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The Twin Cities Green Guide: COMMUNITY: Outdoor Lighting Page 2 of 2 <br />02000-2004 <br />Th« Twin Cities Green <br />Guide <br />Htllei Center <br />University of Minnesota <br />1521 University Ave. SE <br />Minneapolis. MN 55414 <br />WtiatYou Can Do <br />Reduce glare, light trespass & sky glow by: <br />* Replacing fixtures with full cut-off caps (contact International <br />OarkSky website for more information) <br />* Shining spot lights down <br />* Retrofit upiighting: Illuminate flags with a narrow beam. <br />Consider not lighting trees. Use downlighting on biiibcards <br />* Highlight spedal features on a building rather than the whole <br />building <br />Reduce Energy: <br />• Turn off outdoor lights when they're not needed <br />• Retrofit lights with motion detectors, timers or a switch <br />• Replace existing bulbs with lower wattage and energy saving <br />bulbs <br />The Bigger Picture: <br />* Contact your utility company: Request a full cut>off fixture over <br />existing outdoor pole lights. Request also a lower wattage bulb, <br />preferably a High Pressure or Low Pressure sodium bulb <br />* Contact your oty and request a futi cut-off light fixture on the <br />street light by your house. <br />* Urge the city to install full ait-off tight fixtures on new outdoor <br />lights arxj retrofit old lights ai needed with quality fixtures. <br />* Urge your local government to implement an outdoor lighting <br />ordinance (Contact IDA for more information). <br />Ads by GooooooQle <br />QulftidSLUgbUDg <br />Free Shipping on Outside Lighting Large Selection of Nartie <br />Brands <br />LigMnLeisure com <br />CbLoJcaJLigtitiDg <br />Find the light fixture you reed. Free shipping on quality products, <br />choiceighling com <br />Outdoor Lighting Sale <br />All Outdoor Lighting Fixtures are now on Sale at Home of Decor. <br />www.homeofdecor com <br />Mission Outdoor Lighting <br />Mission Style Outdoor Lighting Good Selection. Service. Prices <br />vww.thebngntspot co.m <br />htto://www.theerccnmiide.ore/articlc/communitv/outdoor 11/1/2004