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samedi 1 mars 2014

Aesthetic Value Of Street Lighting

By Leticia Jensen


The beauty and clarity of our streets at night lies on the availability of street lights. A Street light therefore refers to the lifted sources of lights on the sides of the roads that are normally lit during the evenings. The best lamps for street lighting are the high pressure sodium lamps which are very efficient when it comes to consuming electricity and also the fact that they have very bright light.

The benefit of lighting the towns is the fact that they ensure safety of pedestrians. This is because these lights helps one to know what danger is surrounding them, be it from the road, animals or their fellow human beings. Where there are no lights human beings are at a very high risk of problems during because they are unable to recognize people that may want to harm them.

Driver's calamities such as accidents are minimized, simply because they can see well thus enhancing the chance of travelling at night. One is able to view an animal that is approaching when it's far away this has been enabled by the use of these lights. Lives of people are protected as a result of street lights, for instance if an animal is crossing the path the driver is able to see it and avoid hitting it.

In rural areas, people's schedules are dictated by the times of the sun; they wake up when the sun rises to do farm work and they go to bed when the sun falls. This is, to put it simply, bad for business. But people might be lured into coming out at night for everything from shopping to watching a dramatic piece if the theater has ample lighting. A dark place looks unfavorable; a place with ample lighting looks special and inviting, so these lights might be good for business.

Aluminum and steel are used to manufacture these light post this is because properties made from them are long lasting, and they do not depreciate quickly. Another reason is because of its anti- rust property and lastly posts made of aluminum and steel look very nice and attractive.

In pathway lights, the devices are supposed to produce sufficient light by supplying light in various forms the characteristics of the equipment should not be tempered with at all. When it comes to amount of light distribution this will be based upon how large the road is in terms of its breath.

The extent of the street lights could entail; the through-way lights located alongside the road where light devices used depends with the levels of light required. Followed by the intersection light which provide directions to light up people walking on foot while vehicles are crossing over the roads and lastly the pedestrian locality for instance alongside the paths of the estates.

In conclusion street lights maintenance is very important; this can be achieved by two methods. One of them is Reactive which is a straight forward reaction to a power letdown for example when a vehicle hits the street light the type of maintenance taken is reactive. Secondly is the preventative and this is applicable when renewing the various elements.




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