LED screen light pollution hurt the citizens of Fuzhou

The popularity of LED screens has added a lot of colors to the city, but the intense light at night is too harsh for the surrounding residents to tolerate. Recently, a number of citizens reported that the lights on the street at Pu Shang Avenue, Cangshan District, Fuzhou had light pollution. In the evening, when it is disturbed by strong light, the family is like a bar and even sleep has to cover his blindfold.

According to a survey by the reporter, the number of households affected by the mall's landscape lights was more than 200. The reporter visited the Fuzhou City Construction Committee, the City Council Administration, and the environmental monitoring and other departments and found that the mall's landscape lights and LED screens were all enabled without approval. However, with regard to light pollution, there is currently no clear legal limit.

Don't turn on the lights and sleep at night. At 9 o'clock in the evening, the reporter entered Mr. Zhang's home at 18 households in Jinshan Heyuan Community. Mr. Zhang’s home restaurant is facing the LED screen of the shopping mall in the distance. The restaurant uses floor-to-ceiling windows. The layout that once made him proud is now annoying.

“If you shine with me so bright, I don’t need to turn on the lights for dinner.” Mr. Zhang jokingly said, “Because the LED lights on the opposite side constantly change, the blinking is too fast, and the eyes and mouth will linger with the rhythm from time to time.” Then he will The lights in the home were all extinguished. Along with the glare and the music coming from the square, Mr. Zhang’s living room was like a small bar.

According to Ms. Liu from 11 buildings on the 9th floor, her life has changed since she turned on the landscape lights and LED screens. Ms. Liu’s bedroom also has large windows facing Pu Shang Avenue. One year ago, she thought the most pleasant time was to sit in the bay window and watch the brightest star in the sky after dinner. "Since the flash light on the opposite side has lighted up, I no longer dare to sit and watch the scenery. If I go to bed before 10 o'clock, I have to wear a blindfold," said Ms. Liu.

Environmental Protection Department: Faced with such complaints, there is no way to deal with this year, Fuzhou citizens through the 12369 complaints of light pollution around the case a few, and spearheading the building to create a nighttime landscape, the use of neon lights, probes and other improper use, affecting normal life.

Zhang Dingping, deputy chief of the Fuzhou Environmental Protection Supervision Detachment, frankly stated that due to “what degree of light causes light pollution” and “the responsible unit is not clearly defined as the environmental protection department,” environmental protection law enforcement officers are also at a loss when faced with such complaints.

Fuzhou City Construction Committee Lights Management Office: The shopping mall landscape lights have not been approved. "As of now, the landscape lights and outdoor LED screens of Pushang Avenue have not been approved by the Lights Office." The relevant person in charge of the Fuzhou City Construction Committee Lights Office stated that they will Send staff to investigate it. However, due to the fact that light pollution control cannot be complied with, the approval of the lighting management office only approves the quality of the lighting facilities and the appearance design is qualified, and does not involve the light intensity.

“With the continuous deepening of the management of the nightscape lights in Fuzhou, and from the perspective of people’s livelihood, the Lamp Management Office once limited the details: the lights in the jurisdiction are mainly warm, and the strobe lighting facilities are eliminated. Top and corner outlines.” The person in charge said that their jurisdiction is the setting of landscape lights on the banks of the Minjiang River, West Lake, and Left Sea in Fuzhou District. The brightness of landscape lights in most other areas is in an unsupervised state.

And the brightness of landscape lamps exceeds what standards will affect the lives of the surrounding residents. It is still a regulatory gap and it is impossible to discuss how to punish illegal landscape lights.

Fuzhou Municipal Administration: Regardless of whether or not the appearance is damaged, the reporter read the "Measures for the Cityscape and Environmental Sanitation of Fuzhou City". Among them, in the "City Appearance Management" stipulations, only the outdoor advertisements, plaques, windows, etc. are described: should be clean and beautiful, damaged and obsolete, the installation unit must be promptly repaired, updated or removed. There is no relevant regulation on how to rectify urban light pollution.

The relevant staff of the Fuzhou Municipal Capacity Management Bureau stated that the landscape lights and outdoor LED screens must be approved by the City Construction Committee's lighting management office before they can be used. If it is set up without approval, the City Council can transfer related materials at the Lamp Management Office. Afterwards, go to law enforcement. However, if there is excessive use of facilities after passing the examination and approval, it is also a hassle.

The landscape light management method has been sent to relevant departments for approval. The reporter learned from the Fuzhou City Construction Committee's Lamp Management Office that the draft of the “Fuzhou Landscape Light Management Measures” has been submitted for approval by the relevant departments of Fuzhou City. In this management approach, the Lamp Management Office has creatively added details such as the landscape lighting intensity limit and the unified switching time by learning from the experiences of cities such as Tianjin and Shanghai.

According to reports, relevant experts will also combine the urban environment of Fuzhou in the near future to scientifically demonstrate the illumination limits of landscape lighting.