the Competent Authorities for the opening of suitable projects to provide proposals and solutions that can be summarized as follows :
• The Setting up and financing of initiatives to raise the “ Culture of Light ”, aimed at all public
and private actors in the lighting supply chain , as well as at the more effective dissemination of these values among the Public Opinion ;
• Improvements in the relationship between players in the Lighting industry and the Public
Administration , simplification of the technical mechanisms for managing these relationships and simultaneous improvement of the suitability checks of all the Entities involved in the process ;
• Action steps for a regulatory recognition of the profession of lighting designer .
• Legislative action for the enactment of a national law on light pollution to annul the 19
regional laws currently in force ;
• Protection of the lighting manufacturing by domestic companies that have always been at
the forefront of quality and design products ;
• The strengthening of the concept of sustainability in its broadest sense , including the
entire supply chain of proper lighting , from the design to the implementation , then up to the proper use of electric lighting and disposal of products in accordance with the principles of circular economy .
It should be noted that among the most significant issues , addressed in the document , there is the need for proper design to underpin every project , thus contributing to improved performance and visual comfort plus psychological and physical well-being . If , on the other hand , this aspect is lacking , even modern technologies will not be applied at their best and end up thwarting opportunities to build optimised lighting systems and adequately upgrade existing ones . Hence , the need on the part of the competent Authorities to increasingly recognize , promote and support the figure of the Lighting designer , as the professional specialized in drafting the lighting project , unlike what often happens in our country where the inclusion of this professional figure in the project process is still not always present . In fact , there are many implementations that are not supported by a project , often replaced by rough calculations , or verifications , drawn up by other actors and supplied to clients by professionals who do not have the necessary skills , although there is a reference standard UNI 11630 that covers different areas of light application . Thus , closely related to this issue , there is that of legislation . It has emerged that there is a need to create and / or update reference standards at both national and local level in various subjects related to the lighting sector . There is an increasingly deep gap between existing standards and the needs of a world that is undergoing great changes and that cannot move towards the “ new ” if it is not supported by clear and certain rules on various concepts ; such as , for example , that of sustainability , which today should be at the basis of any good project of both interior and architectural and urban lighting . Instead , the whole universe of light is immersed in a somewhat blurred atmosphere , dominated by a kind of “ fatalistic optimism ”: light is made because ... it is needed , light installations are made but not ( properly ) designed because you just have to turn a switch ... and there is light , etc . Proper design cannot be separated from a good choice of materials that duly takes into account their quality , both in the single material element and in their assembly , so as to remain true to our tradition and vocation as a country attentive to design , beauty and high quality standards and to enhance and protect national excellence . Another issue , which is linked to the others already mentioned and which cuts across all areas of the application of light , is that of training : in particular , the need to train professionals who have new skills in digital and environmental matters and consistent with the unprecedented demands that the sector and the challenges of the new millennium impose . The Manifesto also addresses relations with the Public Administration , both at institutional and local levels , which should be “ simplified ”: so , less conditioned by a bureaucracy that , especially in tenders and contracts , is often the cause of improper costs borne by the players and the entire community . And , they should also be more “ qualified ”, because , an increased awareness on the part of PA officials would be key to improve the quality of the projects implemented . mp , sun ra . the manifesto of light , 2022
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