How Can You Mess Up Your Lighting?
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First things first...
How can lighting help you? What 's your lighting goal? How much lighting do you need? What kind of lighting is there? What do you want to light up? Are there times when darkness is better? Can lighting be put in the wrong place? How can you mess up your lighting? Avoiding vandalism problems Think like a criminal What are your lighting concerns? |
Could this happen to you?
Arlene is the manager of a 24-hour convenience store located in a residential area. About half of her customers walk to her store. She recently installed lighting in the parking lot that is a lot brighter than the lights from the street lights or neighboring homes. What is Arlene's problem? Joe runs a service station located on the side of a road used mainly by commuters. The business is closed from 9 pm to 5 am. There are no other businesses around his that are open at night, and the nearest houses are about 1000 feet away. Joe just installed a number of lights that point at the back door of the service station. He was very pleased with the lighting company because he can now read a newspaper at midnight by his back door. What will Joe likely read very soon in the crime report section of the newspaper? Harry owns a fast-food restaurant. There is a little grassy area with a picnic table out back where his employees take their breaks. He is troubled by teenagers who hang around this area after dark. His current lighting is attached to a utility pole about twenty feet above ground. Why are the teenagers such a problem for Harry? |
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