The Future of Light

 Rubidium Light is an independent specialist lighting consultancy providing advice, design, assessment and verification across the complete lighting lifecycle.

From the first concept through to detailed design, approvals, construction, commissioning, compliance testing and dispute resolution, we help clients understand how light will perform—and prove how it performs once installed.

Our work covers sports facilities, roads, public spaces, commercial developments, industrial facilities, schools, residential developments, environmentally sensitive locations and specialist applications throughout Australia.

If your project involves light, Rubidium Light can help.

 Good lighting is about more than achieving a number in a computer-generated calculation. It must support the people using the space, manage safety and visibility, minimise environmental impacts and satisfy the relevant standards, approvals and project requirements.

Our lighting consultants combine technical design experience with practical field measurement. This allows us to assess both the intended design and the actual installed result.

We provide clear, independent advice to developers, architects, engineers, councils, contractors, manufacturers, facility operators, sporting organisations and legal professionals.

Rubidium Light provides specialist lighting services for community, competition, professional and broadcast-level sporting facilities.

Our services include:

• Preliminary lighting advice and feasibility studies 
• Sports-field lighting design 
• Lighting calculations and documentation 
• Luminaire and pole-layout assessment 
• Compliance with applicable sporting and lighting requirements 
• Television and broadcast-lighting assessment 
• Horizontal and vertical illuminance assessment 
• Glare and uniformity assessment 
• Design reviews and independent peer reviews 
• Tender documentation and technical specifications 
• Construction-phase assistance 
• Commissioning and post-installation verification 
• Lighting audits using RB Rover 3.0 
• Upgrade planning and performance investigations 

We work across football, rugby league, rugby union, AFL, cricket, baseball, softball, hockey, tennis, netball and other indoor and outdoor sporting applications.

We develop practical lighting solutions that consider visual performance, energy use, maintenance, controls, safety, architecture and environmental impact.

Our capabilities include:

• Concept and detailed lighting design 
• Lighting calculations and modelling 
• Luminaire selection 
• Lighting layouts and specifications 
• Control strategies and operating modes 
• Emergency and egress lighting 
• Commercial and industrial lighting 
• Interior and exterior architectural lighting 
• Car parks, pathways and public spaces 
• Schools, universities and community facilities 
• Control rooms and specialist workplaces 
• Signage and illuminated-display assessment 
• Design certification where included in our engagement 

Our documentation can be prepared for development approvals, tendering, construction, certification, asset upgrades or independent technical review.

Rubidium Light provides lighting design and technical advice for roads, pathways, pedestrian crossings, car parks, public spaces and transport infrastructure.

Services include:

• Road and pathway lighting design 
• Pedestrian-crossing lighting 
• Public-space and precinct lighting 
• Car-park lighting 
• Lighting-category assessment 
• Existing asset audits 
• Lighting upgrade and renewal strategies 
• Compliance reviews 
• Utility and council application support 
• Public-safety and accessibility considerations 
• Spill light, glare and environmental assessment 

We help clients balance safety, visibility, energy use, maintenance requirements and the impact of lighting on surrounding properties and the environment.

Artificial light is essential to modern life, but light in the wrong place, at the wrong time, at the wrong intensity or with an unsuitable spectrum can become a pollutant.

Poorly controlled artificial light can create glare, light spill, sky glow and unnecessary upward light. It can disturb residents, affect wildlife behaviour, disrupt ecological processes and change the natural character of the night-time environment.

Rubidium Light helps clients provide the light that is needed while controlling the light that is not.

Our environmental lighting services include:

• Environmental lighting assessments 
• Obtrusive-light and spill-light studies 
• Glare and direct-view assessment 
• Sky-glow and upward-light assessment 
• Environmental-overlay and approval support 
• Ecologically sensitive lighting design 
• Wildlife-sensitive lighting strategies 
• Marine turtle lighting assessments and management plans 
• Dark-sky and low-impact lighting strategies 
• Spectral-power and colour-temperature assessment 
• Curfew and operating-hour strategies 
• Lighting control and dimming recommendations 
• Existing-development compliance assessments 
• Pre- and post-installation measurements 
• Environmental monitoring and verification 
• Expert review of proposed lighting near sensitive receivers 

We consider more than illuminance alone. Our assessments can examine the direction, intensity, duration, colour, spectrum, timing and visibility of artificial light.

Outdoor lighting can affect nearby homes, roads, businesses, observatories and environmentally sensitive areas if it is not carefully designed and controlled.

Rubidium Light undertakes predictive modelling and field assessments to determine the likely or actual effect of lighting beyond the project boundary.

We can assist with:

• Development applications 
• Council information requests 
• Neighbour complaints 
• Sports-field and facility upgrades 
• Commercial and industrial developments 
• Road and car-park lighting 
• Illuminated signs and façades 
• Compliance with AS/NZS 4282 
• Curfew and non-curfew assessments 
• Mitigation recommendations 
• Independent verification after installation 

Where problems are identified, we provide practical recommendations such as re-aiming, shielding, dimming, revised operating modes, changes to luminaires or alterations to the lighting layout.

Lighting disputes can involve nuisance, glare, light spill, safety, contractual performance, defective design, non-compliant installation, environmental impacts or disagreement over whether a system meets its specified requirements.

Rubidium Light provides independent technical assistance to solicitors, insurers, property owners, developers, councils, contractors and other parties involved in lighting-related disputes.

Our legal and expert services include:

• Independent expert advice 
• Expert witness reports 
• Technical investigations 
• Site inspections and field measurements 
• Review of lighting designs and calculations 
• Review of contracts, specifications and approval conditions 
• Assessment against relevant standards 
• Assessment of alleged light nuisance or environmental impact 
• Analysis of installation defects and performance failures 
• Comparison of designed and measured results 
• Review of opposing expert reports 
• Preparation of technical evidence 
• Assistance with mediation and dispute resolution 
• Support for tribunal and court proceedings 

Our findings are presented in clear language, supported by measurements, calculations, photographs, applicable criteria and a documented methodology.

We remain independent and provide opinions based on the available evidence and our professional expertise.

A lighting calculation predicts how a system should perform. A field audit establishes how it actually performs.

Rubidium Light undertakes independent audits for new installations, existing facilities, complaints, maintenance planning and lighting upgrades.

Audit services can include:

• Horizontal and vertical illuminance measurement 
• Uniformity assessment 
• Glare assessment 
• Obtrusive-light measurement 
• Emergency-lighting inspection and testing 
• Existing-condition benchmarking 
• Commissioning and compliance verification 
• Before-and-after upgrade comparisons 
• Lighting-mode and switching assessment 
• Identification of failed, incorrectly aimed or underperforming luminaires 
• Condition and lifecycle assessments 
• Technical reports and rectification recommendations 

For large outdoor areas and sports fields, audits can be completed using our patented RB Rover 3.0 autonomous lighting-measurement platform.

Lighting problems are not always caused by the luminaires. Performance can be affected by pole positions, aiming, mounting heights, voltage, controls, installation tolerances, maintenance, surrounding surfaces and differences between the design model and actual site conditions.

Rubidium Light can investigate:

• Poor uniformity 
• Insufficient lighting levels 
• Excessive glare 
• Light spill and neighbour complaints 
• Unexpected shadows 
• Flicker and control issues 
• Incorrect luminaire aiming 
• Differences between design calculations and measured results 
• Non-compliant installations 
• Premature performance deterioration 
• Tender and product-substitution concerns 
• Disputed commissioning results 

We identify the likely cause and provide practical, prioritised recommendations.

 Rubidium Light can assist at any stage of a project:

1. Strategy — objectives, feasibility, budgets and performance requirements. 
2. Design — calculations, layouts, specifications and documentation. 
3. Approvals — planning, environmental and authority requirements. 
4. Procurement — tender support, technical reviews and substitutions. 
5. Construction — technical assistance and design clarification. 
6. Commissioning — aiming, measurement and performance verification. 
7. Operation — audits, controls, maintenance and upgrade planning. 
8. Investigation — complaints, failures, disputes and expert evidence.

Whether you need a single technical opinion or complete lighting support from concept to commissioning, Rubidium Light brings specialist expertise, independent advice and real-world measurement to your project.

If it involves light, talk to Rubidium Light.