Final Report Lot 9: Public street lighting - Amper

Figure 24: A high amount of light is directed to the houses and is wasted
For street lighting the lighting performance requirements are imposed by European standards
per road class (EN 13201-2: Road lighting) (see also chapter 1). These performance
requirements are quality requirements related to light levels, uniformity and glare but does not
include any energy performance requirements.
The performance of energy consumption for street lighting with illuminance requirements
(defined category S in chapter 1) is mainly dependent on 2 factors:
1. Configuration (implantation) of light points.
This is also very diverse in Europe because of different local conditions. Luminaires can be
attached to own poles, walls, cables or electricity distribution poles. Poles can also be
installed in many different configurations (single side, middle, zigzag,..) (see also chapter
3) with many heights and interdistances.
2. The luminaire performance itself.
The performance of energy consumption for street lighting with luminance requirements
(category F and M in chapter 1) is mainly dependent on 3 factors:
1. The road surface reflection.
2. Configuration (implantation) of light points.
Configurations in Europe are also very diverse because of different local conditions.
Luminaires can be attached to own poles, walls, cables or electricity distribution poles.
Poles can also be installed in many different configurations (single side, middle, zigzag,..)
with many heights, interdistances, luminaire tilt angles. Also the road or surface to be lit can
vary.
3. The luminaire performance itself.
(Marc Gillet (MG), Schréder expert consultation on 3/4/06): 'Because of the many variations in
factors 1,2 and 3’ one luminaire can be tuned in up to 32 configurations with different optical
configurations in his product portfolio. This is according to MG required to suit a particular
environment (factor 1 and 2) and road class requirements (EN 13201-1) with the lowest energy
consumption. Also simply chosing between the few CIE road surface classes in the design
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