Street lights

An outdoor lighting device is a device that is an artificial source of lighting and performs both a decoration function and the function of scattering and directing a beam of light to illuminate buildings, adjacent territories and streets.

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

According to the tasks set, there are:

1. Decorative lamps. They are usually not very powerful, their main task is to highlight additional elements - flower beds, trees, various statues. They often have original design and purpose. This, for example, includes lanterns - a great way to decorate your summer cottage and courtyard not only with lighting fixtures, but also with wonderful decorative elements. Here the aesthetics of the lighting fixture comes first.
2. Functional lamps. They are more powerful in terms of lighting and are great for illuminating paths or signs, stairs and parking spaces.

By location, street structures are divided into:

1. Facade, which are necessary for high-quality illumination of building facades and the entire adjacent part of the street.
2. Landscaping, which can be used for high-quality lighting of the personal plot.
3. Explosion-proof devices Are structures created to provide light to various explosive areas and objects.

By the type of installation, street lighting products can be:

1. Wall mounted - they are fixed on the facades, like the usual sconces and they can be used to illuminate a certain 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. Surface-mounted lamps are very popular. directional light. They allow you to distinguish the recreation area in an original way, 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 fixtures can be turned in different directions and thus create targeted lighting.
5. Floor lamp Is a classic form of street luminaires, 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, shaped like a ball.
6. Embedded - they are often mounted in the steps of stairs, in the walls of houses, in the borders around flower beds.

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

• Ground appliances street lighting are mounted in the ground and are virtually inconspicuous until they are turned on. If placed in the bushes, they can create a bright backlight for the garden while it is in bloom.
• Linear constructions - this is an original find for fashionable landscape designers, since the design of the luminaire allows you to create a profile from LEDs of almost any length with the ability to design different shapes.
• Mushroom-shaped lamps from above are covered with caps, from which a ray of light is reflected down to the ground. Such lamps are in the shape of a cylinder - like a column and are necessary for decorating flower beds, small bridges, and pedestrian paths.

• Floating lights in the form of balls Are products that are not afraid of water. They are often used for stylish pool or pond lighting. Waterproof glass balls that float on the surface of the pond look great. Underwater analogs can be used to complement the bright illumination.
• Portable products lightweight and compact. Some of them are equipped with comfortable clothespins, which allows them to be fixed to the branches of trees and bushes. Portable solar-powered luminaires will save you energy costs.
• Street models lamps for summer cottages most often have round shades. If you hide such products among the grass, in the bushes and trees, then a stylish decoration element will come out.

• LED fixtures guarantee an original bright color of your garden plot. Their principle of operation is the use of photovoltaic cells that convert the energy of the sun into electrical energy.
• Vandal-proof luminaires are LED models of luminaires for housing and communal services. The materials used in their production have been specially selected in such a way as to provide maximum protection against damage to these products.
• Technological lighting devices. Nowadays, products with built-in motion sensors have become very common. These lighting fixtures save energy, since they only start working when the elements sense movement and can be operated both on batteries and on the mains. It is also very comfortable, since you can control them from the control panel. Good functionality that allows you to adjust the lighting even without leaving your home.

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

• Incandescent lamps. This is a familiar and rather old light source that 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 energy costs.
• 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, because of which their installation on the street would be impractical. But they allow you to save on electricity.

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

• Fluorescent lampsas a full-fledged light source, cheap and at the same time bright enough. Used to create stylish landscape lighting. They serve for a long time, but they are also expensive.
• Solar luminaires Is the most environmentally friendly choice for a summer residence. In daylight, these products collect the energy of the sun, and in the evening with its help they provide high-quality illumination of the area.
• LED lamp. These are the most commonly used energy-saving light sources today, which have a lot of advantages during operation - they give a decent flow of light, 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 choosing the best light source, all of these criteria must be carefully considered in order to ultimately obtain the best possible illumination.

Street lamps are often ordered in the form of ancient lanterns that illuminated the streets in the 18th - early 19th centuries, but quite often you can also find quite modern models of lighting structures for the street. Today, the most popular and demanded styles are:

• Classic options. These can be antique-styled lanterns, they can embody such trends as luxurious Gothic or chic Baroque. It is these devices that are most often chosen for installation at the front entrance to a building, in a gazebo or on a porch.

• Modern style. Such lamps do not have a very eye-catching external design. In their design, you can see different shapes - ovals, circles, square and rectangular shapes. They come in techno, hi-tech and other trendy designs.

• Street lamps in Art Nouveau style imply the presence of natural motives and ornaments in the design. It is characterized by a play on contrasts, disproportion, unusual curves, bright colors.

• High-tech street lamp promotes pragmatism and technological novelty, simplicity and high functionality. Hi-tech most often uses metal, glass and plastic, straight lines and clear forms are used in devices, there is frequent reference to elements of constructivism.

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

• Provence lamps look like faded and faded rustic chandeliers, they embody the stamp of natural aging or an artificial touch of antiquity.

• Retro lamps - this is the revival of the fashion of previous years. Street lighting fixtures of the 30-50s of the twentieth century are becoming especially attractive. This is a striking vintage decoration for any space in front of the house.

Luminaires for streets can have various shapes, which will allow any designer to choose the most suitable design option for the area adjacent to the house.

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

• Cylinder-shaped luminaire (pendant lights in the shape of a tube help create a stylish setting in any interior).
• Dome luminaires (minimalistic and very practical pendant lamp-dome will successfully fit into the interior of both residential and public premises).

Street-type lighting structures are most often stylized in antique style. They are given the look of old lanterns, they are hung on a chain, and popular materials are used in their manufacture:

• Metal (it can be cast iron or aluminum, steel or non-ferrous metals). They are durable and withstand the negative effects of bad 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 luminaires. In cheaper models, aluminum can be used, but it often becomes a victim of corrosion, darkens quickly and therefore is not the best material for forged products used for street lighting.
• Ceramic lamps have a very robust housing and therefore can be safely used to illuminate your garden.

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

All of these materials are used to make luminaires that have to work in a variety of 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 after a long stay in extreme conditions, which often happens in summer heat or winter cold.

The most correct solution would be to use high quality hardened steel fixtures. Steel is exactly the material that has all the qualities and therefore will perform lighting work without interruption.

Today you can easily choose for your home not only the most original and modern types of street lamps, but also choose their most successful color options. Lighting companies are ready to offer you any color of the fixture - from white lighting structures and classic shades of brown and black to the most incredible colors like poisonous lime green and purple-silver.

Correctly selected 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 of plants, paths, a pond. Mixed street lighting is very widespread today, when lighting fixtures are both functional and decorative at the same time. Such 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 a garden. They are often used to illuminate trees because they can easily be placed directly on their branches. Recessed luminaire models are more often used to equip a veranda - they are installed on the porch, mounted directly in the steps. For an open terrace of a country house, it is best to use pendant models of street lamps, which will give an original soft light and a stylish appearance to the facade of the building.

• Polish factory "Alfa" is one of the largest and most renowned manufacturers of street lamps in the entire European territory.
• Luminex Trademark imports some of its products from China, which allows it to set affordable prices for its goods.
• An extensive catalog of goods is offered by the Amplex company. Brass fittings, high quality workmanship, the use of steel structures make the company's products expensive, but at the same time highly demanded.

• Firm "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 lighting "Sigma" offers you a wide range of luxury models of modern lighting products.

• The manufacturer of lighting systems from St. Petersburg, the Optogan company manufactures various kinds of high-quality street lighting devices.
• Young company "Svetlana-LED" produces LED products that are very popular with domestic consumers.
• Trading house "Focus" sells original products created using energy saving technology.

• More than 10 years the company "Planar Svetotekhnika" is engaged in the installation, development of projects and power supply systems.
• Another young, but widely known in his circles domestic manufacturer "Intesso LED Systems" manufactures up to 5000 luminaires in one year.
• Company "Lighting Technologies" is considered the leading manufacturer of street lighting devices in the CIS. A series of underwater LED devices is in particular demand.

What should be the list of parameters for the optimal choice of a high-quality lighting fixture for the street, so that it is both externally suitable for your home and has all the necessary quality characteristics?

The criteria for choosing devices for street lighting are as follows:

• Pay special attention to the material from which the product you choose is made. It should be resistant to corrosive manifestations, should not change its appearance after a long time outdoors, even under the most severe weather conditions.
• The choice of the type of light source will also be important. The ideal option for today are economical and long-lasting 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 it is still best to turn your attention to the presence of this criterion when purchasing a street lamp.
• The appearance and style of the device. The design style of the selected lamps must be selected according to the style of the area where it will be actively used.
• Among the special characteristics of street lamps, it is necessary to highlight a high degree of resistance to wear and tear, frost, strength and reliability, safety and durability.

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

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

By placing lighting fixtures 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.

You can find out how to choose the right outdoor lamps for your garden in the video below.