Select Committee on Science and Technology Written Evidence


APPENDIX

  The CIE (Commission Internationale de L'eclarage) has produced guidelines for the reduction of light pollution. Both the Society of Light and Lighting (CIBSE) and the Institution of Lighting Engineers have produced guidance notes for designers based on the CIE documents. The guidance documents are summarised below:

  Relevant Publications and Standards:

British Standards
BS 5489
Road Lighting
Countryside Commission/
DOE
  
Lighting in the Countryside: Towards good practice (1977)
CIBSE Lighting Guides
LCI
Code for interior lighting (1994)
  
LGI
The Industrial Environment (1989)
  
LG4
Sports (1990)
  
LG6
The Exterior Environment (1992)
CIE Publications
01
Guidelines for minimising Urban Sky Glow near Astronomical Observatories (1980)
  
83
Guide for the lighting of sports events for colour television and film systems (1989)
  
92
Guide for floodlighting (1992)
  
115
Recommendations for the lighting of roads for motor and pedestrian traffic (1995)
  
126
Guidelines for minimising Skyglow (1997)
  
129
Guide for lighting exterior work areas (1998)
  
136
Guide to the lighting of urban areas (2000)
Department of Transport
  
Road Lighting and the Environment (1993)
ILE Technical Reports
TR 5
Brightness of Illuminated Advertisements (1991)
  
CP 2
Lasers, Festival and Entertainment Lighting Code (1995)
  
TR24
A Practical Guide to the Development of a Public Lighting Policy for Local Authorities (1999)
  
  
Domestic Security Lighting, Friend or Foe
ILE/CIBSE
  
Lighting the Environment—A guide to good urban lighting
April 2003






 
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