“Public lighting in informal settlements – using a Virtual Environment to test lighting technology” – Announcement of Lecture at Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Rapid urbanization worldwide has led to public service challenges in informal neighborhoods. The provision of public lighting in informal settlements is crucial for the night-time life of the residents. However, it is challenged by the informal settlements’ constant physical transformation, causing horizontal and vertical building densification.

This lecture presents the impact of Virtual Environments (VEs) on the planning of lighting schemes and the advantages provided by VEs with regard to the communication of lighting-technology-related issues to policy-makers over common means of communication.