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    Energy Efficient Roadway Lighting Opportunities and Benefits

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    Energy efficient roadway lighting provides safety and visibility benefits while reducing costs and environmental impacts. It uses efficient technologies and design to meet performance needs with less energy usage. Key benefits include energy, capital, and maintenance cost savings as well as improved safety, security, and visibility for both drivers and pedestrians. Proper lighting design can create an evenly lit environment while avoiding glare and high light levels that reduce visibility.

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    Energy efficient roadway lighting provides safety and visibility benefits while reducing costs and environmental impacts. It uses efficient technologies and design to meet performance needs with less energy usage. Key benefits include energy, capital, and maintenance cost savings as well as improved safety, security, and visibility for both drivers and pedestrians. Proper lighting design can create an evenly lit environment while avoiding glare and high light levels that reduce visibility.

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    Energy efficient roadway lighting provides safety and visibility benefits while reducing costs and environmental impacts. It uses efficient technologies and design to meet performance needs with less energy usage. Key benefits include energy, capital, and maintenance cost savings as well as improved safety, security, and visibility for both drivers and pedestrians. Proper lighting design can create an evenly lit environment while avoiding glare and high light levels that reduce visibility.

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    Energy Efficient Roadway Lighting Opportunities and Benefits

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    Energy efficient roadway lighting provides safety and visibility benefits while reducing costs and environmental impacts. It uses efficient technologies and design to meet performance needs with less energy usage. Key benefits include energy, capital, and maintenance cost savings as well as improved safety, security, and visibility for both drivers and pedestrians. Proper lighting design can create an evenly lit environment while avoiding glare and high light levels that reduce visibility.

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    Energy Efficient Roadway Lighting

    Opportunities and Benefits

    By: Balang, Rachel…… Alzarooni, Ali


    WHAT IS
    ENERGY
    EFFICIENT
    ROADWAY
    LIGHTING?
    Energy efficient roadway
    lighting uses a balance of proper
    energy efficient technologies
    and design layout to meet
    performance, aesthetic and
    energy criteria required by
    pedestrian, motorists,
    community, residents,
    municipalities and utilities.
    FACTORS AFFECTING NIGHT VISIBILITY
    • Amount and distribution of
    1. light flux from the lamps.

    2. • Size of object

    • Brightness of object and its


    3. background
    • Reflecting characteristics of
    4. the pavement surface

    • Glare on the eyes of the


    5. driver

    • Time available to see an


    6. object
    Purpose of
    Energy
    Efficient
    Roadway
    Lighting
    Purpose of Energy Efficient Roadway Lighting

    Street/Roadway Lighting is one of the most common forms of exterior lighting The
    general purpose and importance of street lighting is to:

    • Allow drivers and pedestrians to travel safely


    • See hazards
    • Recognize objects
    • Have a sense of security, as a result of improved night time visibility

    Properly designed and maintained street lighting can provide comfort and safety during night
    time conditions for both vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
    Benefits of
    Energy Efficient
    Roadway Lighting
    Benefits of Energy Efficient Roadway Lighting

     Energy Savings

    - The use of energy efficient technologies and design practices, excess energy usage can
    be avoided.

     Capital Cost Savings

    - Using the proper fixture spacing and placement can reduce capital costs because more
    efficient system can use fewer poles and luminaires.
    Benefits of Energy Efficient Roadway Lighting

    Maintenance Cost Savings

    - Using lamps with longer lives and layouts with proper spacing and
    placement can mean reduced costs for fixing “burnouts” and painting or replacing
    damaged poles, resulting in lower annualized costs.
    Benefits of Energy Efficient Roadway Lighting

    Improve Sense of Security

    - Selection of efficient equipment and proper layout design can make an area appear safer
    and more secure, and in some cases can assist in reducing crime without increasing light levels.
    Light levels that are too high will not make an area seem safer. Direct glare and high light levels can
    reduce perceptions of safety by making visibility more difficult. Attention to uniformity and vertical
    illuminance can add to a person’s sense of security.
    Benefits of Energy Efficient Roadway Lighting

     Evenly lit roads and sidewalks

    - Using good design can improve visibility by avoiding overly bright and dark patches
    on roads and walkways.

     Reduced glare and improved visibility


    - Overly high light levels can create unwanted glare that decreases visibility. Careful
    selection of fixtures and lamps to enhance visibility could improve detection of pedestrians
    by motorists and increase seeing distances beyond those provided by automotive
    headlights alone.
    Benefits of Energy Efficient Roadway Lighting

     Aesthetically pleasing

    - Fixtures with historic or stylized appearance can be combined with good optical
    control to provide quality performance and attractive daytime appearance.

     Economic Development

    - Communities throughout the State and country see street lighting as an important
    part of improving economic development efforts in downtowns.

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