WAVES performs calibrations and testing to a range of Australian and International standards.  Testing areas include:

• Artificial Light at Night Surveys (ALAN Surveys)
• Compliance testing for lighting installations
• Lamps, luminaires and materials testing
• Luminance and luminance contrast testing
• Photoluminescent decay testing
• Illuminance, luminous intensity and flux measurements
• Spectral and colour metrics (CRI, CCT and chromaticity)

If you have a light, lighting or photometry question you need answered, or a problem you need solved, WAVES can help.

WAVES undertakes research in the following areas:

• Impact of lighting on wildlife
• Light pollution and sky glow
• Measurement of sky brightness
• Human impact on light pollution
• Product development for compliance and optimisation
• Research experiment design and management
• Development of custom testing apparatus

WAVES provides specialist advice and guidance on complex lighting matters and photometry.

Our staff have been involved in a wide range of projects with Government, Councils, Main Roads, energy and streetlighting providers, Queensland Police Service, and Universities.

WAVES experience includes policy creation, bench-marking, compliance testing, preliminary investigations, research studies, standards reviews and updates, and advisory roles.

Waves provides experimental evidence and technical advice for expert witness cases regarding lighting and photometry.