Since late summer 2019, my wife and I, have had regular business (Animal Eye Clinic) in the city of Matthews, North Carolina, which is a town on the outskirts of Charlotte.
Matthews has some excellent and very attractive full cut-off lighting fixtures. Lighting should be “fully-shielded” and directed downward to avoid glare and excessive light pollution, as the following photos show. I can’t be for sure if they are 3000k or less, but hopefully not 4000k.
Many of the lights have back-shields which eliminate unnecessary light shining on or in house windows. This is a great feature. Proper outdoor lighting should direct light where it’s needed only.
The lights I’m discussing in Matthews are in a “seemingly” newer business and residential area.
Currently, the trend in many residential areas and city sidewalk lighting in cities “are…
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