The Gloucester Renewable Energy Committee and the Community Development Department drafted a new Lighting Conservation Ordinance to:

1) Increase visibility and safety by reducing glare and light trespass from newly installed outdoor lights and streetlights;

2) Reduce energy waste and pollution by replacing inefficient outdoor fixtures with well-designed, lower-wattage outdoor fixtures that "puts the light where you need it"; and

3) Save Gloucester taxpayers money through reduced street light and public outdoor lighting bills.

For a terrific powerpoint slide show on the benefits of conservation lighting as well as the good, the bad and the ugly of lighting in Gloucester, see:
http://atmob.org/~light/lightpollution.ppt

To learn more, contact Linda Brayton at lbrayton@adelphia.net