Street lights

The street lighting device is a device that is an artificial source of lighting and performs both a design function and the function of dispersion and the direction of a ray of light to illuminate buildings, adjacent territories and streets.

There is a fairly large range of various lighting designs for the implementation of high-quality street lighting and many classifications of these products. Street lighting devices can be divided by type according to different criteria.

According to the tasks there are:

1. Decorative lights. They are usually not very powerful, their main task is to highlight additional elements - flower beds, trees, various statues. They often have a design original design and appointment.Here, for example, are lamppost lamps - a great way to decorate your cottage and yard with not just lighting fixtures, but also wonderful decorative elements. Here the aesthetics of the lighting device comes out on top.
2. Functional fixtures. They are more powerful in terms of lighting and are great for highlighting tracks or signposts, stairs and parking spaces.

By location, street constructions are divided into:

1. Facadewhich are necessary for high-quality lighting of the facades of buildings and the entire part of the street adjacent to them.
2. Landscaping, which can be used for high-quality lighting of the plot.
3. Explosion-proof appliances - These are structures designed to provide light to various hazardous areas and objects.

According to the type of installation, street lighting products can be:

1. Wall mounted - they are fixed on the facades as usual sconces and can be used to highlight a specific part of the wall.
2. Outdoor suspended - mounted using a special holder, can be used to illuminate the porch or garage near the house.Their design resembles a room chandelier, somewhat adapted to the aggressive influence of external factors.
3. Overhead lights are very popular. directional light. They allow you to originally allocate a recreation area, and with their help you can beautifully shade a certain part of the building.
4. Swivel Lamps are especially loved by landscape designers, because these devices can be rotated in different directions and thus create targeted lighting.
5. Floor lamp - This is the classic form of lamps for streets, very similar to the floor options used in homes. Suitable for lighting very large areas. Floor lamps consist of a solid support and the lamp itself, designed in the shape of a ball.
6. Embedded - often mounted in the steps of the stairs, in the walls of houses, in the curbs around the flower beds.

There are also models of lamps that are installed along the paths and are used to create the effect of illuminating the track, pond or garage.

• Ground appliances street lighting mounted in the ground and virtually inconspicuous until the very inclusion.If you install them in the bushes, you can create a bright backlight of the garden during its flowering.
• Linear designs - This is an original find for fashionable landscape designers, as the design of the lamp allows you to create a profile of almost any length of LEDs with the ability to design different shapes.
• Mushroom Lamps from above are covered with caps, from them a ray of light is reflected down to the ground. These lamps have the shape of a cylinder - like a column and are needed to decorate flower beds, small bridges, and pedestrian paths.

• Floating lights in the form of balls - These are products that are not afraid of water. They are often used for stylish lighting of the pool or pond. Look good waterproof glass balls that float on the surface of the pond. To complement the bright backlight you can use underwater counterparts.
• Portable products light and compact. Some of them are equipped with comfortable clothespins, which allows them to fasten on the branches of trees and bushes. Lamps, portable solar-powered will allow you to save on electricity.
• Street models lamps for giving most often have a round ceiling.If among the grass, in the bushes and trees to hide such products, it will be a stylish element of scenery.

• LED light lamps guarantee original bright coloring of your personal plot. The principle of their operation is to use photovoltaic cells that convert solar energy into electrical energy.
• Anti-vandal Lamps are LED models of lamps for housing and communal services. The materials used in their production were specially selected in such a way as to ensure maximum protection against damage to these products.
• Technological lighting devices. Nowadays, products with built-in motion sensors have become very common. These lighting devices save energy, as they begin to work only when the elements sense movement and can work both on batteries and from the main network. It is also very comfortable, as you can manage them from the control panel. Good functionality that allows you to adjust the work of lighting, even without leaving your home.

For the smooth operation of outdoor lighting devices, the following light sources are most often used:

• Incandescent lamps. This is a familiar and quite old light source, which is rarely used today. Such a light bulb will work for a short period of time, and will also be the root cause of your significant electricity bill.
• Halogen lamps. This type of light source can be attributed to the modern type of light bulbs, but it has a number of limited possibilities, due to which their installation on the street would be inappropriate. But they allow you to save on electricity.

• Metal halide type of lamps. Such lighting devices are very powerful, they have a high light transmission, which allows them to be used for large spaces. Their light is as close to daylight as possible.
• Discharge lamps. These devices are distinguished by the greatest power of light, they are also used to illuminate vast territories.
• Demanded today and products with xenon light sources. They are quite powerful shine, give perfect white light.

• Fluorescent lampsas a full source of light, cheap and at the same time quite bright. Used to create a stylish landscape lighting. They serve for a long time, but also cost a little.
• Solar Lamps - This is the most eco-friendly choice for giving. In daylight, these products collect the energy of the sun, and in the evening with the help of high-quality light on the site.
• LED bulbs. These are the most frequently used energy-saving light sources today, which have a lot of advantages during operation - they give a decent stream of light, they work extremely long and also help to save up to 90% of electricity.

All of the above bulbs have their own characteristic quality characteristics:

1. Lamp power.
2. Their color temperature.
3. Duration of service life.

When selecting the best light source, it is necessary to carefully study all these criteria in order to get the best level of illumination.

Street lamps are often ordered in the form of ancient lanterns that illuminated the streets in the XVIII - early XIX centuries, but very often you can find quite modern models of lighting structures for the street. Today the most popular and popular are such styles as:

• Classic options. It can be antique-styled lanterns, they can embody such trends as luxurious gothic or chic baroque.These devices are most often chosen for installation at the main entrance to the building, in the gazebo or on the porch.

• Modern style. These lamps have a not very catchy exterior design. In their design, you can see different shapes - ovals, circles, square and rectangular shapes. They are available in techno, hi-tech and other trendy designs.

• Art Nouveau street lamps imply the presence in the design of natural motifs and ornaments. It is characterized by a game of contrasts, disproportionality, unusual bends, bright colors.

• High-tech street lamp promotes pragmatism and technological innovation, simplicity and high functionality. High-tech most often uses metal, glass and plastic, the devices use straight lines and clear forms, there is a frequent appeal to the elements of constructivism.

• Modern appliances in power loft similar to lamps from the last century: without excessive in the conditions of industrial production of decor, with the ability to redirect the flow of light to illuminate a certain point.

• Provence lamps Similar to faded and faded village chandeliers, they embody the stamp of natural aging or artificial antiquity.

• Retro lamps - This is the revival of the fashion of previous years. Street lighting devices of the 30-50s of the XX century are especially attractive. This is a bright vintage decoration of any space in front of the house.

Lamps for streets can have various forms that will allow any designer to choose the most suitable design option for the territory adjacent to the house.

• Round form (a lamp with a plafond-ball, floating glowing balls).
• Square lights (The correct geometric shape of the lamp is especially popular today).

• The lamp in the form of a cylinder (pendant lamps in the form of a pipe help to create a stylish environment in any interiors).
• Dome type lamps (the minimalistic and very practical pendant dome lamp will successfully fit into the interior of both residential and public premises).

Lighting design street type most often stylized antique. They look like vintage lanterns, they are hung on chains, and in their manufacture popular materials are used:

• Metal (it can be cast iron or aluminum, steel or non-ferrous metals).They are durable and withstand the adverse effects of poor environmental conditions (sleet, heavy rain). The most popular metal is steel, which looks like artistic forging. In addition to steel, brass and copper can also be used in such lamps. In cheaper models, aluminum can be used, but it often becomes a victim of corrosion, it quickly darkens and therefore is not the best material for forged products used to illuminate the street.
• Ceramic lamps have a very durable housing and therefore can be safely used to illuminate your garden.

• Wooden surfThe holes are very beautiful, but very capricious and require careful maintenance - the wood will need to be polished, cleaned of dust and dirt.
• Plastic, glass and crystal are used extremely rarely, as they are too fragile for use in outdoor environments.

All these materials are used for the manufacture of luminaires, which must work in various extreme weather conditions and therefore must meet the following requirements:

1. They must be resistant to moisture.
2. Must have sufficient anti-corrosion property.
3. They should not change their shape and properties even with a long stay in extreme conditions, which often occurs in the summer heat or winter cold.

The best solution would be to use fixtures made of high-quality hardened steel. Steel - this is the material that has all the qualities and therefore will be without interruption to perform lighting work.

Today, you can easily choose not only the most original and modern types of street lamps for your home, but also choose their most successful color options. Companies producing lighting fixtures are ready to offer you any color of the device - from the lighting design in white and the classic shades of brown and black to the most incredible colors - like poisonous light green and purple-silver.

Correctly chosen decorative plan lamps will "work" in the garden not only at night.In the daytime, they can act as small architectural forms, highlighting in their surroundings compositions from plants, paths, a pond. Today, mixed street lighting has a huge spread, when lighting devices are both functional and decorative. These lamps give any garden a peculiar charm, placing spectacular accents in the daytime and creating fabulously beautiful paintings at night.

Lamps with shades are perfect for the garden. They are often used to illuminate trees, because these devices can easily be placed directly on their branches. The built-in models of luminaires are more often used for arranging the verandah - they are installed on the porch, mounting directly in the steps. For an open terrace of a country house, it is best to use suspended models of street lamps, which will give the original soft light and stylish appearance to the facade of the building.

• Polish factory "Alfa" is one of the largest and most famous manufacturers of street lamps in the whole European territory.
• Trademark "Luminex" imports some of its products from China, which allows it to set affordable prices for its products.
• An extensive catalog of products offers the company "Amplex". Brass fittings, high quality performance, the use of steel structures makes the company's products expensive, but at the same time - very popular.

• Technolux some of its products are imported from China, but most of them are produced independently at their own production facilities.
• Polish manufacturer of street lamps Sigma Offers you a wide range of high-end models of modern lighting products.

• Manufacturer of lighting systems from St. Petersburg company "Optogan" produces various kinds of high-quality devices for street lighting.
• Young company "Svetlana-LED" produces LED products that are very popular with domestic consumers.
• Trading house "Focus" realizes the original products created on technology of energy saving.

• More than 10 years, the company "Planar Lighting" is engaged in installation, development of projects and power supply systems.
• Another young but widely known in his circles domestic manufacturer "Intesso LED systems" produces up to 5000 fixtures in one year.
• Company "Light Technologies" It is considered the leading manufacturer of outdoor lighting devices in the CIS. A special demand for a series of underwater LED devices.

What should be the list of parameters for the optimal choice of high-quality lighting equipment for the street, so that it externally suited to your home and has all the necessary quality characteristics?

Criteria for selecting devices for street lighting are as follows:

• Pay particular attention to the material from which the product of your choice is made. It should be resistant to corrosive manifestations, should not change its appearance after a long stay on the street, even under the most severe weather conditions.
• Also important is the choice of the type of light source. The ideal option for today are economical and long-serving LED bulbs.
• A certain degree of moisture protection.

• Dust protection.Usually, street lighting devices themselves have a fairly good degree of protection from dirt. But the presence of this criterion is still best to turn their attention when purchasing a street lamp.
• Appearance and style of the device. The design style of the chosen luminaires should be selected according to the style of the area where it will be actively used.
• Among the special characteristics of lamps for streets, it is necessary to single out a high degree of resistance to wear and frost, strength and reliability, safety and durability.

Guided by all these criteria, you can quickly choose for yourself the ideal option for a street lamp to design the appearance of your home.

One of the most original ideas for creating lighting for your backyard can be the location of recessed street lights directly in the path you like to walk in the evenings.

Placing the lighting in the branches of trees, you will create not only additional bright lighting for your home, but also the illusion of diffused point light throughout the yard area.

On how to choose the right street lamps for your garden, you can learn from the video below.