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How street lighting columns can ensure efficiency By John Dugdale at 2013-11-12 23:05:24
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With modern street lighting there are many benefits to the community – it brings down the number of road accidents as well as reduces street crime rates. Brightly lit places naturally deter any anti-social. But with the rise in electricity costs, many local governments try to curb the amount of time that the lighting structures are switched on. This does provide a short term relief in costs, but will increase neighbourhood disturbances and calls for help, which naturally will put pressure on resources.
Street lighting columns are one of the most common forms of lighting up public spaces. There are several benefits that a community can gain from it. Here is a look at some of them:
It brings down the number of personal injuries caused from accidents in the dark
It helps in reducing crime rates, especially that of street crime
It promotes a larger use of public transport and environment-friendly options like cycling
It promotes socialization with more people being willing to walk around
Economic activity is boosted with more people being willing to stay out longer for entertainment
Access to educational facilities is safer with lighting facilities available post dark
Emergency services can be carried out more efficiently with the right kind of street lighting columns and lighting in place
In order to make street lighting more efficient in terms of electricity as well as reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, there are a few measures that can be taken. Rather than completely turning off lighting at night, which defeats the purpose of these in the first place; the local authorities can consider lowering the light’s intensity a bit, thereby ensuring good enough light, yet reducing emissions and power consumption. Of course, completely switching to solar lights would be a good idea, especially in larger community. Since most governments provide subsidies for switching to solar power and returning electricity to the grid, communities will be benefitted in the long run.
It is important to also make the right choice in lam types as well as lighting in order to ensure lower consumption of power. Should any of the existing lights make use of old lamps such as high sodium pressure lamps, these will need to be replaced to have uniformity in lighting and consumption. Where reduction can be done is with signboards that can be illuminated only at night or which can also be converted solar powered lighting.
The benefits to a community outweigh the cons and being able to make the units more efficient is easy enough to manage.
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