4. Plant selection: from screen trees to luminous plants
As we said in our introduction, plants are all too often regarded as chattels or as providers of services for us humans (shade, freshness). Certain proposals in the field of lighting go even further in the "commodification" of plants, and merit a debate that is as much ethical as it is economic or ecological.
4.1 Using trees as screens: a sacrifice for the good of the planet?
Landscape architects and ecologists sometimes suggest planting trees and shrubs to reduce light pollution. For example, the planting of a hedge along a roadside or the edge of a village is recommended to form a plant barrier that will limit the exposure of adjacent natural environments (meadows, ponds) to artificial light.
In view of the impacts of light on plants,...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Street lighting – Part 2: performance requirements. - NF EN 13201-2 - 2016
- Street lighting – Part 4: photometric performance measurement methods. - NF EN 13201-4 - 2016
Regulations
Décret n° 2022-1294 du 5 octobre 2022 portant modification de certaines dispositions du code de l'environnement relatives aux règles d'extinction des publicités lumineuses et aux enseignes lumineuses (consulted on November 24, 2023). JORF n° 0232 of October 6, 2022. NOR : TREL2131630D.
https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/decret/2022/10/5/TREL2131630D/jo/texte
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