LED street lighting

How properly designed LED street lighting can make cities safer, attractive and more livable

What do experts say, what are scientists telling us, what are the experiences from users?

Health&Well-being and Benefits

Philips Lighting expertise

What experts say

City cases

Frequently asked questions

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Benefits

Philips Lighting expertise

We believe in developing innovative outdoor LED lighting solutions that improve and enhance people’s lives. We aim to provide systems that increase the livability and connectivity of our outdoor environment while also being mindful of our social responsibility and the need to preserve our planet.

With the right expertise, light can be limited to when and where it’s needed – helping cities to preserve dark skies, natural rhythms and conservation. We use our expertise to develop outdoor lighting systems that enhance people’s well-being and helping to make people feel safe in the city. Light is important. Every street is different and requires lighting that is specifically tailored to its use-case. Our innovations deliver impressive energy savings and CO2 reduction with high quality light to make streets and roads feel safe, welcoming and pleasant. And this is what Philips Lighting does - applying our expertise to tailor our lighting systems to the needs, delivering light beyond illumination.

Philips Lighting's scientists:

What Philips Lighting offers:

What experts say

"It appears that outdoor lighting may not be the top priority for our daily light exposures and related consequences to health."

International Association of Lighting Designers
Home Nighttime Light Exposures: How Much Are We Really Getting?

Illuminating Engineering Society,
IES’ position statement on outdoor lighting Light and health

The U.S. Department of Energy,
Light and health

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“Today’s LEDs are not inherently more hazardous (or beneficial) to human health than other light source, they have the potential to be carefully tuned to meet the diversifying demands.”

Light and health

The U.S. Department of Energy,
Light and health

The U.S. Department of Energy,

Light and health

The U.S. Department of Energy,
Light and health

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NEMA,
Outdoor Lighting and Human/Animal Factors

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SCENIHR (Scientific Committee),

Health Effects of Artificial Light

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The U.S. Department of Energy,

Optical Safety of LEDs

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The U.S. Department of Energy,

LED street lighting facts

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Cambridge Electrical Department,

Cambridge Streetlight Conversion Fact Sheet

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The U.S. Department of Energy,

A New Resource on the Effects of LED Street Lighting

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The U.S. Department of Energy,

LED Street Lighting’s Impact on Sky Glow

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City lighting cases

As cities grow, the challenges they pose—environmental, economic, and social—grow with them. But cities are hubs of diversity and innovation: they can also become the source of solutions.