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• Lighting in the Countryside: Towards Good Practice

Planning, building and the environment

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Summary

This guidance was published jointly with the (then) Countryside Commission. It gives advice, which is also relevant in towns, on good lighting types and installations for street, sports and security lighting. It describes how to avoid light pollution of the night sky, glare hazards to drivers and nuisance to neighbours. It also offers design guidance and a bibliography.

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• Lighting in the Countryside: Towards Good Practice - Main document
  PDF, 1564 kb , 96 pages
• Lighting in the Countryside: Towards Good Practice - Main document
  RTF, 10275 kb , 90 pages
• Figure 2.1: Lighting terminology
  PDF, 25 kb , 1 pages
• Figure 4.1: Preparing a lighting scheme
  PDF, 62 kb , 1 pages
• Figure 5.1: Planning and lighting
  PDF, 98 kb , 1 pages
• Figure 6.1: Assessment of lighting
  PDF, 67 kb , 1 pages
• Figure 7.1: The landscape design process
  PDF, 66 kb , 1 pages
• Figure 8.1: The lighting design process (based on BS 5489)
  PDF, 87 kb , 1 pages
• Table 8.2: General lamp types and characteristics
  PDF, 114 kb , 1 pages
• Table 8.3: General luminaire types and characteristics
  PDF, 192 kb , 2 pages
• Table 8.3: General luminaire types and characteristics (cont)
  PDF, 81 kb , 1 pages

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