Development of a control system to evaluate the impact of artificial light modulation on insects

Leonard Maria S De Causmaecker; Arjen Mentens; Simon Aerts; Bram Vanschoenwinkel; Ramses Moortgat; Peter Van Den Bossche; Valéry Ann Jacobs

doi:10.25039/x49.2022.P07

Development of a control system to evaluate the impact of artificial light modulation on insects

Leonard Maria S De Causmaecker, Arjen Mentens, Simon Aerts, Bram Vanschoenwinkel, Ramses Moortgat, Peter Van Den Bossche, Valéry Ann Jacobs

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By 2030, all public lighting in Flanders, Belgium will be replaced by LED technology. However, artificial lighting properties, such as flickering due to light modulation, influence nocturnal insects. This research describes the development of a novel measurement device that can control the flickering frequency, luminous flux and correlated color temperature (CCT) of an LED light box. This to evaluate the impact of artificial light modulation on insects. A case study has been developed using four identical setups that were placed on the university campus. For each setup, the flickering frequency can be varied (f = 0 Hz, 80 Hz, 120 Hz, 150 Hz) while other parameters are unchanged. When an insect is detected, an image is taken which allows further determination. In this paper, descriptive statistics on the number of detected insects are presented. The results of the prototype and measurement setup are promising for further research in different areas of biology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Symposium on Advances in Measurement of Temporal Light Modulation
Publisher	Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE)
Pages	31-39
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9783902842701
ISBN (Print)	9783902842701
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.25039/x49.2022.P07
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2022
Event	Symposium on Advances in Measurement of Temporal Light Modulation - Royal Olympic Hotel, Athens, Greece Duration: 10 Oct 2022 → 14 Oct 2022

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Conference	Symposium on Advances in Measurement of Temporal Light Modulation
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athens
Period	10/10/22 → 14/10/22

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Recommendations for lighting studies on insects: methodological considerations and best practices
Mentens, A., De Causmaecker, L. M. S., Van Den Bossche, P., Vanschoenwinkel, B. & Jacobs, V. A., 4 Sep 2024, (In preparation) IEEE Sustainable Smart Lighting. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: IEEE Xplore
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Campus lighting, the trade-off between safety perception and the impact on biodiversity
Arjen Mentens (Speaker)
25 Oct 2023
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CIE Expert Tutorial and Symposium on the Measurement of Temporal Light Modulation
Arjen Mentens (Participant), Valéry Ann Jacobs (Supervisor) & Leonard Maria S De Causmaecker (Participant)
10 Oct 2022 → 11 Oct 2022
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De Causmaecker, L. M. S., Mentens, A., Aerts, S., Vanschoenwinkel, B., Moortgat, R., Van Den Bossche, P., & Jacobs, V. A. (2022). Development of a control system to evaluate the impact of artificial light modulation on insects. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Advances in Measurement of Temporal Light Modulation (pp. 31-39). Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE). https://doi.org/10.25039/x49.2022.P07

De Causmaecker, Leonard Maria S ; Mentens, Arjen ; Aerts, Simon ; Vanschoenwinkel, Bram ; Moortgat, Ramses ; Van Den Bossche, Peter ; Jacobs, Valéry Ann. / Development of a control system to evaluate the impact of artificial light modulation on insects. Proceedings of the Symposium on Advances in Measurement of Temporal Light Modulation. Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE), 2022. pp. 31-39

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