Is there a true darkness?
Zuzana Gombikova, 27.10.2015 LED Public Lighting, LED News, Health effects, Light and Health, Bezpečnosť, Visual comfort, Dazzling, Light Pollution, SecurityAre we light polluted? An arm and a leg for the darkness. Do you find it ridiculous? Why do we even need the true darkness? The environmental pollution is a huge problem of the age. We are all aware of that. What about the light pollution? Astronomic researches have proved the night sky brig…
Cheaper LEDs?
Zuzana Gombikova, 22.07.2015 LED types, LED News, Saving, QLEDWill the price of the LEDs drop soon? Long operation time, better colour rendering, less energy consumption and higher efficacy are well-known advantages of the LED technology. Anyway, just as any other products, the LEDs also have their negatives. In this case, the price is the skeleton in …
A Case Study - LED Lights for Cargo-partner company site
Zuzana Gombikova, 13.05.2015 Case Study, LED Floodlights, Saving, Lighting designOriginal lighting solution Originally, there were 40 x 400W gas discharge floodlights installed on site. On average, the lights were on 7 days a week, 11 hours a day. System energy consumption was approx. 67,200 kWh per year. If the price is 0.115 EUR/kWh, the customer pays the annual costs …
Case Study - Modernization of LED Public Lighting Sytem, Gbely, Slovakia
Zuzana Gombikova, 24.03.2015 Case Study, LED Public Lighting, SavingOriginal lighting solution Approximately 500 lights were installed in the streets of Gbely, a village in Záhorie region, Slovakia. Public lighting units were installed on the steel power line pillars. The pillars on main roads were distributed evenly, while those on the side roads were distr…
Understanding a light-planning project
Zuzana Gombikova, 18.02.2015 Saving, Lighting design, Light-planning projects, Visualization software, Lighting simmulationWhat is a light-planning project? A light-planning project is a document that describes a complex lighting design. It contains lighting variables and displays possible lighting conditions of the given area. A light-planning project contains information on lights, their position, light intens…