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Fotios, S. and Cheal, C. (2013) Using obstacle detection to identify appropriate illuminances for lighting in residential roads. Lighting Research and Technology, 45 (3). 362 - 376. ISSN 1477-1535
Abstract
This paper uses data regarding detection of pavement obstacles to explore two approaches to establishing an appropriate illuminance for road lighting designed to meet the needs of pedestrians. A previous obstacle detection experiment was repeated using young observers under high pressure sodium (HPS) lighting. One approach was to identify whether there is a plateau-escarpment relationship between obstacle detection ability and illuminance – better detection with increasing light level until further increases bring little improvement: This suggested an appropriate illuminance of 5.7 lux. The second approach was to identify the size of an obstacle that a pedestrian should expect to be able to detect and the associated probability of detection: An obstacle of height 25 mm located 6 m ahead may require 1.8 lux to be detected with 95% probability.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2012 Sage. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Lighting Research and Technology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2013 10:04 |
Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2013 10:04 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477153512444112 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Sage |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1477153512444112 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:76667 |
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