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The image at left shows the impact that unshielded wall pack lights can have
on a neighborhood. Without shielding, the lights cause dangerous glare
(this image was taken from a residential street.)
The building on the left is the Pavillion in Winslow, hopefully the
lights will be fixed. The light on the right is on the Al Packard building,
and it can be seen in the following daytime picture.
Verdict: Bad
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The Al Packard building has two wall packs that create glare on Shepard Way,
causing a hazardous situation for pedestrians and motorists. It also appears
that these lights are in violation of the Bainbridge municipal code for light
trespass.
Verdict: Bad (however, note the flatbottom light in the foreground which
is good,note in the nighttime image that the flatbottom light is not causing
glare.)
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The lights at left are intended to illuminate the Town and Country parking
lot. Unfortunately, they produce significant glare and skyglow (not
to mention they also waste electricity by being on in the daytime as when
the photo was taken.) In addition to being wasteful, this style of
light creates a "prison-yard" effect in the parking lot.
Verdict: Bad
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This style of globe light (in front of the Bainbridge Chiropractic Center)
is all-too-common. It produces almost no useful light, illuminating only
the bellies of birds and airplanes.
Verdict: Bad
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Wall packs, like the one depicted at left, should never be used (a model
with external shielding would be better). These lights, on the Washington
Mutual building, created tremendous amounts of glare when first installed
because of their design and because of the overkill (light much brighter
than necessary). An internal shield was installed, but it treated the
light as a point source and reduces sky glow but does not eiliminate glare.
Verdict: Improved with internal shield, but still too bright.
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Lindsley's has two bad lights: The common NEMA head light which is
wasteful and the sign which is illuminated from the bottom.
Verdict: Bad.
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Another NEMA head light, this was in front of the old State liquor store.
Verdict: Bad
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Note: This light has been modified since this picture was taken. The
picture is left as an example of a sign illuminated from the bottom and causing
sky glow.
Verdict: Bad
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More of the globe fixtures which illuminate only the sky. Did the
developers on Bainbridge get a deal on these lights?
Verdict: Bad
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Virginia Villa has these globe lights, too. Apparently the idea is to keep
the walkways dark so the seniors cannot see where they are stepping.
Verdict: Bad
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Yup, still more of the globes.
Verdict: Bad (at least the wattage is low).
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NEMA lights at Island Center. Apparently they waste so much light that
two of them were combined to provide needed illumination in the parking lot.
Verdict: Bad
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More NEMA lights at Island Center (two in this picture). Note that
NEMA lights can be retrofitted cheaply to reduce glare and wasted light.
Verdict: Bad
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This NEMA light is in the San Carlos restaraunt parking lot. The odd
thing is that there is a similar fixture about 30 feet away that has been
retrofitted with black paint to eliminate waste of light. Why wasn't this
one painted as well?
Verdict: Bad
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This wall pack, on the Chevron restrooms, causes glare. It is too bright,
and a poor design. Too bad, because the rest of the property's
lights are good.
Verdict: Bad, but rest of lights are good.
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