Concern Over LED Street Light Installation
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- Dec, 25, 2017
- Charles Price
- Civil Safety
The author has concerns about the methodology of installing LED streetlights. In the Havendale area, the old halogen lights were placed about 100 feet apart (one on each pole), giving a well-lit stretch for the entire length of the road. In this new dispensation, the new, brighter LED lights have now been placed on every […]
Read MoreImpact of LEDs on Light Pollution
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- Dec, 13, 2017
- Charles Price
- Dark Sky, Environment, Health and Safety, Human Health, Natural World
As infrastructure increases globally, artificial lighting is available in a larger and larger area. Developing countries chose LED lighting wrongly believing that LEDs are a long-term, more sustainable lighting solution. However, a huge problem with LEDs is their color. Making the switch from sodium lights that are orange-yellow in color, to the higher powered, bluish-white […]
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