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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1065

Housing Trust Complexes - External Lighting

MR CORNWELL: Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services - In relation to lighting around ACT Housing Trust complexes

(1) What guidelines exist for provision of external lighting of Trust complexes in

order to maintain safety.

(2) What are the recommended levels of external lighting, eg how many lights of

what wattage mounted on the walls and freestanding along pathways and at

what intervals etc.

(3) During what hours do these external lights operate.

(4) Who pays for the electricity consumed by operation of these lights.

(5) What was the cost in (a)1991-92 and (b)1992-93 for the operation of these

lights.

(6) Has low voltage "garden lighting", as it is used by many private

homeowners who wish to provide economical security lighting around their

homes, been considered for Trust complexes instead of the high powered

and environmentally unfriendly lighting currently being used; if so, what

were the results of the considerations and, if not, why not.

MR CONNOLLY: The answer to the Members question is as follows

(1) External lighting design-is undertaken as part of the construction design for

each complex in the Housing Trusts capital works program. Designs are

required to comply with relevant codes and standards.

(2) Public Lighting Code AS1158.1 1986 is the current reference standard for

external lighting. Area lighting values (expressed in Lux) are:,

. Car Park - high activity 2 Flux

. Car Park - low activity 1 Flux

. Footpaths, walkways, arcades 2 Flux .

(In comparison, the standard for a major road intersection would be 10 lux.)

Lighting design is site specific and will vary according to the design and

architecture of the building, the layout and configuration of common areas,

walkways and carparks, the landscape architecture and the available

mounting locations of lighting fixtures and their specific illumination

patterns.

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