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Illuminating the public realm – the importance of public lighting A safer public realm


Good external lighting has been shown to reduce night time road accidents and street crime, as well as reducing the fear and perception of crime, to the benefit of motorists, pedestrians, residents and businesses alike, improving their quality of urban and rural life.


However rising energy prices, the increasing awareness of high carbon use as well as budgetary restraints are all putting pressure on lighting services. This creates a need to balance the social, environmental and economic elements of the service.


This is not to say that saving energy is not important, as lighting can play an important role in energy and carbon reduction, but it has to be balanced against the positive effects of lighting which are just as significant.


Gants Corner, London


Westminster City Council and Institution of Lighting Professionals


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