It is not only indoors that the choice of lighting is important. On many occasions, in the work you must do as an architect you must also consider an outdoor space, and shared between several neighbors.
We refer to outdoor lighting in areas of passage between neighboring communities, chill out spaces or even private urbanizations. In these places, the choice of lighting will be key to the comfort of people.
Fortunately, technology continues to advance and today we have options with better results than a few years ago, thanks to LED street lighting. Let's see what it is and what you should consider when choosing it for your projects.
What you should consider for your LED outdoor lighting
Before you get down to the business of incorporating LEDs into your outdoor projects, we want to list a few things you should consider.
Longer life, lower cost in the long run
First of all, LED lighting has a higher initial cost, but lower cost in the medium and long term.
On the other hand, LED luminaires have a much longer lifetime. To give you a comparison, classic lighting usually lasts between 5,000 and 10,000 hours, while LED more than triples the lifetime hours (between 25,000 and 30,000 hours). In other words, it is a higher initial investment, but much more profitable in the long run.
There is more. At FARO Barcelona we work with Vossloh technology. Thanks to this, and our technical design, we achieve high flux maintenance, which translates into higher quality for longer.
More reliable color rendering
One of the biggest advantages of this type of lighting is that its CRI is higher than the usual 90. Past technologies used to have between 20-30 CRI.
In other words, LED lighting provides a great improvement in the visibility of the environment, giving greater assurance of comfort and safety to passers-by.
Consumption and connectivity
Outdoor lighting is usually among the highest in energy consumption. However, LED street lighting offers excellent light quality, with much lower consumption.
In addition, Faro Barcelona luminaires are compatible with the Casambi, connectivity system, with which you can increase energy savings and control of the installation.
LED street lighting Faro Barcelona
In FARO Barcelona we have several proposals resistant and with a minimalist style, ideal for gardens, park or outdoor spaces. For example, we find RUSH, a collection with which you can obtain a symmetrical and uniform lighting throughout the space.
Another very nice option is SCREEN, a streetlight of almost four meters, which allows to have an asymmetric illumination, with 180º. Ideal for highlighting a specific area.
If you want to know more for your exterior and interior architectural projects, we invite you to continue learning about how to use the different types of LEDs.
And if you are planning an outdoor project and need some extra help in deciding the lighting, the FARO Barcelona team will be happy to assist you.
