The impact of lighting parameters for pedestrian areas on their safety and reassurance : research data underlying the doctoral dissertation

Wei, Lanlan (author), Kobav, Matej Bernard (mentor)

Data obtained from experiments conducted as part of a doctoral dissertation. Experiment 1: A survey on the aesthetic and psychological responses of users of pedestrian areas at night to different types of lighting, conducted in a laboratory using controlled simulations of a nighttime environment with modified photographs. Experiment 2: Assessment of the sense of safety and visual comfort under various configurations and lighting parameters of public lighting—a comparison of conditions during daytime and nighttime. The experiment was conducted in a real-world environment on streets with varying lighting. Experiment 3: Experimental determination of the minimum required illuminance and its uniformity so that pedestrians can still recognize all or at least most obstacles that could pose a tripping hazard or even a fall on the traffic surface. The experiment was conducted in a real-world environment.

• Language: English
• Keywords: public outdoor lighting, urban lighting design, pedestrian experience, safety, reassurance, visual comfort, illuminance, luminance, obstacle detection, spatial continuity, lighting configurations, subjective experience, user preferences, field experiments, minimum thresholds, plateau effect, energy efficiency, sustainable urban lighting
• Typology: 2.20 - Complete scientific database of research data
• Geographic coverage: Ljubljana, Slovenija
• Time coverage: 2023, 2024, 2025
• Organization: FE - Faculty of Electrical Engineering
• Year: 2026
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-181117
• Data col. methods: Experiment: Laboratory; Experiment: Field/Intervention
• Publication date in RUL: 07.04.2026

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Vpliv parametrov razsvetljave površin za pešce na njihovo varnost in občutek udobja : raziskovalni podatki, obravnavani v doktorskem delu

Abstract

Podatki pridobljeni z eksperimenti v okviru doktorske disertacije. Eksperiment 1: anketa o estetskih in psiholoških odzivih uporabnikov površin za pešce v nočnem času na različne vrste razsvetljave izvedena v laboratoriju z uporabo kontroliranih stimulacij nočnega okolja s prirejenimi fotografijami. Eksperiment 2: ocena občutka varnosti in vidno udobje pri različnih postavitvah in svetlobnotehničnih parametrih javne razsvetljave – primerjava razmer v dnevnem in nočnem času. Eksperiment je bil izveden v realnem okolju na ulicah z različno razsvetljavo. Eksperiment 3: eksperimentalna določitev minimalne potrebne osvetljenosti in njene enakomernosti, da pešci še prepoznajo vse ali vsaj večino ovir, ki bi lahko na prometni površini predstavljale nevarnost spotikanja ali celo padca. Eksperiment izveden v realnem okolju.

• Keywords: javna zunanja razsvetljava, načrtovanje javne razsvetljave, izkušnja pešcev, varnost, občutek varnosti, vizualno udobje, osvetljenost, svetlost, zaznavanje ovir, prostorska kontinuiteta, konfiguracije razsvetljave, subjektivna izkušnja, preference uporabnikov, terenski poskusi, minimalni pragi, učinek platoja, energetska učinkovitost, trajnostna javna razsvetljava

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P2-0356
• Name: Elektroenergetski sistemi