Open AccessPlanning an International Dark-Sky Place in Aenos National Park, the first steps
Author(s) -
Andreas Papalambrou,
Lambros Τ. Doulos,
Γ. Δρακάτος,
Michalis Xanthakis,
P Minetos,
A E Magoula
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/899/1/012039
Subject(s) - light pollution , sky , national park , artificial light , geography , luminance , environmental science , illuminance , remote sensing , meteorology , computer science , archaeology , physics , optics , artificial intelligence
This work describes the preparatory steps for the planning of a light pollution protected area in the form of an International Dark-Sky Park in Aenos National Park at the island of Kefalonia that refer to lighting and light pollution. In more detail, we identified and measured luminance, illuminance and spectrum of public lighting at the island of Kefalonia in areas that are adjacent to the National Park and may influence its operation as a Dark Sky Park. This procedure also includes identifying the luminaire types and light sources, judging their suitability, identifying malpractices and proposing changes. In general, many malpractices were identified both in old lighting installations as well as recent LED retrofits or new installations with more common ones being rich sources in blue light and use of non-cut off luminaires. Light pollution measurements were performed that prove that Aenos National Park has dark enough skies to meet requirements.