The Czech Republic is the first country in the world to pass a countrywide light pollution degree Since 2002 a degree for protecting the night environment demands the shielding of lamppost lights and other public illumination to control the spread of light, and use flat rather than curved-belly glass to prevent light shooting upwards and […]
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Legislation for Public Outdoor Lighting in the EU Streelighting Since 2004 the European Member States are held to common minimum requirements for street lighting, which are defined in EN 13 201 standard “Road lighting”. Part 1: “Selection of lighting classes” does not apply EU-wide because the member states failed to reach final agreement. Part 2 […]
This intensive workshop will investigate aquatic organisms, interactions and behaviour under the influence of ALAN.
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2015, the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL2015). The global initiative covered thousands of events reaching millions of people in over a hundred countries. The IYL 2015 will be brought to an official close with a ceremony held over three days from 4 to 6 February […]
The results of the LoNNe Light Design Training School are now available. The training school focussed on light pollution and good practice in light design and planning. It was held from 05-11.10.15 at TU-Berlin.
The LiDe3 Training School in Berlin was held at the TU-Berlin from 05th to 11th of October. The closing ceremony was at the opening-weekend of the Festival of Light 2015. The focus of the training school was light pollution and good practice for lighting planning and design. 25 students from seven countries (Greece, Romania, France, […]
Susanne Bach and Folkert Degenring published their book on Dark Nights, Bright Nights. The volume examines the interconnection of night, darkness and nocturnal illumination across a broad range of literary texts. The individual essays examine historically specific light conditions in literature, tracing the symbolic and metaphoric content of darkness and illumination and the attitudes towards […]
Read here about the work of ecologist Clemetine Azam a PhD student working on the impact of Artificial Light At Night on bats. This is the third of a series of interviews made by Andrea Giacomelli to experts in the field of artificial light at night and light pollution.
4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AT NIGHT Cluj, Romania ALAN is positioned as the world’s largest conference focusing on the impacts of artificial light at night. The topics being addressed are: Technology and Design, Biology and Ecology, Modelling and Measures, Society and Health. The organizing committee would be pleased to welcome you to Cluj, […]
Attivarti.org, the main Italian organization active in the Loss of the Night Network, won with the BuioMetria Partecipativa (BMP) project for participatory night sky quality monitoring, the contest for ideas in the 9th Biodiversity Festival, hosted by Parco Nord Milano. The plan is to conduct a set of measurements using some of the hand-held sky […]
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