Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Technical documents

Technical Handbooks

• Lighting installation criteria. (pdf, 1116 Kb)
• Exterior lighting recommendations. (pdf, 1.564 Kb)
• List of street lights, bulbs and floodlights. (Updated) (1.5 Mb)
• Special use lighting criteria (pdf, 215 Kb) and special use calculator (excel, 50 Kb)

Legislation

• Law for the Protection of the Astronomical Quality of IAC Observatories
  (Law 31/1988 of 31 October) BOE Num 264 of 3 November 1988 (102 Kb)
• Regulations attached to the law
  (R.D. 243/1992 of 13 March) BOE Num 96 of 21 April 1992. (139 Kb)

Procedures

• Issue of technical reports.(January 2004) (pdf, 239 Kb)
• Luminaires certification. (January 2010) (pdf, 215 Kb)
• Bulb certification. (January 2010) (pdf, 215 Kb)
• Technical report request form. (January 2005) (pdf, 13Kb -WORD, 20Kb)

Airspace

• Protected airspace and occupation procedure. (Mayo 2001) (pdf, 91 Kb)
• Other overflight restrictions. (June 2005) (pdf, 40 Kb)

Reporting infringements

• Information and documents.