Special Issue "Sustainable Outdoor Lighting"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Pramod Bhusal
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1. Department of Electricity Engineering and Automaticality, Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000 Espoo, Finland
2. Department of Optometry, Radiography and Lighting Design, University of South-Eastern Norway, 235 3603 Kongsberg, Norway
Interests: colour quality of light sources; sustainable lighting; smart lighting; lighting for health and wellbeing
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Dr. Laurent Canale
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Outdoor lighting has become an integral part of the urban environment and plays a significant role not only in the visual performance of users but also in the safety and appearance of the environment after dark. However, artificial lighting is also a major consumer of electricity and a source of greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, poorly designed outdoor lighting systems waste energy and resources and impact negatively on human health and on the natural environment. Outdoor lighting technologies have been rapidly changing in recent years. The growth of efficient LED luminaires allows the reduction of the required energy consumption as compared to luminaires with conventional light sources. Moreover, with LED technology, when combined with smart control using sensors and control algorithms, it is possible to generate the appropriate amount of light at the appropriate time at the site where the light is actually needed. This kind of adaptable lighting system saves energy and provides the required quality and quantity of light with minimized light pollution. This Special Issue welcomes theoretical and technical studies related to the smart, adaptable and sustainable outdoor lighting systems and solutions. Submitted manuscripts should address one or more of the following themes, although other relevant topics will also be considered:

  • Energy saving technologies in outdoor lighting;
  • Adaptive street/outdoor lighting;
  • Innovative lighting control systems;
  • Outdoor lighting and sustainability;
  • Life cycle analysis of outdoor lighting systems;
  • Management of efficient outdoor/street lighting;
  • Decision systems for optimized outdoor/street lighting;
  • Intelligent outdoor/street lighting networks in smart cities;
  • Outdoor lighting systems with minimized light pollution.

Dr. Pramod Bhusal
Dr. Laurent Canale
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • outdoor lighting
  • sustainable lighting
  • light pollution
  • smart street lighting
  • energy efficient lighting
  • adaptive lighting
  • integrative lighting

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Measuring Average Luminance for Road Lighting from Outside the Carriageway with Imaging Sensor
Sustainability 2021, 13(16), 9029; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169029 - 12 Aug 2021
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The main quality condition in street lighting is luminance distribution. During the carrying out of the literature, average luminance is the most important parameter to check. The standard BS EN 13201-3 imposes that average luminance must be calculated for the observer placed in [...] Read more.
The main quality condition in street lighting is luminance distribution. During the carrying out of the literature, average luminance is the most important parameter to check. The standard BS EN 13201-3 imposes that average luminance must be calculated for the observer placed in the center of each circulating lane. As a consequence, according to these standards, the measurements can be done only on streets without traffic. Stopping the traffic on all lanes is very difficult. This paper proposes a solution for measuring the average luminance from outside the carriageway. The research was performed by simulations/calculations and was validated by field measurements. Imaging sensors were used to measure average luminance, while DIALux EVO 9.1 was used for the simulations. For symmetrical, opposite, and staggered lighting arrangements, average luminance measurements were performed with a digital camera positioned outside of the traffic area, with the equipment placed at the edge of the carriageway, giving similar results with standard measurements, with almost no difference. For single sided lighting arrangements, the differences became unacceptable. In this case, the paper proposes a correction function to calculate the average luminance for the observer placed on the carriageway, based on measurements with a digital camera placed outside the traffic area. Full article
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