Have you been to a dark sky park?
Are you curious about why they’re so popular, or how this trend affects the landscape lighting business?
As a business in the lighting industry, dark sky parks seem like they’d be bad news for lighting manufacturers, but that’s not the case!
The dark-sky movement is “a campaign to reduce light pollution. The advantages of reducing light pollution include an increased number of stars visible at night, reducing the effects of electric lighting on the environment, improving the well-being, health, and safety of both people and wildlife, and cutting down on energy usage.”
The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) was founded in 1988 by the professional astronomer David Crawford and physician Tim Hunter.
According to DarkSky.org, “light pollution is caused by lighting that is not properly shielded and causes glare. Uplighting shining into the night sky above the horizon, according to IDA, causes what is known as sky glow.”
So how does this affect the landscape lighting business? It’s important for all of us to be aware of staying dark sky compliant.
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