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29 January 201421 January 201420 January 2014Glow-in-the-Dark Pavement Could Replace Street Lights?
Keeping parks well lit at night can be a costly means to ensure
pedestrian and cyclist safety. But a British-based company has come up
with a way to turn park paths into glow-in-the-dark thoroughfares that
double as energy-efficient works of art.
Created by Pro-Teq, Starpath is a spray-able coating of light-absorbing particles that harvests ultra-violet rays from the sun during the day and dramatically lights up like a starry sky at night. The veneer is non-reflective, anti-slip and waterproof, and can be applied to cement, wood, tarmac or other solid surfaces. Glow-in-the-dark spray also comes with additional benefits: Its non-reflective surface doesn't seem to contribute to light pollution, which not only inhibits views of the nighttime sky, but can have dire consequences for local wildlife due to the constant illumination. Overhead street lighting does provide one important benefit to urban parks, however, and that's the deterrence of crime. It's not yet known if Starpath would provide enough light to do the same. Pro-Teq's Neil Blackmore says that for larger urban parks where the possibility of crime is higher, his technology could be used in conjunction with overhead lighting, if not replacing street lights completely, then cutting down on the number of them necessary to illuminate darkened areas.
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