Light pollution
Light spillage and light pollution are extremely important issues, not only for the exterior lighting industry but also increasingly in the public domain.
As a company focused on, and specialising in, exterior lighting, WRTL has long recognised its responsibility in achieving absolute precision in the design of reflector systems and lanterns to ensure that glare and light spillage are minimised. This becomes particularly relevant when designing, supplying and project managing major infrastructure projects such as the M6 Toll Road where light spillage could have posed a major source of pollution.
Pic: The UK from space at night with acknowledgements to BAA CfDS poster (BNSC - DMSP original Data)
Campaign for Dark Skies
We strongly supports the objectives of the CfDS in addressing the issue of light trespass. A practical example of this is WRTL´s use of full cut-off Vectra Lanterns on the M6 Toll Road, which has kept light trespass to a minimum.
Please see Institution of Lighting Engineers report ´Guidance Notes for the Reduction of Light Pollution´.