Aesthetic Value Of Street Lighting

By Leticia Jensen


Our streets look beautiful and clear at night because of the street lights. Street lighting can be defined as the raised source of light on the edge of the road which is turned on at a certain time every night. It uses high pressure sodium lamps which provide the greatest amount of photopic illumination and ensures there is least consumption of electricity.

Pedestrian's safety is one of the advantages of these lights. The idea being these lights make people to realize what hazard are about to befall them. At night time human beings level of harm raises the reason being it is not easy to identify people with bad motives.

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.

Street light poles are made of aluminum and steel this is for the purpose of durability i. E. They can last for a very long period of time. Another reason is because aluminum and steel do not wear easily. Also corrosion resistance and finally poles made of aluminum and steel have that visual appeal.

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 lighting level may include roadway lights, placed on the sideways of the roads and their light fixtures are based on the light level and uniformity. Another one is the intersection lights which gives guidance to illuminate pedestrians in the crosswalk to vehicles. And lastly the pedestrian areas such as side walk.

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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