Green Star FAQs
How can projects in industrial estates show compliance with Light Pollution to Neighbouring Bodies?
For industrial warehouse projects located within an industrial estate, where the site boundary is shared with an industrial or commercial development, compliance with the Light Pollution to Neighbouring Bodies may be demonstrated by meeting the standard AS/NZS 4282:2019 Control of the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting. In this circumstance, the credit requirement to meet the above standard at the site boundary does not apply.
If the adjacent lot to the project is a residence (house, apartment, hotel, hospital or aged care), an environmentally sensitive area or the zoning is unknown, this approach may not be applied and requirements of the credit for AS/NNS 4282:2019 must be met at the boundary of the site.
It is expected that the designers of the outdoor lighting should limit the obtrusive effects as far as practicable whilst meeting the safety requirements of the outdoor working space i.e. ensure that all lights have a high mounting height to provide controlled light distribution in a downward direction (i.e. narrower beam).
This FAQ is related to the following Rating Tools, Categories or Credits:
- Green Star - Design & As Built v1 / Emissions
- Green Star - Design & As Built v1.1 / Emissions
- Green Star - Design & As Built v1.2 / Emissions
- Green Star - Design & As Built v1.3 / Emissions
- Green Star Buildings v1 / Nature / 35 Impacts to Nature
- Green Star Buildings v1.0 / Nature / 35 Impacts to Nature
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