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Lightbureau can provide comprehensive analysis of all issues pertaining to lighting in the mining and construction industries, particularly in relation to obtrusive lighting.
In the rapid development of resource and industry related projects across Australia, lighting has often been subject to ad hoc planning principals, resulting in:
- Loss in productivity, through fatigue created by poor task lighting
- Community backlash, in the implied fear of the impact of obtrusive lighting on households and residents
Mrs. Dunk, who can see the lights of Mudgee from her highest property, also fears her property will be affected by lights from the Cobbora mine.
Source: Mudgee Guardian Newspaper Sept 11th 2011
It is imperative to avoid these situations by pre planning, Lightbureau can provide factual, independent analysis to proceed confidently with the ever-demanding environmental draft planning requirements. Typically this would include analysis and breakdown of tasks that require the use of artificial lighting.
The matters below should be considered as part of an integrated and safe system of work.
- All aspects of the work must be effectively planned, from the physical process to the individual tasks carried out by employees. Both direct and indirect impacts on safety and health of each task or process should be considered at the planning level. This would include issues such as fatigue and psychological stress.
Source: General Duty of Care Guidelines provided by the Department of Mines
www.dmp.wa.gov.au/documents/Guidelines/MSH_G_GeneralDutyOfCareWAMines.pdf
Detailed proposals would be discussed with priorities of:
- Sustainability,
- Providing sufficient lighting on site to ensure that safety is not compromised.
- Appropriate lamp selection and the impact of colour rendering on the task,
- And compliance with all relevant standards and guidelines such as:AS4282—1997– Control of Obtrusive Effects of Outdoor Lighting
02.04.2012
Office Lighting
Flourescent lighting has been the most powerful force in Architectural design of the workplace since the second world war.
Office Lighting Images
02.04.2012
Residential Lighting
Project:
Residential Interior Bathroom Fitout
Our latest residential interior is a contempory bathroom renovation in Sydney. A complete modernisation was called for.
As with everything new in architecture the client asked for more natural light. By determining the daylight factor of the existing windows it was calculated that there would be an increase of daylight available with a floor to ceiling aperture.
Rather than filling the remaining window aperture it was decided to fill it with a remotely switched light box. Constructed wth the same glass as the exterior window, the cabinet is fitted with a waterproof RGB LED strip controlled by a movement detector above the entry.
As you enter the bathroom the light switches on automatically, flooding the room with soft colored light, great for young children using the bathroom late at night. Glass shelves allow light to reflect back off the floor of the cabinet.
The end result is a bathroom that can be lit for any mood.
In this bathroom interior the lighting design combines LED down lights, lighting horizontal surfaces, with an RGB LED hidden in a glass cabinet and activated by a remote movement detector for general ambience. This luminaire then fills the white tiled bathroom with washes of colour. The strip LED is activated remotely and can be controlled by a hand held remote, any RGB colour mix can be achieved.
This picture gives an indication of the primary colour washes available
The pre-renovation bathroom indicating how the window aperature was enlarged and second window remodelled into an light box.
02.04.2012
Construction Lighting
Lighting for construction and work sites is often left to engineers and production managers without taking into account the needs of seeing.
Construction Lighting Images
