Publication detail

Plunging Brno into darkness: Measuring the contribution of public lighting to the total luminance of the night sky

NOVÁK, F. BAXANT, P.

Original Title

Plunging Brno into darkness: Measuring the contribution of public lighting to the total luminance of the night sky

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The article deals with the description of measurements of night sky luminance in urban agglomeration with emphasis on the determination of changes in the values of these luminances when public and architectural lighting is temporarily turned off. The measurements took place in Brno, the second largest city in Czech Republic, with the population around 382 thousand. The presented paper is one of the perspectives on the impact of human activity on the surrounding environment and an example of a possible solution to quantify the impact of the introduction of technologies that directly or indirectly affect the environment not only for humans, but also for almost all forms of life.

Keywords

ALAN, artificial light at night, luminance measurement, light pollution, public lighting, luminance analyzer, intrusive light, LumiDISP, astronomy

Authors

NOVÁK, F.; BAXANT, P.

Released

26. 4. 2022

Publisher

Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication

Location

Brno

ISBN

978-80-214-6029-4

Book

PROCEEDINGS I OF THE 28TH STUDENT EEICT 2022 General Papers

Edition

1

Pages from

347

Pages to

351

Pages count

5

URL

https://www.eeict.cz/eeict_download/archiv/sborniky/EEICT_2022_sbornik_1_v2.pdf

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT178392,
  author="Filip {Novák} and Petr {Baxant}",
  title="Plunging Brno into darkness: Measuring the contribution of public lighting to the total luminance of the night sky",
  booktitle="PROCEEDINGS I OF THE 28TH STUDENT EEICT 2022 General Papers",
  year="2022",
  series="1",
  pages="347--351",
  publisher="Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="978-80-214-6029-4",
  url="https://www.eeict.cz/eeict_download/archiv/sborniky/EEICT_2022_sbornik_1_v2.pdf"
}