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Continous innovations for better sports lighting

Continous innovations for better sports lighting

Light pollution is an unwanted consequence of outdoor lighting and includes such effects as sky glowlight trespass, and glare. An illustration of both useful light and the components of light pollution are illustrated in below Figure. Sky glow is a brightening of the sky caused by both natural and human-made factors. The key factor of sky glow that contributes to light pollution is outdoor lighting.

Light trespass is light being cast where it is not wanted or needed, such as light from a streetlight or a floodlight that illuminates a neighbor’s bedroom at night making it difficult to sleep.

Glare can be thought of as objectionable brightness. It can be disabling or discomforting. There are several kinds of glare, the worst of which is disability glare, because it causes a loss of visibility from stray light being scattered within the eye. Discomfort glare is the sensation of annoyance or even pain induced by overly bright sources. Think of driving along a dark road when an oncoming car with bright headlights suddenly appears. The sudden bright light can be uncomfortable and make it difficult to see. Discomfort and even disability glare can also be caused by streetlights, parking lot lights, floodlights, signs, sports field lighting, and decorative and landscape lights.

As stated in above picture, light pollution is often caused by the way light id emitted from lighting equipment. Different from those flattly set module floodlight, Enkarl Arias floodlight set its modules 45 degree inclined to the main fittings. The light emits 45 degree from the light source and  the unnecessary glare goes to the hood then reflected as useful light on ground.

Careful mounting and aiming are also important to make difference in lighting control. Enkarl Arias floodlight has provide two asysmetric optics optional to allow small beam angle installation. The less the floodlight being tilted up, the less the spill light should there be.

For more information about glare control, asymmetric floodlight, please drop a message to sales@enkarl.com

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