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The urban lighting in the rehabilitation of the minor historical centre. The design scenarios for the architectural valorisation and the energy efficiency improvement of the urban environment

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[EN] In the last decades, the topic of lighting of the historical minor centres is taking a prominent role in the cultural debate on the urban recovery interventions, because of the development of a greater awareness of the regenerative potential role that a careful planning system of urban lighting can take in this context.The latter, which had a purely functional role in the past, has recently taken a figurative and emotional role, associated with the vision of the urban light scene during the night and its valorization.The study of light, therefore, has inevitably turned into an instrument of knowledge and critical interpretation of the urban spaces, aimed both to functional recovery of the lighting network technology, and the regeneration of the urban image and its night scenes.The needs that this sector should satisfy are multiple and, sometimes, conflicting: the need for road safety, the reduction of light pollution, the need for energy and cost savings.The research aims to define an operative methodology to deal with the light planning in complex contexts as the minor historical centers, in which the concept of transformation of the urban scene clashes directly with the concept of preserving the identity features of the places and its constructive values and materials.Among the goals, there is therefore the aim of highlighting the main gaps in the network, due both to plant engineering reasons and to the obsolescence of the existing lighting fixtures.We operatively work in the urban voids system field, as spaces that characterize the urban scene. Through the knowledge of their dominant features it is possible to preserve their identity and, at the same time, enhance their singularity, with a suitable lighting project, which requires the study of materials, colors and consumption.The purpose is to promote an urban development, able to produce positive economic, social and cultural effects, oriented to improve the quality of life, as well as to value the architectural and environmental heritage giving importance to energy and economic saving.

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The urban lighting in the rehabilitation of the minor historical centre. The design scenarios for the architectural valorisation and the energy efficiency improvement of the urban environment

Author: De Berardinis, Pierluigi,Marchionni, Chiara,Capannolo, Luisa
Publisher: Universitat Politècnica de València
Year: 2015
DOI: 10.4995/vitruvio-ijats.2015.4473
Source: https://riunet.upv.es/bitstream/10251/69304/1/4473-15348-1-SM.pdf
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In he las decades, he opic o ligh ing o he his o ical mino cen es is aking a p ominen ole in
he cul u al deba e on he u ban eco e y in e en ions, because o he de elopmen o a g ea e
awa eness o he egene a i e po en ial ole ha a ca e ul planning sys em o u ban ligh ing can ake
in his con ex .
The la e , which had a pu ely unc ional ole in he pas , has ecen ly aken a igu a i e and emo ional
ole, associa ed wi h he ision o he u ban ligh scene du ing he nigh and i s alo iza ion.
The s udy o ligh , he e o e, has ine i ably u ned in o an ins umen o knowledge and c i ical
in e p e a ion o he u ban spaces, aimed bo h o unc ional eco e y o he ligh ing ne wo k
echnology, and he egene a ion o he u ban image and i s nigh scenes.
The needs ha his sec o should sa is y a e mul iple and, some imes, con lic ing: he need o oad
sa e y, he educ ion o ligh pollu ion, he need o ene gy and cos sa ings.
The esea ch aims o de ine an ope a i e me hodology o deal wi h he ligh planning in complex
con ex s as he mino his o ical cen e s, in which he concep o ans o ma ion o he u ban scene
clashes di ec ly wi h he concep o p ese ing he iden i y ea u es o he places and i s cons uc i e
alues and ma e ials.
Among he goals, he e is he e o e he aim o highligh ing he main gaps in he ne wo k, due bo h o
plan enginee ing easons and o he obsolescence o he exis ing ligh ing ix u es.
We ope a i ely wo k in he u ban oids sys em ield, as spaces ha cha ac e ize he u ban scene.
Th ough he knowledge o hei dominan ea u es i is possible o p ese e hei iden i y and, a
he same ime, enhance hei singula i y, wi h a sui able ligh ing p ojec , which equi es he s udy o
ma e ials, colo s and consump ion.
The pu pose is o p omo e an u ban de elopmen , able o p oduce posi i e economic, social
and cul u al e ec s, o ien ed o imp o e he quali y o li e, as well as o alue he a chi ec u al and
en i onmen al he i age gi ing impo ance o ene gy and economic sa ing.
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The u ban ab ic o he mino his o ical cen es
ha cha ac e ize he I alian Apennine moun ains,
as well as he Ab uzzo Region, can be de ined
as an a chi ec u e wi hou a chi ec s (May e al
2010). I is cha ac e ized by a sobe language,
which has p ese ed i s cha ac e o uni y o e
he cen u ies, esul o he handing down o
a p ac ical knowledge om gene a ion o
gene a ion.
The basic building o he his o ical buildings has
gene ally a qui e poo shape, cha ac e ized by
he use o local na u al ma e ials, manu ac u ed
in an elemen a y way and se in place using
simple cons uc i e echniques (O olani 1961).
The se o building ab ic and open spaces
cons i u es a single ne wo k o his o ical,
en i onmen al, landscape and ma e ial cul u e
alues wi h he su oundings: hey a e he
exp ession o he en i onmen al alue o
he whole (Zo dan e al 2002) a chi ec u e
ha in eg a es pe ec ly wi h na u e and a
spon aneous pe ec ion ha p oduces an
o ganic and ha monious sys em, unique case by
case.
Among he less in es iga ed aspec s wi hin he
mino his o ical cen es he e is he supply, he
dis ibu ion and he consequen ene gy and
se ices managemen and he way o in eg a ion
o he plan elemen s in an u ban landscape ha ,
o iginally, was no c ea ed o hos hem.
Those ha a e usually iden i ied as imma e ial
ne wo ks (Pazzaglini 2004) a e now clea ly and
s ongly ecognizable wi hin he mino his o ical
cen e s, o en gi ing ise o o ms o a chi ec u al
and igu a i e deg ada ion, as well as ine icien
plan enginee ing.
Among hem, he elec ical g id has con ibu ed
much mo e han he o he o de e mine he
ans o ma ion o he landscape and he u ban
a eas. The ad en o elec ici y, in ac , has led
o he ise o deep incompa ibili ies be ween
i s associa ed g id and he his o ical ab ic o
he mino building, bo n and de eloped in p e-
indus ial imes.
In pa icula , he sys em o public ligh ing
has con ibu ed o decades o modi y he
pe cep ion o open spaces and u ban scena ios
(Schi elbusch 1994), as well as o c ea e
incompa ibili y wi h he his o ical ab ic, bea e
o alues.
The his o ical buil doesn' p ese e i s
inhe i ance o con en s ela ed o he a i icial
ligh ing: ini ially i didn' ep esen a componen
wi hin he cons uc ion ules, bu i esponded
o an essen ially p agma ic app oach. A i icial
ligh ing has been in oduced o pu ely unc ional
easons and wi h e y limi ed possibili ies,
allowed by use o o ches o lame de ices.
In his ield he e isn' an inhe i ance o p ese e
and p o ec : he new elemen s don' ha e,
he e o e, a pas o e e and i can simply o e lap
p oposing new con en s o imp o e and alue
he exis ing buildings, gi ing new quali y.
The ailu e o an exhaus i e know-how
de elopmen on he ole o ligh in he de ini ion
o noc u nal iden i y o he his o ical cen es,
he e o e, has gi en o a long ime o he
ligh ing he only unc ion o isibili y and oad
sa e y, neglec ing he in insic po en iali ies o
ligh o imp o e he pe cep i e quali y o he
buil en i onmen (Guglie me i e al 2011).
I is necessa y o di e en ia e be ween he
concep o u ban ligh ing and public ligh ing.
The i s is in ended as a mul idisciplina y issue
ha equi es bo h a s udy o ligh on a subjec i e,
psychological and emo ional le el, and a s udy o
u ban places on an objec i e le el. The second
one means he me e unc ional ligh ing o
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ou doo spaces, esponding only wi h egula o y
equi emen s and i s pa ame e s (Bisegna e al
2010).
Jus because o he mul idisciplina y na u e
o he heme o u ban ligh ing, he opic is no
ye well de ailed and no exhaus i ely de ined:
i anges, in ac , om he ehabili a ion and
ecomposi ion o u ban spaces, he his o ical
and aes he ic alo isa ion o he places, o he
e iciency and ene gy sa ing p oblem, which
leads o con e o u ban ligh ing he ole o
sus ainable de elopmen p omo e .
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This s udy aims o assign a undamen al ole
o ligh e en in small con ex s bu ich in alue,
hanks o i s abili y o enhance he a chi ec u al
singula i y, emo ionally cha ac e izing he
places, ec ea ing he o iginal spa ial hie a chies,
uni o mi y o di e en ia ion, gi ing social
ele ance o he spaces .
A i icially ligh ing up means, in ac , aking in o
accoun also ano he ision o he his o ical buil .
The mason y ex u e, he plas ic e ec s o acade
elemen s, he cha ac e is ics o ma e ials which
ha e been used, a e p oduc s o he incidence
o ligh on he ma e and o he a ia ion o
in ensi y and colo empe a u e.
This makes he landscape ha is ixed in he
genius loci (No be g-Schulz, 1979) whe e we can
ecognize he places and ou belonging o hem.
A i icial ligh ing, he e o e, canno ha e con en
o uni o m s anda diza ion, able o emo e he
di e ence and iden i y o his o ical he i age.
Ou aim o he elabo a ion o a design
me hodology o small cen es ligh ing is, o he
han he educ ion o he economic, ene gy and
en i onmen al impac o he in e en ion, he
in eg a ion o he ligh ing sys em in he iden i y
con ex .
The ancien con ex s, ich in a chi ec u al and
en i onmen al alues, don’ bea in asi e and
s anda dised ope a ions. They show, howe e ,
complex p oblems and o e an a icula e ange
o solu ions ha ope a ing in syne gy gi e ise o
he mos sui able in e en ion.
A b a e eco e y o meaning and impo ance o
he p ojec is equi ed: i is he "only ins umen
able o espond o he he e ogenei y and he
speci ici y o he di e en con ex ual si ua ions"
(Zo dan L. e al 2006), o he abili y o ac wi h
di e en g aduali y on u ban ab ic, on open
spaces and on buil eme gencies, highligh ing
he signi ican elemen s.
The e o e wo king on di e en le els a he same
ime is necessa y: i s ly p o iding a secu i y
ligh ing o ensu e isibili y wi hin he u ban
ab ic, by modula ing he le el o ligh in ensi y
a he momen o maximum na u al isibili y.
Secondly, allowing he punc ual isibili y o he
buildings wi h o iginal solu ions o illuminance a
he le el o colo empe a u e and o ien a ion, so
as o emphasize he o mal and spa ial con en s
o he objec (Bianchi F. 1991).
Today he e is a comple e lack o balance o he
noc u nal landscape o small his o ical cen es,
cha ac e ized by a discon inuous ligh ing,
une en ligh ing ins alla ions and a chi ec u al
eme gencies o ally ou o he su ounding
con ex .
The aim is o de elop an awa e design
me hodology, ha akes in o accoun he
ollowing di e en app oaches, bo h he echnical
and unc ional, and he igu a i e and emo ional,
linked by he compa ibili y o necessa y
in e en ions and o complian solu ions wi h he
speci ic con ex o in es iga ion.
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The me hodology conside s e e y his o ic owns
as one and indi isible, whose pa s mus be
ecognizable, bu a he same ime linked by a
global ision. A he base o his app oach he e
is he iden i ica ion o he key elemen s and he
logic o cohesion exis ing be ween hem and he
con ex (Bisegna e al 2010). Besides espec ing
he exis ing egula ions, he aim is o de elop
a p ojec o u ban ligh ing ha c ea es a new
noc u nal u ban iden i y, no discon inuous,
which can enhance key aspec s o he buil
landscape wi hou al e ing he pe cep ible o ms
du ing he day.
Fu he impe us o he design is gi en by he
cu en need o ob ain an e icien illumina ion,
able o gua an ee he same pe o mances wi h a
lowe ene gy consump ion, hanks o he ecen
de elopmen o inno a i e echnologies.
The de eloped ope a i e me hodology is
he e o e based on he ollowing phases:
sȩ &ACTFINDINGȩ INVESTIGATIONȩ OFȩ THEȩ CURRENTȩ
egula ions (na ional, egional and municipal),
in o de o iden i y he complian solu ions wi h
he objec i es p oposed : he ligh scena ios
enhancemen , ene gy sa ing, sa e y.
sȩ )NDEPTHȩ KNOWLEDGEȩ PHASEȩ OFȩ THEȩ HISTORICȩ
cen e, speci ically abou he unc ional,
mo phological and igu a i e analysis o u ban
spaces, he iden i ica ion o he a chi ec u al
space and he main ca ego ies, he analysis o
he ligh ing ne wo k and i s ins alla ions.
sȩ -ETAPROJECTȩ PHASEȩ IDENTIFICATIONȩ OFȩ CRITICALȩ
si ua ions conce ning ca ego ies o space and
ligh ing sys em examined, wi h de e mina ion o
homogeneous a eas o in e en ion.
sȩ 0ROJECTȩPHASEȩAPPLICATIONȩOFȩTHEȩCOMPATIBILITYȩ
p ocess be ween he in e en ion con ex
and he complian solu ions ha leads o he
de elopmen o design scena ios and he
esul ing inal design.
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F om he legisla i e poin o iew, he u ban
ligh ing is no cu en ly egula ed acco ding o
common guidelines a na ional o in e na ional
le el, excep o he pa conce ning he educ ion
o ligh pollu ion. Abou his la e , in ac , in
I aly he e a e s anda ds and ecommenda ions
dedica ed since he nine ies, bo h abou he
ea u es o he cons i uen elemen s (sou ces
and de ices), and abou he unc ionali y and
sa e y o he elec ical design.
Recen ly he egions ha e de eloped some
di ec i es conce ning ins uc ions o he
educ ion o ligh pollu ion and ene gy sa ing,
lacking in any case in e ms o quali y o he
design phase.
In pa icula , he Ab uzzo Region adop ed
Regional Law n. 12 o 3 Ma ch 2005 abou
u gen measu es o he con ainmen o ligh
pollu ion and ene gy sa ing , which egula es
he echnical equi emen s and he me hods o
use o ou doo ligh ing sys ems, bo h public and
p i a e. The ule equi es he choice o sys ems
able o educe he ene gy consump ion and
he ealiza ion o elec ical plan s no dispe sing
ligh in he sky, bo h o educe he ene gy was e
and o sa egua d he da kness o he nigh sky,
acco ding o he guidelines o In e na ional
As onomical Union1.
The esul o his lack o egula ion, especially in
he his o ical ield, is a gene al si ua ion o decay
and echnological diso de and he exis ence o
planning e o s due o he poo knowledge o
he usable echnologies.
Un il now, he e o e, o he u ban ligh ing design,
we ha e conside ed he main ules go e ning
public s ee ligh ing a in e na ional and na ional
le els2. In I aly, in ac , he Municipal Ligh ing
Plan, in oduced by he I alian Associa ion o

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Ligh ing is a basic ool o u ban ligh ing design3.
Being a no manda o y planning ins umen , mos
o I alian municipali ies has no ye p oceeded o
i s adop ion, al hough i ep esen s an impo an
suppo in he design phase.
I coo dina es, in ac , di e en needs: he
accu acy and unc ionali y o u ban ligh ing; he
alo isa ion o open spaces and a chi ec u al
eme gences; he educ ion o ligh pollu ion;
he e amping o ou da ed equipmen wi h he
possible conse a ion o his o ical equipmen ;
he ene gy sa ing. I is, he e o e, a ool ha
allows o a oid e o s in he ealiza ion o single
ligh ing in e en ions, es ablishing a knowledge
base o p omo e he in eg a ion o in e en ions
in he con ex .
Rega ding he aims o he u ban ligh ing design,
also in he case o mino cen es, he main a e he
secu i y, he con ainmen o ligh pollu ion and
he ene gy and cos sa ing, achie able h ough
imp o emen measu es o he ene gy g id.
Secu i y is he pa ame e ha a ised he need o
in oducing he u ban ligh ing. In his case he
e m secu i y akes on a double meaning: oad
sa e y o d i e s, as i is necessa y o a oid he
dazzling phenomena ha ensu e an adequa e
isibili y o any obs acles; and public secu i y, ha
is he physical and psychological sa e y o people
and places in nigh scapes, whose usabili y mus
be he same as he diu nal u ban en i onmen s
one (Guglie me i 2011). A nigh , in ac , i is
necessa y o a oid he isk o c iminal ac i i ies
and andalism a people o hings, ensu ing
he isibili y and he ecogni ion o people and
hus an app op ia e le el o luminance in he
en i onmen 4.
Ligh pollu ion, ins ead, is a pa ame e which
indica es he al e a ion o ligh ing le els in
he noc u nal en i onmen because o he
in oduc ion o a i icial ligh . This phenomenon
akes place when he ligh is sca e ed ou side
o he a eas whe e i s unc ion is equi ed,
as o example he ligh emi ed by ex e nal
ligh ing ix u es dispe sed upwa ds, owa ds
he he sky. I causes en i onmen al damages,
being a dis u bing elemen o as onomical
obse a ions, and economic ones, because o
he dispe sion o ligh owa ds a eas ha do no
need i . I is he e o e an ene gy and economic
was e, sign o inadequa e u ban ligh ing.
The na ional s anda d e e ence5 se s he
maximum in ensi y allowed in he uppe
hemisphe e, depending on he e i o ial zone,
and he highe a e age emission as e alua ion
pa ame e s o ligh pollu ion.
The e o e, he espec o hese pa ame e s is a
good ule in he planning phase, in o de o limi
he phenomenon, ollowing expedien s such as
he educ ion o he luminous lux owa ds he
sky and he main enance o ligh ing wi hin he
geome ic shapes o he buildings, whe eby
he in e en ion conce ns he ligh ing o e ical
acades.
F om he ene gy poin o iew, he ield o public
ligh ing is one o he mos ene gi o ous, because
i is cha ac e ized by high powe consump ion
and excessi e was e. These a e mainly caused
by he gene alized use o obsole e echnologies
wi h low e iciency, by inadequa e o absen
ne wo k con ol and by poo main enance and
e o i in e en ions p ac ically unimplemen ed.
Howe e , he educ ion o cos s and consump ions
is possible, implemen ing ini ia i es o he
eplacemen o old ligh ing ix u es wi h new LED
ligh ing echnology and h ough he in oduc ion
o in elligen managemen and con ol o public
ligh ing sys em, which au oma ically egula e
and u ns o he ligh ing ix u es, acco ding o
he in ended use o he illumina ed a eas and
o any se ime. These sys ems allow o achie e
a high ene gy and cos sa ing, a he expense
o highe cos s o in e en ion, o which an
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In he dense u ban sys em o small owns, he
open spaces a e he social and connec i e sys em
o he buil ab ic, o which a e complemen a y.
The con o ma ion o he open spaces a ies om
cen e o cen e, depending on he p e alen
o m: he geome ic s uc u e o he in e nal oad
ne wo k may accompany he u ban ma gins wi h
a linea p o ile, acco ding o he p e ailing soil
a angemen , a cu ilinea o o hogonal p o ile.
The ans e se pa hs wi h espec o he
main axes, howe e , adap hemsel es o he
pe o mance o he g ound p o ile aking he
o m o amps o s ai ways (Rolli 2004).
In he cen es o Ab uzzo Region can be
conside ed ele an open spaces no only
con ined spaces, gene ally unde s ood as
squa es o places o ela ionship, bu also u ban
spaces connec ing a ious a eas, he emp y
spaces a ose a e he ea hquake o 2009, he
ma gin space, meaning any kind o a ea ou side
Figu e 1.
The map o open spaces in
he mino cen e o Fon ecchio
(AQ). Design by Di Gio gio S.,
Munzi C., Paglione M., Sciand a
S.
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he his o ical buil .
A e de ining he in es iga ion ield, a numbe
o small owns included in he seismic c a e o
he in he p o ince o L’Aquila6, i was possible
o p oceed wi h a classi ica ion o hese spaces
h ough an in si u season o su eys and an
ex ensi e pho og aphic documen a ion.
In o de o unde s and and examine he ypes o
spaces, i s ly we conside ed he mo phological
and unc ional ea u es. The mo phology
iden i ies he physical-space o he se lemen ,
which ela es he size and he shape o spaces,
pa icula ly signi ican in he compac buil o
mino cen es.
The unc ional su ey iden i ies, howe e , he
uses o spaces and he ela ionships be ween
hem, dis inguishing be ween public and p i a e
u ban open spaces.
The mo phological and unc ional analysis
allowed o de ine he kinds o p e alen space:
he ela ionship spaces, such as squa es and
public spaces, which a e spaces o a ying sizes
o collec i e use and o social g ouping.
The mo phology and de elopmen o he
connec ing spaces, which elease he unc ion
o connec i e issue o he u ban sys em, is
in luenced by he se lemen si e cha ac e is ics
and by he logic o buildings agg ega ion:
co e ed ways, disco e ed ways o s ai cases.
Finally he adjacen spaces and he emp y
spaces: he i s , in mos cases a e p i a e,
such as cou s, indoo ga dens and ege able
ga den; he second o med a e he collapses
and al e a ions due o he ea hquake (Fig.1).
Bea ing in mind he speci ici y o he opic, i is
also ca ied ou he pe cep i e analysis o space,
depending on he cha ac e is ics o ways and
sequence o he poin s o iew as well as he
landscapes pa ial iews.
The ecogni ion o spa ial cha ac e is ics is
aligned wi h he s udy o ligh ing ne wo k.
This analysis allows us o iden i y he ype o
equipmen and ligh sou ces exis ing, hei
pho ome ic cha ac e is ics, he main enance
s a us o he plan ne wo k and he le el o
co ec ligh ing pa ame e s.
All he p e ious analyses lead o he iden i ica ion
o he exis ing c i ical issues bo h a an illumina ing
engenee ing and ins alla ion le el, as well as he
o mal incompa ibili ies wi h he buil .
In he municipali y o Fon ecchio (Fig.2), in he
P o ince o L'Aquila, i has been de ec ed he
dis ibu ion o he elec ical g id and he spo s
ligh ing indica ing he p og essi e numbe , he
heigh and he Wa powe .
Rough se da a analysis has highligh ed ha he
elec ical dis ibu ion g id is mainly ansmi ed
h ough o e head cables, apa om a li le way
in he ancien illage.
In his li le way he elec ical g id is unde g ound,
in acco dance wi h good enginee ing p ac ice,
in o de o p o ec he sa e y and he longe i y
o he g id.
The e alua ion o he elec ici y supply lines has
highligh ed a gene al s a e o obsolescence
o he ne wo k and he luminous bodies, ha
eques an upg ade acco ding o he cu en
legisla ion.
In gene al, i was no iced an insu icien le el o
ligh ing o many in e nal oads and open spaces;
in San Nicola squa e ,in he ancien illage, he e
is an excess o elec ic cables, bo h o e head
and on he acades, which p o okes an e iden
decay o he public space.
The de ices ins alled nea he co e ed ways
don' gua an ee an adequa e le el o ligh ing,
wi h ega d o bo h sa e y o people and
cha ac e iza ion o he elemen s hemsel es.
Dazzling phenomena, ins ead, occu close o
he a chi ec u al eme gency o he ou een h-
cen u y oun ain, whe e noume ous illumina ing
bodies ha e been ins alled wi hou a sui able
AC
planning.
In he whole illage he cables o he conduc o s
and he s eel wi e opes join s a e o en oughly
hooked on he acades o he buildings, wi h a
consequen igu a i e damage.
As ega ds he luminous sou ces, hey a e all
sodium- apou sou ces, mos ly 70 Wa s o
powe , excep some spo ligh s used on some
buildings o alue ( he Chu ch o San a Ma ia
della Pace, he abandoned Chu ch o S. Nicola
and po a Cas ello), ha ha e a wa age ha
goes om 250W o 400W.
The empe a u e o he colou is indis inc and
on wa m ones on all he p esen de ices.
The inal e ec is an accu a e and i egula
ligh ing, wi h li le illumina ed a eas and an
inadequa e colo ende ing.
Rega ding he a chi ec u al eme gencies
iden i ied, in ac , only public ligh ing allows a
minimum noc u nal pe cep ion o hei quali ies,
wi h an insu icien colo ende ing o he
illumina ed buildings.
Nume ous oad illumina ion de ices don'
ha e a glass closing, condi ion ha p o okes a
educ ion o he sou ce li e con inually exposed
Figu e 2.
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elec ical ne wo k in he illage
o Fon ecchio (AQ). Design
by Di Gio gio S., Munzi C.,
Paglione M., Sciand a S.
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The p ojec o ligh ing egene a ion o open spaces o mino cen e
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5.'+&
1. Ci il p o ec ion and en i onmen di ec ion. Policies o sus ai-
nable de elopmen se ice, Regional in es iga e on he implemen-
a ion o LR Ma ch 3, 2005 n. 12 “U gen measu es on ligh pollu ion
and ene gy sa ing”.
2. A Eu opean le el, in o de o de elop and public he s anda ds,
he Eu opean Commission es ablished he Eu opean Commi ee o
S anda diza ion (CEN) ha in case o in e na ional s anda ds is limi-
ed o he implemen a ion o he same. In I aly he e is he Technical
Commission UNI Ligh and Ligh ing, which akes pa in he I alian
and Eu opean law, ansla ing in o I alian he s anda ds issued by
CEN and de ising new ones.
3. The AIDI (I alian Ligh ing Associa ion) publishes guides in o de
o make a ailable he equi emen s and speci y he me hods o im-
plemen a ion. Among he objec i es o he documen s p epa ed
by AIDI he e is he de ini ion o a gene al me hodology o u ban
ligh ing, wi h he con ibu ion o land egula ion in he ligh ing ield
(PRIC), is one o he aim o he documen s p epa ed by he AIDI.
4. The illuminance alues a e egula ed by S anda d EN 13201.
5. UNI 10816 - Ou doo ligh ing ins alla ions. Requi emen s o he
limi a ion o he upwa d dispe sion o he luminous lux.
6. The ea hquake ha s uck he Ab uzzo Region in Ap il 6, 2009
has only agg a a ed an al eady di icul si ua ion: he a ea de ined
as seismic c a e occupies a po ion o land o app oxima ely 3000
squa e kilome e s, comp ising 57 municipali ies, di ided be ween
he P o inces o L’Aquila, Pesca a and Te amo.