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Enmore Park Plan of Management - Land

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Metal Halide LampsMetal Halide is a very efficient light and due to its size gives excellent opticalcontrol and efficiency.LED ( Light Emitting Diodes)LED lights are being <strong>of</strong>fered as a high efficacy, low maintenance option. LEDtechnology is advancing at a very fast rate. There are a few reasons why webelieve that it is too early to use them as an external general light source.It should be noted that an LED is not a lamp but an electronic component. Ifis not manufactured like a lamp and has different characteristics to those wecommonly associate with lamps.LEDs are very temperature sensitive. Elevation <strong>of</strong> the junction temperaturewithin the LED reduces the efficacy <strong>of</strong> the LED and the life. The efficacy <strong>of</strong>the LEDs are normally quoted at a cold junction temperature. In practice theperformance is considerably lower. An LED that is quoted at 80 lumens perWatt may only achieve 50 lumens per Watt or less when enclosed in a lightfitting. In comparison a metal halide lamp is approximately 95 lumens perWatt.LEDs are mass produced and then sorted according to colour, efficacy andother characteristics. This is called ’binning’. To achieve good colourconsistency then the bins need to be sub divided. This is called fine binning.Once an LED is installed on a circuit board its bin information is generallylost. If an Its fails prematurely it is virtually impossible to get an lip from thesame bin. In addition due to the light output depreciation <strong>of</strong> the existing LEDswith age and the advancements in the new LEDs, the replacement LED willbe much brighter than the other LEDs.LED light fittings generally improve their efficiency by designing a very sharpcut-<strong>of</strong>f at the edge <strong>of</strong> the distribution. As a result there is very little light <strong>of</strong>f theedge <strong>of</strong> the path. Although this formally complies with the recommendations<strong>of</strong> AS/NZS 1158 I believe that when the standard was. Written there was anassumed spill <strong>of</strong> the light distribution onto the area adjacent to the park.People feel more comfortable where there is some light in the surroundingarea.Lighting, Art + ScienceThere is a wide variety <strong>of</strong> quality and performance in LEDs depending onwhere they are manufactured, the technology level <strong>of</strong> the manufacturer andthe binning policy.The cost <strong>of</strong> an LED light for equivalent lumens is generally around 4 to 5times the equivalent metal halide fitting.CosmopolisCosmopolis is a hybrid lamp that has been developed by Philips as acompromise between the colour performance <strong>of</strong> metal halide lamps and theefficiency and life <strong>of</strong> a high pressure sodium lamp. It is principally designedfor minor roads and is not available in a small enough lumen package toefficiently light paths without excessively high poles.Although the colour performance is better than high pressure sodium it stillfalls short <strong>of</strong> metal halide and is probably not adequate for a comfortablenight time environment. The lamp has only one supplier.<strong>Enmore</strong> <strong>Park</strong> Lighting Review. Page 7 <strong>of</strong> 11 19 August 2009L116Y01

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