In response to complaints about light pollution, the relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Environmental Protection Bureau said in an interview that most of the complaints were distributed in mixed areas of business and residence. "Light radiation environmental impact management is a relatively new field. At present, there are no laws and regulations in the country and the province to make clear regulations, and there are no emission standards. The environmental protection departments are more engaged in exploration and research work." However, the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau has started this year. Dealing with related matters.
Hotel LED billboard nuisance complaints were <br> <br> example, he said, not long ago, two road Siyou a district residents complained to the environmental protection department, a business hotel near the large LED billboard lighting nuisance, and open from 20:00 More than 6 o'clock the next day. The date has been accepted.
At 8 o'clock on October 27, the reporter came to the position indicated in the residents' complaint. Opposite the Temple Second Second Road, Yiyi Middle School, a business hotel did have a giant LED billboard on the side of a building, but it did not open. According to the customer service staff of the business hotel, because the lights were complained by nearby residents, "the above has not allowed them to open again."
However, the reporter learned that due to the complicated situation, more complaints could not be resolved. It is understood that the new "Guangzhou City Outdoor Advertising and Signboard Management Measures" in Article 12 clearly stipulates that outdoor advertising and signboards set up in the form of LED outdoor electronic display screens are prohibited from opening every day from 22:30 to 7:30. After 22:30 that night, the flashing LED lights of the modern department store were actively turned off. However, LED billboards at Tianyu Plaza, Tianhe Cinema, Shuibo Sauna, and Poly Zhongchen Plaza are still on. When the reporter left the Gangding at about 23 o'clock, the LED billboards in the above positions were still not closed.
In response to this situation, this year the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau took the lead in setting up a research group to draft the "Guangzhou Optical Radiation Environmental Management Regulations". Li Mingguang, the main participant of the research group, said that the most important thing is to define the light environment control area. However, at present, only the bright projects on both sides of the Pearl River in Guangzhou have achieved centralized control in accordance with the “Guangzhou Urban and Rural Lighting Management Measures”. Li Mingguang said: "We hope to gradually expand the scope of night-time landscape lighting facilities that are centrally controlled and unify the opening and closing times."
Not long ago, the Guangzhou Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau organized an expert demonstration meeting and an administrative counterpart discussion forum for Guangzhou's light radiation environmental management legislation. At present, Guangzhou's first government regulation for light pollution - "Guangzhou City Light Radiation Environmental Management Regulations" (tentative name) has entered the second round of comments for comments, and is expected to be introduced within the year. It is proposed that different light environment control areas should be demarcated; and the management of glass curtain walls for buildings should be strengthened. Light-reflection demonstration should be carried out in key areas using glass curtain walls; centralized control of urban landscape lighting should be encouraged, and opening and closing times should be unified.
Glass walls regulations are being developed <br> <br> how light pollution glass curtain wall of the management? Li Mingguang told reporters that there are many strict regulations on the glass curtain wall in the "Regulations" that Guangzhou is formulating. "There will be different areas. For example, natural dark environments such as nature reserves and forest parks are prohibited from using glass curtain walls. At the same time, we also hope to learn from the experience of Shanghai. When using glass curtain walls in buildings in key areas, it is necessary for the environmental protection department to organize the environmental impact demonstration of light reflection."
So, how to deal with light pollution in the already completed glass curtain wall? Li Mingguang said that if there is really light pollution, it will definitely need improvement.
In actual operation, citizens often do not know who to complain to when they encounter problems, even if they complain, they also encounter the phenomenon of “kicking the ball”. It is reported that in the new "Management Regulations", it is stipulated that the supervision and law enforcement mechanism should be rationalized, the main body of light pollution supervision and management and the law enforcement body should be clarified, and it is recommended that the supervision and management of the light environment should be carried out according to the principle of who is in charge and who is responsible.
In addition, if the relevant regulations are violated, how will light pollution be imposed? Li Mingguang revealed: "The regulations set a comprehensive punishment clause for illegal activities, and the environmental protection department and other competent departments respectively impose penalties, and the maximum penalty is no more than 100,000."
- Experts light pollution charges levied strengthen lighting, intelligent lighting
management <br> <br> of course, is to create a warm and romantic atmosphere essential night, people need a beautiful city, such a desire is understandable.
“The splendid city was not built overnight. We don’t have to be close to Hong Kong, Tokyo and big cities in Europe and America.” Han Jun, a scholar who has been working on urban public facilities, said, “To become a big city in lighting landscapes. The feeling that the expenses of electricity bills are irrelevant, our city does pay the price of light pollution."
He suggested to improve the intelligent management level of the urban lighting system while making the city beautiful. The street lights should consider reducing energy consumption and reducing light pollution: at night, the soft “standby mode” will be automatically adopted to sense the passage of pedestrians or vehicles. The brightness is automatically increased. “You can take different forms of light, such as the installation of up-lighted local lights on the wall, which will reduce the stimulation of direct pedestrians.”
In addition, some experts have proposed to collect light pollution discharge fees. The expert believes that once Guangzhou levies a light pollution discharge fee, it will be conducive to the control of light pollution. However, the fee must be based on the corresponding standards, including the basis of the fee and the standard of measurement. First of all, we must define the standard of illuminance. Although the standard is met within this standard, it is also subject to payment. The amount of payment is based on the brightness of light. For those exceeding the standard, it is punished. At the same time, the noise pollution standard should be used as a reference, and different functional zonings of the city should be combined to formulate different standards.
Regarding the suggestions made by experts, the relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Environmental Protection Bureau believes that solving the problem of light pollution is not a one-off event.
The person in charge believes that from the practical point of view, the environmental impact management of light radiation mainly has the following difficulties: insufficient attention in understanding, weak prevention of source and post-event supervision mechanism, need to improve the management mechanism of legislation, clear division of responsibilities, and some technologies The norm has risen to a mandatory legal requirement, stipulating legal liability. There is a lack of professional institutions, professional and technical personnel and related technical specifications for the detection and management of environmental impacts of light radiation. It is difficult to renovate buildings or lighting facilities that have a large impact on the environment of light radiation.
- Link the relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau to answer the reporter's question. Outdoor advertising light pollution can complain to the urban management reporter: How to define light pollution? How to distinguish between bright engineering and light pollution? EPA: “Light pollution” is not a strict environmental term and cannot be defined by the emission standards of the light source. “Light pollution” mainly refers to the general term for interference light or excessive light radiation (including visible light, ultraviolet and infrared light radiation), which has a negative impact on people's physical and mental health and human living environment, such as the national industry standard “Design Specification for Urban Night Lighting” (JGJ) /T 163-2008) and the definition of Beijing local standard "Specifications for Outdoor Lighting Interference Light Limitation". Bright engineering (including urban road lighting, urban night lighting, etc.), if it has a negative impact on residents, pedestrians, motor vehicle drivers or human living environment, has also caused "light pollution."
Reporter: Before the relevant laws and regulations are promulgated, how can citizens complain about light pollution? EPA: First of all, for the outdoor advertising set up in the administrative area of the city (including the use of outdoor venues, roads, tunnels and other municipal facilities, or building (structure), set display cards, neon lights, luminous fonts, electronic display, electronic Turning devices, etc.; use public facilities such as bus stops, bus shelters, newsstands, telephone booths, etc. to set up advertising facilities such as display cards, light boxes, window displays, etc.) and signboards (including institutions, organizations, enterprises, institutions, and other organizations and individual industrial and commercial households) In the place of operation, office, setting the light pollution problem indicating the name of the unit, the name of the sign, the signage of the sign, the neon sign, the text symbol, etc., according to the relevant provisions of the "Guangzhou Outdoor Advertising and Signboard Management Measures (Revised)", the citizens It can be reported to the urban management department and investigated by the urban management department.
In addition, for other light pollution problems, there are no specific laws, regulations and standards. If the functional departments are involved, the public can report the problems to the relevant departments; if there is no specific competent department, the public can report problems to the local streets or neighborhood committees. Coordinated by the local street or neighborhood committee.
Reporter: How will the relevant departments responsible for complaints about light pollution be handled? Environmental Protection Bureau: If it is supervised by a functional department, it shall be handled by the relevant functional department. For example, the light pollution problem caused by the outdoor advertising signs set in the administrative area of this Municipality shall be handled by the urban management department in accordance with the relevant provisions of the “Guangzhou Outdoor Advertising and Signboard Management Measures (Revised)”. Other light pollution problems, if they involve functional departments, shall be handled by the relevant functional departments in accordance with the principle of “who is in charge and who is responsible”.
In addition, if the regulatory authorities are not clear, they will be handled mainly in a coordinated manner and can be coordinated by local streets or neighborhood committees. Light pollution rectification measures include adjusting the brightness, angle, or migration position.
