Carparks Recently Manukau City Council took an innovative step when they specified the new car park lighting for the City Council’s Civic Centre. They pointed out that enhancing the safety of people and the security of property was a key issue for the Council. While the existing car park was illuminated with 4 x 400w floodlights per column achieving an average of 10 lux, the City Council decided to have a higher level of illumination and at the same time improve the aesthetics of the existing installation.(top right) KIM CC29 1KW luminaires with a light grey paint finish (right) were specified and installed. To reduce column maintenance costs these luminaires were mounted on galvanised columns. “Not only was fixing of the luminaire to the column simple with the luminaire sleeve slipping over the column spigot, but time-consuming aiming of the luminaires was eliminated due to reflector orientation”, states Dick French of the French Electrical Company. The car park now has an average illumination of 40 lux with no upward light contributing to light pollution and sky glow. This installation demonstrates that performance, glare control and architectural compatibility can be accomplished in a single luminaire design.