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SELENE on SlideShare.net |
| Posted by: selene on 05/05/2009 08:40 AM (Read: ) |
Web 2.0 technologies offer a great way to share and interact. For example, 280slides.com provides a way to create PowerPoint-like presentations online, for free. Slideshare.net provides a way to share those presentations.
We've published one of our PowerPoint presentations about light pollution using these tools. Check it out at:
SELENE - Light Pollution
We encourage you to use these tools to spread the word about the ill effects of poorly designed and implemented outdoor lighting. |
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Smart Lighting Will Save Trillions of Dollars, Gigatons of CO2 |
| Posted by: selene on 12/19/2008 08:54 AM (Read: 1351) |
Researchers at NY's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have published a paper describing the benefits that would accompany a wholesale shift to LED-based lighting. Of perhaps the most immediate concern, switching away from incandescent and fluorescent lighting to LED-based lighting would save "trillions of dollars [and] gigatons of CO2."
(Click the read more link for more...) |
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Session ends with no action in the Senate |
| Posted by: selene on 06/25/2008 10:46 AM (Read: ) |
Yet again, our esteemed State Senators have adjourned for the year without acting on the LP bill. Unfortunately, the ill-timed retirement of Majority Leader Bruno seemed to be their primary focus in the last hours of this year's session. Thank you for your calls to Bruno's office, and his presumed successor Dean Skelos, even though we didn't get the action we hoped for as a result.
The Assembly web site offers the usual glimmer of hope, stating that they might be called back to finish up the year's business. First though, our hard-working leaders in Albany need some vacation time.
Watch this site for updates and more information as it becomes available. |
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Sen. Schumer's plan to increase energy efficiency of buildings |
| Posted by: selene on 06/06/2007 08:54 AM (Read: 6291) |
Schumer Introduces Plan To Require Buildings Across The Nation To Dramatically Increase Energy Efficiency Following Proposal That Bloomberg Introduced In NYC -- Sen Schumer's press release
Senator Charles Schumer has released a proposal to increase the energy efficiency of buildings throughout NYS and across the nation. His plan is based on one released by NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The plan calls for updates and overhauls of building codes and practices, some dating back to the 1960s, to consider energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction.
His press release isn't detailed enough to know whether his plans call for better outdoor lighting. Perhaps SELENE can help him and Mayor Bloomberg see that part of energy use reductions can be achieved through better outdoor lighting changes. A letter, email, or call from you would help!
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Tupper Lake considers lighting ordinance |
| Posted by: selene on 05/25/2007 08:41 AM (Read: ) |
Wednesday evening, Marc Staves of the Adirondack Public Observatory, made a presentation to the Tupper Lake planning board in support of better lighting in that community. That presentation included a proposal for a lighting ordinance to encourage the use of shielded and efficient lighting.
Village Mayor Mickey Desmarais and town Supervisor Roger Amell were in attendance and both said they support the idea in principle. However, no action was taken on the proposal.
In related news, the village has already replaced close to 150 inefficient 400-watt streetlights with more efficient 150-watt bulbs. The new fixtures are shielded to cast light downward and reduce glare. Additionally, the Tupper Lake Municipal Electric Department is working with the village to develop a buy-back program for older, inefficient light fixtures. Details on that program are not yet finalized.
Read more in this Adirondack Daily Enterprise article. |
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Lighting cost calculator updated |
| Posted by: selene on 05/10/2007 10:17 AM (Read: 7511) |
| SELENE is excited to announce the availability of our updated lighting cost calculator! With our calculator, you can see your savings from switching from incandescent to compact fluorescent. You can determine how much carbon dioxide is released as a result of your lighting usage. And you can compare the impact of up to four types of lamps at one time. |
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Toronto adopts bird-friendly development plan |
| Posted by: selene on 05/07/2007 09:47 AM (Read: 7026) |
The city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada has published its new Bird-Friendly Development Guidelines. They hope that this set of practices will save some of the up to 10 million migratory birds that die each year in collisions with Toronto's buildings.
The plans include reducing light pollution as well as changing aspects of building design, such as using less-reflective materials and locating plants so as to not confuse birds. New York's cities should adopt similar measures. |
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Bright Nights Dim Survival Chances |
| Posted by: selene on 03/02/2007 09:02 AM (Read: 7280) |
| As reported in the Feb 22 issue of ScienceNOW Daily News, research by Bryant Buchanan of Utica College shows that "even low levels of light from incandescent, fluorescent, or other humanmade sources can [interfere] with the development, reproduction, and survival of species across the taxonomic spectrum. |
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New ATM lighting law enacted in NYS |
| Posted by: selene on 09/19/2006 03:34 PM (Read: 6789) |
| According to the Business Review (Albany), Governor Pataki has signed a new ATM lighting law that would remedy problems with the existing law. SELENE applauds this action by the Governor! |
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A traveller's view of lighting in NY City |
| Posted by: selene on 03/10/2006 08:19 AM (Read: ) |
SELENE received this email and we thought we'd share:
"In the last year, I've noticed a wave of new, full cut-off installations from Pennsylvania, through New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. ...
Yet in NYC, the installation of even brighter, taller and more intrusive road lighting ... seem to be the order of the day. ...
New York is increasingly alone in ignoring light pollution standards that are increasingly common in the North East."
SELENE would expand upon this point of view to say that the whole State is increasingly at odds with lighting trends across the nation and world. While many other areas, even whole countries, are adopting shielding, environmentally friendly lighting, NYS continues to fight for glare, blare, and waste.
The only way to change this trend is for each of you to contact your local and State leaders. Tell them you want better lighting, less waste, and reduced glare. |
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