Design Of Street Lighting Systems

The purpose of the city of oakland street light design manual is to assist public and private designers in the design and construction of street lighting and also to assure design uniformity governing city of oakland s street lighting warrants.

Design of street lighting systems.

Arterial street lighting sdot has established design guidelines for arterial street lighting. Also refer to rp 33 99 and g 1 03 for additional criteria. Architectural lighting design considerations the purpose of an architectural lighting system is to highlight enhance and accentuate the. How to design efficient street lighting part 1 introduction.

The use of a structured design process helps to avoid this. The basic idea of roadway and highway lighting is to provide uniform level of illumination on road at. Lighting levels should be appropriate for street function classification and pedestrian use. W h then the poles are.

In this paper we briefly discuss some street lighting basics and then use lighttools and slu to design and optimize two types of street lamps including optimization of their placement on a roadway. Designing factor for street light. The lighting system should also have a pleasing appearance and complement surrounding features. A street light light pole lamppost street lamp light standard or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or path.

When the width w of the road is nearly double the pole height h i e. The street light design manual for the city of oakland. The lighting system shall utilize fixtures that minimize glare light trespass and skyglow all as defined by the iesna while still providing a comfortable visually effective safe and secure outdoor environment in a cost effective manner over the life cycle of the lighting system. Structured design process to achieve the best overall outcome in a lighting installation it is important to avoid the tendency of rushing straight into luminaire selection before determining more broadly what is required from the system.

The factors that are playing a vital role in the road lighting are following. Similar lights may be found on a railway platform when urban electric power distribution became ubiquitous in developed countries in the 20th century lights for urban streets followed or sometimes led. During the review process additional information on type and style of luminaires will be provided. When the width w of the road is nearly equal to the pole height h i e.

The street lighting system should be a complete unified design that addresses the various mobility needs within the city of bellevue. Regular street lighting system. W 2h then the poles are. The lighttools street lighting utility slu is a new tool developed to aid optical designers working in street lighting.