Lighting measurements
Any lighting measurements that may be subject to
public and/or legal scrutiny will require use of a suitably
calibrated light meter.
Measurement techniques in the various planes are
included in this section.
To download a copy of PLG04, go to www.theilp.org.uk/resources/ilp-technical-reports/
Summary
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lighting assessment as part of an environmental impact
assessment, and to provide practical advice on the
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are covered in detail. The need for careful risk analysis
when undertaking site visits by day, and particularly at
night, has been highlighted as a result of feedback
from various projects.
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Mark Cooper looks at proposed measures
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he ever-growing problem of
congestion on our road network
is being addressed by the
Highways Agency (HA) with the use of
technology and clever infrastructure
management. With fewer roads being
built, but more cars on the road, the
HA have had to make best use of
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introduction of managed motorways
(MM). All lanes running (ALR) is one
of the ways of tackling this issue.
Managed motorways have been
with us for a while. The use of variable
speed limits (VSL), with changing
speed signs on overhead gantries
and enforcement cameras to monitor
drivers’ speeds, ensure that vehicles
move at a consistent speed instead
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appeared on the M42 Birmingham
during 2005 where additionally dynamic
hard shoulder running (MM-DHS) was
introduced. Additional variable speed
limit schemes were rolled out on the
M6 and M25 in 2007.
Dynamic hard shoulder running
(MM-DHS)
This is where the hard shoulder is
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during periods of congestion. During
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no incidents are present, no signs or
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increases, a variable mandatory speed
limit (VMSL) is automatically displayed
by the LED electronic signals above the
running lanes, similar to those seen on
the M25 controlled-motorways scheme.
However, unlike that scheme, an
additional signal displays a red-cross
lane control aspect over the hard
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additional capacity, and when it is safe
to do so, the hard shoulder is opened
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(RCC) operators. This is conveyed to
road users through the display of a
mandatory speed limit above the hard
shoulder, in addition to those displayed
over the remaining running lanes, and
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on the Motorway Signal Mark 4 (MS4s).
When the demand level subsides,
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the RCC operators and the motorway
reverts to an M25 controlled-motorway-
style environment with mandatory
speed limits displayed on the advanced
motorway indicators (AMI) above the
running lanes and a red-cross lane
control aspect displayed above the hard
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Appropriate supporting information displayed on
variable message signs
the signs and signals are switched
off and the carriageway returns to
conventional motorway operation.
Gantries are typically spaced
at 800m intervals and combine a
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Along with the variable speed limit
signs and enforcement cameras,
they will also have CCTV cameras
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monitoring cameras.
Of course with the hard shoulder
being opened intermittently, at times
of congestion, then additional space
has to be created for those drivers
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or other emergency incident. These
take the form of emergency refuge
areas (ERA). Also typically spaced
every 800m, ERAs will be automatically
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emergency response telephones.
Lighting
As with any improvement scheme,
there has to be an economic case
for the upgrade of the lighting. This
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road improvements and their impact
on the proposed lighting upgrades. In
accordance with the HA guidance on
Designing for Maintenance, lighting
from the verge is the preferred option,
as well as employing appropriate
road restraint systems to protect the
roadside infrastructure. This, of course,
adds to the assets to be maintained
Highway lighting 17
and increases costs, which generally
produces a negative outcome to the
economic assessment.
If the lighting of the motorway, or
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and the main carriageway remains
unlit, then the process of evaluating the
lighting should be as follows:
Standalone business cases need to
be produced for the separate lighting of
each of the following areas:
• Junctions
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• ERAs
Emergency refuge areas are to be
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lit to an appropriate CE class. In the
case of an unlit motorway, then CE5 is
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The M42 pilot experience
The M42 scheme was initially run as
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showed a reduction in journey times
of up to 25 per cent. The report
also indicated a fall in the number of
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to 1.5 a month on average.
A further report published after three
years of the pilot project established the
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• Personal injury accidents have
reduced by more than half
(55.7 per cent)
• There have been zero fatalities
• Casualties per billion vehicle
miles travelled have reduced
by just under two thirds (61 per
cent) since the introduction of
managed motorways
It can be seen that this project
was a success. The scheme met all
objectives and is safe but, critically in
my opinion, it features fully upgraded
and maintained lighting.
Additional MM-DHS running
schemes have been implemented
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to conventional road-widening
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reduced cost.
However, shortly after the
completion of these projects
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banking crisis and recession, and
the government put a hold on all
future infrastructure projects and
subjected them to the compulsory
spending review.
Lighting Journal March 2013
18 Highway lighting
Managed motorways: the future
In a recent document published by the
HA (Managed Motorways – All Lanes
Running: Concept of Operations), it
outlines the proposed development of
managed motorways to allow the HA
to meet its targets of controlling and
reducing congestion on the network,
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environmental targets.
This proposed design will be
known as MM-ALR (managed
motorways – all lanes running)
and varies from the above projects
through to the constant use of
the hard shoulder as a full-time
running lane. Other additional
design changes include:
• Variable mandatory speed
limits with an associated
enforcement/compliance
system
• Driver information, including
lane availability, to be
provided at intervals not
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• Information will be provided
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signals capable of displaying
appropriate combinations of:
mandatory speed limits; lane-
closure wickets; pictograms,
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include entry slip signals (ESS)
• A queue protection
system and congestion
management system
• Comprehensive low light, pan-
tilt-zoom (PTZ) CCTV coverage
• Refuge areas provided at
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These may either be bespoke
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emergency refuge area) or
alternatively may be converted
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instance, a wide load bay. A
motorway service area (MSA),
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slip/link road, or the hard
shoulder of an intra-junction
link may also be considered
to provide a refuge
• Emergency roadside
telephones (ERT) provided in all
dedicated refuge areas
The key feature of the MM-ALR
design is the permanent replacement
of the hard shoulder with a controlled
running lane. Permanently removing
the hard shoulder eliminates the
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opening and closing the dynamic
Lighting Journal March 2013
The HA’s recent document on ALR outlines the proposed
development of managed motorways
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DHS schemes. Additionally, the hard
shoulder monitoring cameras, and the
associated technology and systems
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that the hard shoulder can be opened
safely, are not required on future
schemes, and do not form part of the
MM-ALR physical design.
‘Motoring organisations
and Rospa have all
expressed concerns at
these proposed changes,
although not specifically
about the potential lack
of lighting, but other
road safety concerns’
Low light CCTV cameras will be
used to monitor the network and allow
dedicated control room operatives to
meet and react to the demands and
incidents on the network.
When compared to the
MM-DHS design, the MM-ALR
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This will be achieved in part
through the reduced provision
of technology assets, as well
as completely eliminating the
requirement for dedicated
hard shoulder monitoring
(HSM) CCTV cameras, and
their associated control
systems. There will also be
a corresponding drop in civil
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fewer gantries will be
required and fewer dedicated
refuge areas will need to be
constructed. In many cases
the number of nearside vehicle
restraint systems will also be
reduced, since there will be
fewer assets to protect.
This MM-ALR design means
that maintenance of roadside
infrastructure is obviously
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describes how In order to
reduce risk to maintainers (and to
support design for maintenance),
designers must catalogue all the
assets that are currently installed within
the scheme, identify all redundant or
potentially redundant infrastructure, and
assess whether it should be removed.
Assets that could be removed
include, but are not limited to:
• -P_LKZPNUHNL
• Marker posts
• Barriers
• Lighting
• Fog sensors
•
•
Signs and signals
Ramp metering sites
HA has also produced an interim
advice note that details the design
considerations for these schemes
(IAN 161) which states that there is
no requirement for lighting an ERA.
It also goes on to state that for MM-
ALR schemes where the motorway
is not currently lit, lighting shall not
be considered.
The document goes on to say
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contained in the scheme they should
be assessed individually in order
to ascertain whether they should
remain lit. This should be carried out
in accordance with the economic
assessment procedure, it says.
However, it goes on to state that the
data used for predicted accident
savings to be applied in this case will
only be those where the contributory
factors (or absence of) over the past
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to indicate lighting may potentially be
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accidents involving drink, drugs,
suicide, vehicle failures (such as tyre
defects, brake failures), mobile phones,
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contributory factors such as following
too close and too fast for conditions,
and swerved and sudden braking.
Although I agree with some of this
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JV\SKOH]LILLUH]VPKLK^P[OZ\MÄJPLU[
advance visibility (car headlamps give
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60m – typical stopping distance for a
car travelling at 70mph is 96m).
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the minimum lighting levels will be:
• ME3a where junction
separation is >3km
• ME2 where junction separation
is <3km (or equal to 3km)
• no area/section shall be lit as
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is to be installed, it must be remotely
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[OH[OHZHWYLKPJ[LKSPML[PTLPUL_JLZZ
of the electrical test interval, thereby
reducing the requirement for non-
scheduled maintenance visits. I take
this to mean the use of LED lighting
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good environmental and energy
conscious design, it will add to the
capital cost, thereby further reducing
the chances of a positive outcome
to the economic assessment.
Projects planned for this type of
scheme include:
• M1 jct 28 -31, 32-35
and 39-42
• M3 jct 2-4a
• M25 jct 5-7 and 23-27
• M60 jct 8-12
• M62 jct 18-20
Brief guide to acronyms
Motoring organisations and ALR: All lanes running
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at these proposed changes, although
MM: Managed motorways
MM-DHS: Dynamic hard shoulder running
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lack of lighting, but other road safety VSL: Variable speed limits
concerns. Although the HA should be VMSL: Variable mandatory speed limit
applauded for its drive to reduce energy ERA: Emergency refuge area
consumption, CO2 production and AMI: Advanced motorway indicator
reduce congestion on the network, is
ESS: Entry slip signals
this a step too far?
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Damage
when questioned the designer can assure that full account
has been taken of the effects of obtrusive light.
I was particularly pleased to see the table of luminance
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limitation This table originated from the SLL Urban Lighting Guide, a
document long since out of print but written by practitioners
going out and measuring typical lighting levels of illuminated
buildings in urban areas. Like all obtrusive lighting the criteria
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amount of urban activity and population. The levels set for
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YLÅLJ[HUJLVM[OLTH[LYPHSPZU»[MVYNV[[LU0OH]LILLU\ZPUN
this table with students for many years and the consensus
is that it produces well-balanced decorative lighting that
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One way to limit obtrusive light, of course, is to keep

lighting levels to a minimum, and reference is made to
Mike Simpson reviews the SLL’s reducing designed levels with white light sources. This
technique has now been fully embraced in BS5489 2013
latest guidance on obtrusive light Code of practice for road lighting, where at low lighting levels
we now consider the shift in the eye’s response towards the
blue end of the spectrum.

P
eter Boyce, the author of the SLL’s Guide to limiting
obtrusive light, is a well-known academic in the lighting
profession, and brings together both research and
practice to the guide, making it a one-stop shop for all issues
relating to obtrusive light. For those for whom this is a new
[VWPJ[OLKLÄUP[PVUZVM[OLKPMMLYLU[ZV\YJLZVMVI[Y\ZP]LSPNO[
– sky glow, light trespass and glare – will be useful. The guide
then goes on to look at the science behind these.
For sky glow, the mechanisms of light scatter are
L_WSHPULKHUK[OLPTWSPJH[PVUZ^OLUSPNO[PZLTP[[LKHYV\UK
the horizontal. Understanding these principles will enable the
designer to choose the correct equipment and apply it in such
a way as to minimise sky glow.
The mechanisms of glare are also discussed and, although
later on limiting intensities are quoted, I always have the feeling
that any source against a night sky is going to cause some
objection and, with something so subjective, is this the best
way of controlling it?
Practical measures to
restrict a direct view
of the source from a
distance may well be
the best approach.
The meat of the
guidance is in the
section on lighting
limits, where the
The ‘shoebox’ calculation method lighting designer can
move into the comfort
zone of calculation and numbers. For those who haven’t
ZVTLHJYVZZP[[OLºZOVLIV_»[LJOUPX\LPZL_WSHPULK;OPZPZ
considered the most effective calculation tool for quantifying
obtrusive light. This, together with the limits, will ensure that
Other things to consider are mechanical shields to reduce
the effect of glare, and controls on when the lighting is to be
used. Often a complaint against the lighting is more to do
^P[O[OLHZZVJPH[LKU\PZHUJLVMUVPZLHUKHJ[P]P[`L_[LUKPUN
into the evening than the actual lights themselves. This has
a useful guide on how to deal with these issues and clearly
KYH^ZVUWHZ[L_WLYPLUJL^OLU[OLZLPZZ\LZOH]LHYPZLU
Finally the guidance takes the most common problems
such as sports pitches, advertising signs and so on, and
discusses the most practical way to overcome them. The
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JHUYLZLHYJOZWLJPÄJ[VWPJZPUTVYLKLW[O0[W\SSZ[VNL[OLY
information from many sources into a concise reference
document on obtrusive light.
For those familiar with the ILP Guidance Notes for the
Reduction of Obtrusive Light, the two documents are aligned
as far as lighting recommendations are concerned and indeed
this new guidance inevitably draws on ILP recommendations.
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the subject, including the science behind obtrusive light, and
PU[YVK\JLZ[OLºZOVLIV_»JHSJ\SH[PVUTL[OVK;OL037N\PKLPZ
a useful shorter reference document with reference sketches
showing good and bad practice.
Suitable for lighting specialists, planners, architects or
anyone who has to deal professionally with the topic, this
guide is a good read. The main thing to appreciate is that
most obtrusive light is subjective and while following guidelines
will minimise problems after installation, it doesn’t guarantee
there will be no neighbourly disputes.
The SLL Guide to limiting obtrusive light
was published in January and is available
at www.cibseknowledgeportal.co.uk

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22 Legislation Legislation 23

service. Recolight has more than 2000 waste-lamp collection SPNO[PUNPUVWLUWSHUVMÄJLZZWV[SPNO[ZPU[OLTLL[PUNYVVTZ

points, many of which are listed on its website.
When equipment is supplied in the form of a system
¶Z\JOHZHÄYLZHML[`VYSPNO[PUNZ`Z[LT¶ZV\YJPUN[OL
complete system from a single manufacturer will simplify
the recycling responsibility considerably. However, if that’s
UV[WYHJ[PJHS[OLU[OLUL_[ILZ[VW[PVUPZ[V[Y`[VZV\YJL
all of the system components from members of the same
compliance scheme. To avoid compromising the design, it
will be easier to choose a compliance scheme that has a
wide range of members with the breadth of product offering
that will meet all requirements.
compact downlights in circulation areas and feature lighting
in reception and so on. In such circumstances it may be that
no single manufacturer can supply all of the required luminaire
[`WLZ^P[OPUZWLJPÄJH[PVUHUKI\KNL[Z
/V^L]LYPMZL]LYHSTHU\MHJ[\YLYZHYLZWLJPÄLKHUK
they all belong to the same compliance scheme, then there
is only one body to deal with when the lighting is to be
disposed of. This keeps things much simpler for the end
JSPLU[VYP[ZWYVQLJ[THUHNLYHUKOLSWZ[VM\SÄS[OLZWLJPÄLY»Z
responsibility for taking the entire life cycle of the installation
PU[VHJJV\U[PU[OLZWLJPÄJH[PVU

No time
;YHMÄJSPNO[ZHYLUV^PUZJVWLHZHYLWOV[VJLSSZ[OH[HYL
procured separately from the lantern. The recast directive has
also made it clear that LED lamps are now in scope. Within
the UK, this decision was taken in March 2009. This change
To avoid all of the pitfalls I have mentioned, the answer
is simply to require membership of Lumicom (a not-for-
WYVÄ[JVTWSPHUJLZJOLTL[OH[ZWLJPHSPZLZPUSPNO[PUNHUK
is responsible for the recycling of 100 per cent of all of the

to waste
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to LEDs across Europe, which is welcome.
I would be surprised if any authority did not have a
sustainable procurement policy and I would imagine that in
keeping with that policy, they would wish to have guarantees
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[YHMÄJSPNO[ZHUKWOV[VLSLJ[YPJJLSSZJVTWS`^P[O[OLPYSLNHS
luminaires going through approved recycling systems in the
UK) and embed it in the sustainable procurement policy.
I mentioned at the beginning of this article that such
JOHUNLZ[VYLN\SH[PVUZJHUKLSP]LYYLHSILULÄ[ZMVY[OL
environment and therefore all of us that live in it. In the case
of the WEEE Directive, it has already ensured that many
thousands of tonnes of material have been recycled rather
[OHUILPUNSLM[[VYV[PUSHUKÄSSZP[LZ(UKM\[\YL]LYZPVUZVM[OL
WEEE Directive will do even more to protect the environment
– something that surely nobody can object to.

Next year’s revised WEEE regulations will
mean tougher recycling targets. Now is the
time to prepare, says Simon Cook, who
explains what to expect
I
t is very clear that any measure that increases recycling
levels will also serve to reduce the waste that is sent to
SHUKÄSS0UKLLK[OH[PZ[OLVIQLJ[P]LVM[OLJOHUNLZ[OH[
are soon to be introduced to the WEEE regulations. From
an environmental point of view this is obviously a welcome
development but, as with any tightening of targets, there
will be challenges to meet. So the sooner we start planning
for these the better – and lighting professionals have a key
YVSL[VWSH`PULUZ\YPUN[OLYLN\SH[PVUZKLSP]LYTH_PT\T
LU]PYVUTLU[HSILULÄ[Z
There are two key changes that will have a particularly
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until 14 February 2014 to put the revised (or recast) directive
on the Statute Book, and currently the Department for
Business, Innovation and Skills intends to meet that deadline.
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collection target, which is currently 4kg per inhabitant, will
be increased to 45 per cent, calculated as a percentage
of the average weight of EEE placed on the market in the
three preceding years.
The UK already collects 7.9kg per inhabitant. Calculated
using the new method in the recast directive, in 2011 this was
equivalent to around 32 per cent, averaged across all sectors.
So the 45 per cent target is a material increase.
Also from this date, photovoltaic panels will come on to
the radar. Then, from 2018, the scope of the regulations will
change to what is known as an ‘open scope’ principle. This
means that instead of listing all of the equipment that falls
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the equipment that does not. Inevitably this will bring a
great deal of equipment into scope that is not currently
included – such as switchgear, internally illuminated signs
and household luminaires.
From 2019, the minimum collection rate to be achieved
annually will be 65 per cent of the average weight of EEE
placed on the market in the three preceding years, or 85 per
cent of WEEE generated.
To enable the UK government to achieve this massive
increase in collection rates, we need to play our part in
ensuring that all of our WEEE passes through approved
recycling and reuse systems and that it does not magically
change into pocketed cash.
One way to address this problem, is for highways
authorities to require their contractors and their subcontractors
to account for all of the WEEE. Where waste street lighting
LX\PWTLU[PZJVUJLYULKMVYL_HTWSL3\TPJVTJHUZ\WWS`
the authority with the weights collected from installers’ yards
which can be compared with the numbers in the PFI contract,
thereby enabling the authority to make a rough check on how
much magic has intervened between cup and lip.
It’s not just the disposal of street lighting lanterns that
needs scrutiny. Disposal of many other types of equipment will
fall within the remit of the local authorities, so we advise them
to check suppliers’ compliance status and ensure that they
belong to a compliance scheme that has a fully functioning
disposal infrastructure. Where authorities have lamps that
need disposal, Recolight, the compliance scheme for the
lamp industry, offers a free-of-charge collection and recycling
‘Lighting professionals have Simon Cook is business development manager with
compliance scheme Lumicom
a key role to play in ensuring
that the regulations deliver www.lumicom.co.uk
www.recolight.co.uk
maximum environmental
benefits... It makes sense
to start planning now how
the new requirements will
be addressed in projects’
obligation to be members of a WEEE compliance scheme,
which also has a fully functioning disposal infrastructure
behind it. Furthermore, that they are using contractors that
pass all of the WEEE to a compliance scheme for sound
environmental disposal.
In the grand scheme of things, 2016 isn’t all that far
away so it makes sense to start planning how the new
requirements will be addressed in projects. Again, one
obvious measure is to ensure that any electrical equipment
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ZWLJPÄJH[PVUYLX\PYLTLU[
Also, when specifying electrical and electronic equipment
it is advisable to check the supplier’s terms and conditions
very carefully. It is not unheard of for suppliers to try to pass
on the responsibility for recycling to the customer, attempting
to hide this clause in thousands of words of small print.
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types of luminaire to meet different requirements within a
building. Thus a typical building might have modular recessed

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24 Discussion Discussion 25

‘We’re seeing a general

trend of excessive
lighting and signage
which intends to give
the perception of
reducing risk, without
necessarily making
us any safer’

Sir Andrew Motion, now president of the CPRE,

recently launched the Star Count 2013 campaign
with the following article in The Telegraph City Lights: International Dark-Sky association Brighton: Darren Baskill, Campaign for Dark Skies

B
ill Bryson, my predecessor as
president of the Campaign to
Protect Rural England (CPRE),
once said, ‘Glance at the night sky and
what you see is history, and lots of it.
Our faithful companion the North Star
appears not as it is now, but as it was
when its light left it some time during
the early 14th century.’
If watching the stars is the
closest we can get to time travel,
then a campaign to raise our sights to
what is above us, and to combat the
light pollution that increasingly robs
us of our celestial views, is all the
more vital. And so I am delighted that
The Daily Telegraph is supporting
Star Count 2013.
For me, dark skies are so important
for the inspiration they provide; artists,
philosophers, scientists and poets
have all found a muse in the night sky
for millennia. On a spiritual level, the
darkness of the night sky pulls at two
VMV\YTVZ[WYPTHSLTV[PVUZ!ÄYZ[[OH[
L_PZ[LU[PHSZLHYJOPUNMVY[OLTLHUPUN
of life and our place in the universe;
the shudder we get from feeling
very small in the face of something
very big. We look at the night sky and
think, ‘I am nothing; I am here for an
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The second is the thrill we get
from placing ourselves in just enough
discomfort to begin to feel the power
of nature that the Romantics felt.
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in countryside that may be familiar
during the day – our imagination
HTWSPÄLZ[OLZO\MÅPUNVMIHKNLYZHUK
squeaking of bats, plunging us into
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private universe. In our risk-averse
culture it does us good to remember
our place in the natural world – the
vulnerability of humanity – and the
power of darkness only adds to our
sense of what beauty is.
Loss of light forces us to slow
down and look closer, creating a more
powerful engagement with nature.
Wordsworth recognised the pleasures
of the moonlit ramble, where ‘at the
dead of night’ even the discovery of a
hedgehog becomes a ‘small adventure’.
So we too must learn to embrace the
darkness; the thrill of escaping from
cosseting health and safety, discovering
the sounds and smells of the night
with heightened senses.
The tranquillity of darkness is
perfect for contemplating the ancients
who drew so much from the stars.
Far more recently, our own great-
grandparents would have enjoyed this
close relationship with the night sky,
perhaps traipsing through crepuscular
landscapes to gather corn under a
harvest moon.
That rural sense of settledness
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by Moonlight already represented a land
of lost content by the time he painted
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ZVV[HUKÄYLVM3VUKVUMVYZOHKV^`
seclusion in the Kent village of
Shoreham, Palmer was able to draw
closer to his life’s inspiration – sky-
scapes of dusk, twilight and pulsing
constellations. He found the darkness
of Kent a portal to a gentler rural past,
where the beauty of the night sky – the
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[OLL[LYUHSJVUÄN\YH[PVUZVM[OLZ[HYZ
– afforded deeper connections to life,
work and other worlds.
Palmer’s rich legacy of rural beauty
was initially kept alive by the etcher FL
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[OLLTISLTVM[OLÅLKNSPUN*V\UJPSMVY
the Preservation of Rural England in
1926, Griggs maintained the link from
Palmer and the Romantics to the early
environmental movement.
Fitting too that CPRE should
become the leading defender of
our dark skies; our satellite maps of
England’s light pollution illustrating the
march of industrialisation which has
continued, unrelenting, since Palmer’s
time. Between 1993 and 2000, CPRE
data showed that light pollution
increased by 26 per cent, and only
11 per cent of the country had truly
dark skies by the turn of the millennium.
As lighting has become cheaper and
more powerful, it has blazed forth
from increasing numbers of roads, car
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gardens and driveways.
If you still have a good view of
the stars, you are almost certainly in
the countryside. But even there it is
ILJVTPUNKPMÄJ\S[[VLZJHWL[OLVYHUNL
skyglow from nearby towns and roads,
and the security lighting increasingly
spilling from homes and developments
in rural areas. Light pollution is blurring
the distinction between town and
countryside, like a veil of light spreading
out across the night sky.
There is no doubt that, in many
places, good lighting is needed.
But we’re seeing a general trend
VML_JLZZP]LSPNO[PUNHUKZPNUHNL
which intends to give the perception
of reducing risk, without necessarily
making us any safer. Darkness in itself
is not dangerous; whether we are
walking, cycling or driving in the dark
we must adapt, slow down and take
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Because of the recession, councils
have been reducing street lighting since
2007 in order to save money. In 2010,
Leicestershire’s director of environment
and transport launched their ‘switch-
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other councils which have already
switched off lights shows that neither
accidents nor crime increase and, in
some areas, anti-social behaviour can
decrease, as it makes certain areas less
attractive to hang around’.
Research last autumn by The
Telegraph showed that all of England’s
27 county councils have dimmed or
switched off street lights in their areas.
At the same time, the government
published statistics on road fatalities
in 2011 showing that they were one
third lower than the average number
of fatalities between 2005 and 2009.
The accompanying statistics on
contributory factors listed the 76 most
common causes of road accidents –
an absence of street lighting was not
among them. There are arguments that
street lighting may even encourage
motorists to speed up, while reducing
their concentration.
Where crime is concerned, what
could be better than a halogen security
light to show a thief what is on offer?
Turning off suburban street lights in
Saffron Walden almost halved crime
rates, while numerous studies and
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Association of British Insurers from
recommending outdoor lighting as a
crime deterrent.
And then there is the lighting for
pleasure, which causes pain to others:
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26 Discussion
view of the stars from Stonehenge
and the New Forest National Park,
while churches and other historic
buildings continue to be wastefully
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HILUPNUL_[YH]HNHUJL"P[PZHJVSVZZHS
waste of money and energy at a time
when both are in short supply, never
mind the unintended consequences for
the feeding, breeding and migration of
wildlife, as well as intrusive lighting
into nearby homes.
The really encouraging news is
that darker skies are within our reach;
improving technology means it is
increasingly easy to ensure that light
is directed only where and when it is
needed, and at the optimum intensity.
And that, combined with the growing
awareness of thousands of new
stargazers who will refuse to accept
bad lighting, means the conditions
are perfect for halting the spread of
light pollution.
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aim for darkness levels that will give
all children a better chance to see the
Milky Way, a sight our grandparents
took for granted.
There were encouraging signs in last
year’s Star Count, which showed that
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severe light pollution had fallen to
53 per cent, down from 54 per cent
in 2007’s survey. A note of caution
came from Bob Mizon of the Campaign
for Dark Skies – our Star Count partner
– who reminded us that ‘only one per
cent consistently saw enough stars to
suggest they had a truly dark sky’. But
we need more people to join in to make
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As well as producing a Star Count
map showing the impact of light
pollution around the country, the data
will help our campaigners work with
‘Darkness in itself
is not dangerous;
whether we are
walking, cycling or
driving in the dark
we must adapt, slow
down and take extra
precautions’
the government and local councils to
improve national policies and implement
practical schemes to reduce it. Around
the country, CPRE’s county branches
have already been working with local
councils and businesses to introduce
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lights. It seems the only thing that
could halt this admirable progress is
the reckless weakening of the planning
system, which could allow more urban
sprawl and new development in open
countryside. Where buildings and roads
go, light follows.
Our Star Count project will help
pinpoint the areas that need to do
more to reduce light pollution. And this
isn’t just about pressuring decision-
makers, it is about changing our own
attitudes towards wastefulness and
‘health and safety’. We all need to
switch more lights off (or use less
powerful ones) and we all need to
question pointless lighting.
Apart from monitoring negative
effects, we hope that Star Count 2013
will identify the best places to stargaze,
following the recent designation of
,_TVVY5H[PVUHS7HYRHZ,\YVWL»ZÄYZ[ How does the technology work? LED solutions for all
Dark Sky Reserve. MHA is the only lighting MHA Lighting has an
Award-winning lighting company is leading the
:[HY*V\U[PZHUL_JP[PUNWYVQLJ[ manufacturer to use waveguide extensive range of LED
way when it comes to slashing energy usage
that we hope will build on the growing
popularity of stargazing, and have a real
technology to shine light sideways
into an encapsulation – not directly
solutions for most internal
and external applications. and lowering carbon emissions.
PTWHJ[PUTHRPUNZ[HYÄSSLKZRPLZTVYL outwards. This avoids direct contact MHA works to create the
accessible to everyone. Because rural
with the eye and provides a safe and
efficient light output.
right lighting solution
for each individual client.
MHA Lighting, based in Greater Manchester, uses two-thirds
of the energy of its closest competitors and has developed
skies are darker than most, amateur Clients include the Trafford bespoke light fittings for a variety of clients from both public
astronomy is the perfect way to help
people forge a stronger connection
The patented waveguide Centre, GlaxoSmithKline, and private sectors.
technology offers distinct Scott Safety, the NHS, local
with their countryside – and I’m
particularly keen that young people
advantages over other LED
manufacturers as it allows
Authorities, Newcastle
Airport, Manchester Airport
Most recently, MHA Lighting provided a powerful solution to
replace lights at Bournemouth Airport car parks, with their
take up that opportunity. the company to replicate the Group, Budgens, SPAR, Londis, energy efficient P 30 fitting, which is just 67 watts inclusive of
It is vital that young people adapt to light quality and uniformity of
traditional lighting.
Chevron-Texaco,
Coca-Cola and Greater
ballast.
technology; it will undeniably be a part
Manchester Police. MHA’s installation provides a useful lifetime of 18 years and
of their future. I’m not suggesting that
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MHA also use acrylic rods to amplify
and control the light output,
is able to significantly reduce the airport’s lighting energy
consumption from 164,776kWh to just 46,137kWh, ensuring
bad. But I’m hoping that torches and reducing the number of LEDs they keep their carbon neutral ground operation status.
telescopes will become the gifts most required. This means they can use
requested by children who feel willing high power LEDs, draw less current The new light fittings now installed in two of Bournemouth
HUKHISL[VL_WSVYLHM[LYKHYR and have no need to diffuse the Airport’s car parks use 72% less energy than the pre-existing
output. system. With the use of intelligent controls the P30 fittings will
;OPZHY[PJSL^HZÄYZ[W\ISPZOLK save the airport an additional 25% on their energy bills by
in the Weekend Telegraph, reducing operating hours to nine from twelve.
2 February. Star Count 2013 is
The newly installed P30 fittings run maintenance free for the
organised in partnership with the duration of their 60,000-hour lifetime, providing additional
British Astronomical Association’s savings of over £1,000 per annum, as no operational
Campaign for Dark Skies. For more maintenance costs will be incurred.
information go to cpre.org.uk For more information
please call: 01942 887 400
visit: www.mhalighting.co.uk or
email: sales@mhalighting.com
Join the debate: we plan
to publish responses to
Sir Andrew Motion’s views
in a future issue. Please
email the editor at
jill@theilp.org.uk
Earth lights Visible Earth, EOS Project Science Office, NASA
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north-west of the city. VM22+*»Z-? ÅL_PISL[HWL^P[OOPNO pendant: Optelma UK
Cundall Light4 was asked by John CRI True Colour LED sources. This is Lift lobby: Zumtobel (Slotlight II)
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the underside of the staircase on both
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the product had to have short enough
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Altared
state
Last month saw the culmination of
a three-year project to upgrade
Durham’s heritage landmarks.
Jill Entwistle reports
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of the new lighting scheme for
Durham cathedral concludes the
three-year project to upgrade the lighting
for both this landmark and the adjacent
castle, which together form a World
Heritage Site (see Lighting Journal June
2012 for details of the castle scheme).
The schemes, designed by Stainton
Lighting Design Services, were originally
selected from seven submissions for a
competition held by Durham
County Council,
Durham University,
Durham
Cathedral
and the
ILP, and
launched in Lighting Journal in 2009.
Judging criteria included quality of
design, cost, maintenance implications,
energy consumption, practicality and
ease of installation.
Durham County Council funded
and managed the £600,000 project to
replace the previous discharge lighting,
which had been in place since the
1970s. AK Lighting and Signs installed
the upgraded schemes.
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were used for both the cathedral and
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installed for the cathedral scheme.
Reductions in energy consumption
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cent to 80 per cent. Fittings have
been discreetly located and light
spill minimised. A key ecological
consideration was not to disrupt the
feeding habits of a local colony of bats.
While warm white (3000K) sources
were used on the castle, the cathedral
scheme has predominantly neutral white
(4000K) sources, with 3500K on the
buttresses. This was to ensure a link
between the castle and cathedral,
with only a subtle change
to differentiate between
the two buildings. ‘We
concluded that the
old contrast was
too great and
wanted a subtle
variation with
careful selection of colour temperature
so that the two buildings could be
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night sky,’ says Steven Edwards of
Stainton Lighting Design Services.
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both hard wired and wireless. Wireless
was used where possible in order to
minimise the impact of the control
system infrastructure on the fabric of
the building. New cable runs follow the
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the building stonework.
Care had to be taken generally
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an archaeological overview at all times
to ensure minimal disturbance to the
cathedral grounds.
‘The great thing about the new
lighting scheme is that it picks out the
architectural detailing of these two
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to make this project possible, to the
companies involved for designing
and implementing such a sensitive
scheme, and to the Institution of
Lighting Professionals who held
the initial design competition.’
‘We wanted a subtle
variation with careful
selection of colour
temperature so that the
two buildings could be
clearly identified’
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Post modernism
A young architect with a radical
new use for the street light
There is no doubt that street lights have
become more multi-functional over
the years, supporting illumination for
pedestrians as well as roads, signage,
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even the possibility of them becoming
charging points for electric cars.
But acting as a supporting structure
for housing for the homeless is a bit
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Utopia, is the brainchild, if that’s the
right word, of Milo Ayden De Luca,
who began working on the idea after
completing his architecture degree at
the University of Greenwich.
Triggered by his increasing
awareness of the plight of the homeless
when travelling into central London in
the early hours, De Luca came up with
the idea of creating tensile structures
around street lights using cheap, basic
materials such as poly-laminated nylon
‘The form of
these spaces
is arranged
within the
geometric
parameters
to address
factors such
as intruding
light’
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through this skin, subdividing the space
into smaller areas.
The temporary dwellings are
designed to be as lightweight as
possible so that they can be easily
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while vertical spaces would be for
activities such as busking.
The inspiration for the design comes
from the construction of sailing ships,
particularly the sails, pulleys and ropes,
for their ‘transparency, weightlessness
and movement’.
The idea begs quite a number
of questions, one of which is, won’t
the street light fall over? After all,
columns are purposely not very deeply
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damage to cars and drivers in the event
Future concept 35
of collisions. This is where the ship
analogy comes in, as the structures are
tethered to surrounding buildings and
other street furniture using guy ropes,
cables and clamps.
Another issue is, won’t the lights
keep the temporary residents awake
at night and possibly interfere with
their biorhythms? However De Luca
has thought of that.
‘The form of these spaces is
arranged within the geometric
parameters to address factors such as
intruding light,’ he told LJ. ‘The space
for sitting is arranged to be offset and
below the source of light, with the user
facing away from it to reduce the need
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‘the poly-laminated nylon skin – which
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to divide the spaces, but strategically
to provide adequate screening, diffusing
the harshness of the light, while still
allowing enough through the layers of
skin to enable the user to perform
the activities he or she requires within
the alloted space.’
De Luca is currently hoping to raise
funds to build a 1:1 scale prototype of
the design.
www.miloaydendeluca.com
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 Review 39

T
he arrival in London of an
international group show of
some 22 lighting artists is
very welcome. In the UK, at least,
recognition of lighting artists by
mainstream art institutions has been
begrudging, despite the fact that works
using light as their primary medium
now bring visual interest and wonder
to many a private and public space.
However, one grouse one might
reasonably have with Hayward curator
Dr Cliff Lauson is that while some half-
dozen UK artists are present, better
known Brits such as Ron Haselden and
Martin Richman didn’t make the cut.
The last show in this mould at the

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retrospective seven years ago (Lighting
Journal March/April 2006), and this
Jim Campbell’s Exploded View: Commuters show too features a couple of his
works, rather gesturally tucked away
Carl Gardner is dazzled by a handful of works at the VU[OL\WWLYÅVVY
Another US big hitter featured is
Hayward Gallery’s Light Show exhibition, but tires James Turrell, who occupies one of
several large, dark rooms with the
of too many creatively empty rooms 40-year-old Wedgework V in which the
angled boundary wall’s low-intensity
dark red wash recedes from the viewer,
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It’s certainly a slow burner (visitors are
recommended to stay 15 minutes,
which will certainly limit the throughput).
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weird chromatic shifts and moving
black shapes against the red – pure
tricks of the eye – but it’s hard won,
minimal wonder and not the great
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Turrell’s work does point up one
of the weaknesses of this show: its
reliance on closed, fragmented spaces,
some of which hardly deserve the
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Paterson’s single Light Bulb to Simulate
Moonlight (2009) – a nice, one-shot
idea, but far brighter than moonlight,
surely, and why have it suspended at
knee height rather than high up where
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Another waste of the space for
me is Rose (2007) by Ann Veronica
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one wall adorned with a ring of orange-
red spotlights. Presumably it is trying
to play with chromatic aberration but
it didn’t do it for me.
One work which does creatively
mine our perceptual confusion, and
which is one of the hits of the show,
is Chromosaturation (originally 1965)
by veteran Venezuelan Carlos Cruz-
Diez, who hits 90 this year. His space
is divided into a trio of rooms, with a
Cylinder by Leo Villareal (foreground) and David Batchelor’s Magic Hour
transitional space across their open
Chromosaturation by Carlos Cruz-Diez
ends. Each sub-space is brightly lit
with a different colour, provided
by banks of red, blue and green
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‘Some are banal,
such as Cal Floyer’s
white splash gobo-
projected on to the
floor – haven’t we
seen the like on
pavements outside
many a retail store?’
The work plays intriguing havoc
with your vision, as you enter the
spaces in turn or stand at the
threshold and glance at all three.
Due to saturation effects, your colour
perception shifts constantly, so the
red becomes pink or purple, the blue
pulsates in intensity and the green
walls become almost white. Look
again and everything has changed.
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of art, it is fascinating for anyone
interested in colour and the slippery
way we perceive it.
Two other successful works
given their own rooms are Conrad
Shawcross’s Slow Arc inside a Cube IV
(2009) and Olafur Oliasson’s Model for a
Timeless Garden (2011). In the former,
a high-intensity capsule light on a
mechanical arm moves around inside a
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intense cube-like shadows slide across
the ceiling and walls – an effect with
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piece by Mona Hatoum, seen at the
Tate a few years ago, where shadows
from a light bulb swinging between wire
cages evoked the prison-like status of
her native Palestine.
Oliasson’s piece, by contrast, is
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watch for more than a minute or two,
due to its powerful pulsing strobe,
which appears to freeze a linear
grouping of eccentrically shaped water
fountains mounted at eye level into a
series of ice forms.
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Jim Campbell’s delicate, innovative
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Slow Arc Inside a Cube IV by Conrad Shawcross
2011), comprises a suspended rack
of more than 1000 low-intensity LED
globes on thin cables. Viewed from an
angle, these seem to darken and lighten
randomly, but from directly in front, the
dark LEDs mark out the passage of
shadowy people rushing by, as if at a
station. The effect is a subtle, intriguing
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created with the latest of technologies.
The rest is a miscellany: some
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You and I, Horizontal (2005) whose
solid laser-like projected beams of light
can be dramatically broken by hand
or head; some banal, such as Cal
Floyer’s white splash gobo-projected
Lighting Journal March 2013
‘Dark LEDs mark
out the passage of
shadowy people –
subtle, intriguing’
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on pavements outside many a retail
store?); while others verge on corporate
kitsch, notably Leo Villareal’s huge
polished stainless steel construction
near the entrance, with its randomly
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LEDs. Heading straight for an HSBC
atrium – or worse still, Las Vegas?
And one piece is simply badly
displayed – judging from the catalogue,
Brigitte Kowanz’s Light Steps,
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be viewed from the front, so you are
looking ‘up’ the steps. Here you arrive
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Brigitte Kowanz’s Light Steps
from behind, which rather undermines
the visual allusion/illusion.
However, despite these
weaknesses, I would still encourage
all lighters with an ounce of creativity
and curiosity to visit this show, if only to
witness the huge range of light artwork
that has emerged recently (particularly
with the advent of new lighting
technologies), and to pay homage to
lighting art’s important historic legacy.
And who knows, you might even gain
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(2012). The meter also evaluates illuminance and Sun Mast StandAlone
perceived brightness. Scotia has introduced a battery version of Sun Mast,
www.pro-lite.co.uk its solar photovoltaic street pole. As with the standard
version, the mono-crystalline solar cells are integrated
vertically into the pole, rather than mounted on
horizontal solar panels on top. This optimises solar
power energy even under weak light or bad weather
conditions, as well as providing a cleaner design.
The pole comes with 24V Li-on, Ni-MH, NiCad, lead-
acid and lead-crystal batteries and in 200W or 300W
charge versions (input power). According to Scotia,
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JF Colquhoun, president of the APLE in 1928
and public lighting engineer for Sheffield
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association’s president, JF Colquhoun,
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manufacturers to install their equipment
on the city’s streets in order to verify
the newly published standard on street
lighting (BS 307:1927).
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the possibilities and limitations of the
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understood.’ He had no idea that
they would all be collectively opening
a very large can of worms.
The manufacturers were quick to
accept, mindful of the free marketing
they’d gain. Not only would their latest
designs be shown to adhere to the
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be shown off to interested lighting
engineers from all over the country.
Colquhoun, and the association’s
secretary, Captain WJ Liberty, were
soon busily organising 50 installations
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streets. The whole gamut was to
be represented, distributed across
different classes of roads from dual-
carriageways to small tracks, all using
the latest gas and electric technologies.
Colquhoun was joined by staff
Lighting Journal March 2013
Simon Cornwell on an ambitious idea that
opened a large can of worms
from GEC and the NPL, who helped to
ensure that every installation’s geometry
was checked and light distribution
correctly photometered. But many
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were measured and Colquhoun was
surprised to discover that all the
objectionable installations passed the
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engineers, manufacturers and research
scientists were CC Paterson (who
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members of the subcommittee and
representatives from the British
Engineering Standards Association itself.
Opening the conference, Colquhoun
had to devote his opening address,
not to the potential success of the trial
installations, but to the many problems
and inconsistencies he’d discovered.
Along with the general issue of
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performance of the installations which
should have been constant and
uniform. It was odd that Colquhoun
chose to emphasise these defects
because delegates were going to
inspect the installations themselves. But
perhaps he drew these inconsistencies
to their notice, hoping that someone in
the learned audience could pick up on
a mistake or propose a solution.
The delegates were ferried from
street to street by motor bus where they
were met by Dr JWT Walsh and WS
Stiles (of the NPL) who had compiled a
small questionnaire and series of tests
(using special contrast-discs) to evaluate
glare. Progress around the 50 streets
was slow, with members keen to take
photometric readings and judge the
effectiveness of the lighting themselves.
Most didn’t make it back to their hotels
until the small hours of the morning.
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would have been damning. The glare
calculations didn’t appear to work at
all as all the installations passed the
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installations were so poor that they
shouldn’t have been allowed within its
parameters; while some gave the same
readings of minimum illumination, some
were noticeably better than others; and
some gave intolerable glare but became
acceptable, even good, when the
wattage of the lamps was decreased.
Was it the distribution of light? Was it
the gradient of the road? Was it the road
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brightness was being openly discussed
and even the phrase ‘silhouette effect’
appeared in Colquhoun’s address. The
association put on a brave face with
Colquhoun unconvincingly summarising
that minimum illumination was a useful
empirical measure if nothing else – or he
was aware that most of the architects
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and that something should be salvaged.
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a set of illumination readings taken at
test points, was not enough to ensure
a good street lighting installation. BS
307: 1927 would limp on, despite a
The GEC subsequently used the exhibition
to promote its Wembley lanterns
half-hearted revision in 1931, but it was
certain there was something missing
and a new approach was needed.
Yet despite these problems the
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deemed a success and it had clearly
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while it showed that the current
approach was lacking, it provided
enough raw data on glare for WS
Stiles to write his groundbreaking
paper on the subject (where he made
the distinction between discomfort
and disability glare), and a young
lighting engineer named Jack Waldram
delivered a paper which outlined a
possible new solution to this street
lighting problem.
Consultants
Lorraine Calcott
IEng MILP MSLL
It Does Lighting and Energy Ltd
31 Jenkins Close, Shenley Church End,
Milton Keynes, MK5 6HX
T: 01908 867077
M: 07990 962692
E: Information@itdoes.co.uk
W: www.itdoes.co.uk
Professional award winning international
lighting designer Lorraine Calcott creates
dynamic original lighting schemes from
a sustainable and energy management
perspective. Helping you meet your energy
targets, reduce bottom line cost and increase
your ‘Green’ corporate image whilst still
providing the wow factor with your interior,
exterior or street lighting project.
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MMA Lighting Consultancy Ltd
43 Vine Crescent, Reading
Berkshire, RG30 3LT
T: 0118 3215636,
M: 07838 879 604,
F: 0118 3215636
E: mark@mma-consultancy.co.uk
W: www.mma-consultancy.co.uk
MMA Lighting Consultancy is an independent
company specialising in Exterior Lighting and
Electrical Design work.
We are based in the South of England and
operate on a national scale delivering street
lighting and lighting design solutions.
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MA BEng(Hons) CEng MIET MILP
4way Consulting Ltd
Waters Green House, Sunderland Street,
Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 6LF
T: 01625 348349
F: 01625 610923
M: 07526 419248
E: john.conquest@4wayconsulting.com
W: www.4wayconsulting.com
4way Consulting provides exterior lighting
and ITS consultancy and design services
and specialises in the urban and inter-urban
environment. Our services span the complete
Project Life Cycle for both the Public and
Private Sector (including PFI/DBFO).
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IEng MILP
Associate
WSP
Unit 9, The Chase, John Tate Road, Foxholes
Business Park, Hertford SG13 7NN
T: 07825 843524
E: colin.fish@wspgroup.com
W: www.wspgroup.com
Professional services providing design and
technical support for all applications of
exterior lighting and power from architectural
to sports, area and highways and associated
infrastructure. Expert surveys and
environmental impact assessments regarding
the effect of lighting installations and their
effect on the community.
Neither Lighting Journal nor the ILP is responsible for any services supplied or agreements entered into as a result of this listing.
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Professionals (ILP) who offer consultancy services.
Listing is included on main ILP website with logo (www.theilp.org.uk)
Carl Gardner
BA (Hons) MSc (Arch) FILP
CSG Lighting Consultancy Ltd
12, Banner Buildings,
74-84 Banner Street,
London EC1Y 8JU
T: 02077 248543
E: carl@csglightingdesign.com
W: www.csglightingdesign.com
Architectural and urban lighting design;
specialist in urban lighting plans; expert
witness in planning and light nuisance cases;
training courses for local authorities on the
prevention of light nuisance; marketing and
product development consultancy for lighting
manufacturers.
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Principal Engineer WSP
WSP
The Victoria,150-182 The Quays, Salford,
Manchester M50 3SP
T: 0161 886 2532
E: stephen.halliday@wspgroup.com
W: www.wspgroup.com
Public and private sector professional
services providing design, technical
support, contract and policy development
for all applications of exterior lighting and
power from architectural to sports, area
and highways. PFI technical advisor and
certifier support. HERS registered site
personnel.
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BTech, IEng, MILP, MIET
Technical Director
Mouchel
Severn House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford,
Bristol, BS34 8SQ
T: 0117 9062300, F: 0117 9062301
M: 07789 501091
E: philip.hawtrey@mouchel.com
W: www.mouchel.com
Widely experienced professional technical
consultancy services in exterior lighting and
electrical installations, providing sustainable and
innovative solutions, environmental assessments,
‘Invest to Save’ strategies, lighting policies,
energy procurement, inventory management
and technical support. PFI Technical Advisor,
Designer and Independent Certifier.
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BEng(Hons) CEng FILP
Technical Director (Lighting)
WSP
WSP House, 70 Chancery Lane, London
WC2A 1AF
T: 07827 306483
E: allan.howard@wspgroup.com
W: www.wspgroup.com
Professional exterior lighting and electrical
services covering design, technical support,
contract and policy development including
expert advice regarding energy and carbon
reduction strategies, lighting efficiency
legislation, light nuisance and environmental
impact investigations. Registered competent
designers and HERS registered site
personnel.
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Sector Leader – Exterior Lighting
Atkins
Broadgate House, Broadgate,Beeston,
Nottingham, NG9 2HF
T: +44 (0)115 9574900
M: 07834 507070
F: +44 (0)115 9574901
E: alan.jaques@atkinsglobal.com
The consultancy offers a professional exterior
lighting service covering all aspects of the
sector, including design, energy management,
environmental impact assessments and
the development of lighting strategies and
policies. It also has an extensive track
record for PFI projects and their indepedent
certification.
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Senior Engineer
Pick Everard
Mechanical and Electrical Engineers,
Halford House, Charles Street Leicester
LE1 1HA
T: 01162 234400, F: 01162 234433
E: carlackers@pickeverard.co.uk
Professional multi-disciplinary consulting
engineers providing extensive experience
in the design, specification and project
management of sustainable building
services engineering including specialist
skills in internal and external lighting design
within the architectural, commercial,
industrial and residential sectors.
Malcolm Mackness
BA (Hons) IEng FILP
Lighting Consultancy and Design
Services Ltd
43 Old Cheltenham Road, Longlevens,
Gloucester
GL2 0AN
T/F: 01452 417392
E: lcads.glos@virginmedia.com
W: www.lcads.com
Road, amenity, floodlighting and cable
design. Tunnel and mast lighting. Policy and
environmental impact investigations.
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Capita Symonds
Capita Symonds House, Wood Street, East
Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 1UU
T: 01342 327161
F: 01342 315927
E: tony.price@capita.co.uk
W: www.capitasymonds.co.uk
Chartered engineer leading a specialist
lighting team within a multi-disciplinary
environment. All aspects of exterior and
public realm lighting, especially roads,
tunnels, amenity and sports. Planning advice,
environmental assessment, expert witness,
design, technical advice, PFIs, independent
certification.
Alistair Scott
BSc (Hons) CEng FILP MIMechE
Designs for Lighting Ltd
17 City Business Centre,
Hyde Street, Winchester SO23 7TA
T: 01962 855080 M: 07790 022414
E: alistair@designsforlighting.co.uk
W: designsforlighting.co.uk
Professional lighting design consultancy
providing technical advice, design and
management services for exterior and interior
applications including highway, architectural,
area, tunnel and commercial lighting.
Advisors on lighting and energy saving
strategies, asset management, visual impact
assessments and planning.
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Director
Stainton Lighting Design Services Ltd
Lighting & Electrical Consultants, Dukes
Way, Teesside Industrial Estate, Thornaby
Cleveland TS17 9LT
T: 01642 766114 F: 01642 765509
E: enquiries@staintonlds.co.uk
Specialist in all forms of exterior lighting
including; Motorway, Major & Minor Highway
Schemes, Architectural Illumination of Buildings,
Major Structures, Public Artworks, Amenity
Area Lighting, Public Open Spaces, Car Parks,
Sports Lighting, Asset Management, Reports,
Plans, Strategies, EIA’s, Planning Assistance,
Maintenance Management, Electrical Design
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Nick Smith Associates Limited
36 Foxbrook Drive,
Chesterfield, S40 3JR
T: 01246 229444 F: 01246 270465
E: nws@nicksmithassociates.com
W: www.nicksmithassociates.com
Specialist exterior lighting design Consultant.
Private or adoptable lighting and cable network
design for highways, car parks, area lighting,
lighting impact assessments, expert witness.
CPD accredited training in lighting design,
Lighting Reality, AutoCAD and other bespoke
lighting courses arranged on request.
Alan Tulla
IEng FILP FSLL
Alan Tulla Lighting
12 Minden Way, Winchester,
Hampshire SO22 4DS
T: 01962 855720
M:0771 364 8786
E: alan@alantullalighting.com
W: www.alantullalighting.com
Architectural lighting for both interior
and exterior. Specialising in public realm,
landscaping and building facades. Site
surveys and design verification of sports
pitches, road lighting and offices. Visual
impact assessments and reports for planning
applications. Preparation of nightscape
strategies for urban and rural environments.
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The Society of Light & Lighting (SLL) and the Chartered
Institution of Building Services Engineers, IrelandRegion
14 March
North Eastern region (CIBSE) will present an international conference on
Technical meeting lighting in the Spring of 2013.
Venue: Valmont factory, Teesside
Contact: Jim Millington A panel of world-renowned lighting experts from
27 March: Lighting Design Awards London Hilton, Park Lane
E: northeast@theilp.org.uk
the UK, Ireland and further afield – is currently being
assembled. They will cover everything from legislation
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27 March
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27 March 24-25 June Become a delegate sponsor for £400 and enjoy
Fundamental Lighting Course Euroled

ENERGY,
Until 28 April benefits including - two free delegate places at the
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Light Show (Light art works)
E jess@theilp.org.uk Venue: ICC, Birmingham conference (see website for other benefits).
Venue: Hayward Gallery,

2 April
Southbank, London
http://ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk
www.euroled.org.uk
STANDARDS and
QUALITY
London and South East Region 26 June
Technical seminar 30 April Charles Marques Memorial Lecture Supported by
Venue: Institution of Structural Engineers, New British Standard for Lighting BS5489 Venue: Royal Institution
London SW1 (CPD seminar) Contact: jess@theilp.org.uk
E dfranks@westminster.gov.uk Venue: ILP, Regent House, Rugby

9-14 April
Euroluce
Venue: Milan Fairgrounds
www.cosmit.it/en/euroluce
12 April
Focus on Lighting Energy
SLL/CIBSE Ireland International
Lighting Conference
Venue: Croke Park, Dublin
www.cibseireland.org/cibse-
annual-conference/
April 12th
Contact: jess@theilp.org.uk 11-12 September
ILP Professional Lighting Summit 2013
17 May Venue: Thistle Hotel, Glasgow
North Eastern region
12th annual dinner dance
Contact: jess@theilp.org.uk
2013
Venue: Ramside Hall Hotel, Durham 24-26 September
Contact: Jim Millington 3,+7YVMLZZPVUHS:`TWVZP\THUK,_WV
E: northeast@theilp.org.uk Location: Bregenz, Austria
www.led-professional-symposium.com
19-21 May
The Arc Show Full details of all regional events can be
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www.thearcshow.com
found at: www.theilp.org.uk/events/
Conference Centre
Dublin
 Invitation to LED Technical Seminar & Workshop Session
CU Phosco Lighting will be holding a series of LED technical sessions and workshops at the following locations.

11th April - Ireland/Northern Ireland - Armagh City Hotel, Armagh

18th April - The Midlands - Walsall F.C., Walsall
25th April - South Wales - Hilton, Newport
26th April - The West Country - Aztec Hotel, Almondsbury
23rd May - London & South East - Fanhams Hotel, Ware





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Seminar starts at 10.30am
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Refreshments and a buffet lunch will be available during the day.

The day is 4 hours CPD recordable and will cover the basics of LED technology, how the technology has progressed
in our industry and the general terms used when referring to LED’s.The workshop provides you an opportunity to
interact with our technical team and ask the pertinent questions important to you to develop your LED understanding.

Due to our on going lantern development with LED technology we are willing to share our experiences and honestly
guide you as to the possible advantages and capabilities of this growing technology. There will be a number of
different styles of LED lanterns on display for your interest during the day.

The seminar focuses on the theory of LED and driver technologies, integration of this technology in exterior luminaires
and highlights the differences in procurement of LED versus HID luminaires.

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Please contact j.riches@cuphosco.co.uk for further information or should you wish to book for any of the dates above.