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There are 4 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Cherry Springs in the news
From: "John M. McMahon" <mcmahon@mail....edu>
2. Dark deeds: outage leads to burglary
From: "Barry Clark" <bajc@alphalink....au>
3. salve
From: "leodei2003" <l.dei@aecilluminazione...>
4. Leased Outdoor Lighting
From: "Karolyn Beebe" <keedo@merr...>
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 21:39:13 -0400
From: "John M. McMahon" <mcmahon@mail....edu>
Subject: Cherry Springs in the news
Here's a nice piece on Cherry Springs State Park in PA from
the Philadelphia Inquirer (9/1/03):
"Stargazers' bright spot"
Excerpts:
"... Cherry Springs is known as one of the premier
star-watching sites in the country and arguably as the best
place in the East to see the wonders of the universe. On a
clear night 3,000 stars, passing satellites, rare phenomena
meteor showers and aurora borealis (the northern lights) are
visible to the naked eye.
How dark is it? So dark you can see the shadow of the Milky
Way.'Cherry Springs is an amazing dark island in a sea of
light,' said Jeff Kanipe, an author and former editor at
Astronomy magazine."
[snip]
"But star buffs here also share their fears about the
growing worldwide woe of light pollution that is fast wiping
out the view of the night sky.
'This is many people's only chance to see what the sky's
supposed to look like,' said Dave Wyman of Portville, N.Y.,
who has been coming here for the night show since the early
1990s.'So many kids have never seen a star. The only thing
they know in the sky is the moon.'"
[snip]
"'The most endangered natural resources in the U.S. is the
dark sky," said Thom Bemus, an amateur astronomer and
educator who runs the Stars-n-Parks program here and at
other parks across the country. 'In some states, such as
Rhode Island, there is no dark sky left.'
The dwindling number of truly dark places has driven
supporters to fight to protect these remaining preserves of darkness."
Full text:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/6665640.htm
John McMahon
Tully, NY
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 15:31:00 +1000
From: "Barry Clark" <bajc@alphalink....au>
Subject: Dark deeds: outage leads to burglary
An afternoon thunderstorm on August 26, 2003 left the southern part of South Bend, Indiana, without power for three days. In what now seems to be a typical pattern, the news report emphasises the crime that did occur and the apparent success of extra police patrols in keeping crime to a relatively low level:
http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2003/08/31/local.20030831-sbt-FULL-A1-Dark_deeds__outage_l.sto
Note that there were three complete nights without power, but the only allusion to this is 'dark' in the headline.
The total population of South Bend is about 107 000.
Some of the crime committed during power outages appears to be opportunistic, eg theft of portable generators and burglary of temporarily vacated houses in this instance. Inoperative intruder alarms reduce the risks for burglars. From studies elsewhere, extra police presence can be expected to have a relatively small beneficial effect in reducing the number of crimes. Some of that effect may be masked by the increased likelihood of arrests.
The relatively low crime in this case provides further support for the conclusions of my 'Outdoor lighting and crime, Part 2'. Darkness inhibits crime. Increasing artificial light at night necessarily increases crime.
Barry Clark
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 09:54:24 -0000
From: "leodei2003" <l.dei@aecilluminazione...>
Subject: salve
salve c'è qualche italiano in questo gruppo?
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 08:27:06 -0500
From: "Karolyn Beebe" <keedo@merr...>
Subject: Leased Outdoor Lighting
2 papers promoting leased lighting for utility profits are in here:
http://lighting.bki.com/pubs.htm Excerpts from each that concern our cause are copied below for these archives. Dear BKi, I applaud your efforts to help utilities reduce peak loads, but advice for off-peak profits has most of the utilities in this list:
http://www.utilitywarehouse.com/info/ulinks.html soft-peddeling fear that results in light pollution and a false sense of security. Electric vehicles charging overnight also generate off-peak profits and would mean cleaner air. Please promote them instead.
(BKi contacts: http://www.bki.com/contact.htm)
Karolyn Beebe
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Advanced Lighting Technologies Give Utilities a Marketing
Edge http://lighting.bki.com/pubs/bull13.htm
(in 1st paragraph): "Programs to promote security lighting, for example, can help utilities build off-peak load" [under Promising Market Opportunities]: "Outdoor lighting remains an excellent market opportunity, offering increased energy sales and improved load factors for utilities.." and an example...
"Carolina Power & Light, an outdoor lighting promoter since 1959, reintroduced its program as "SafeShine" in 1982, together with an employee incentive program. Since 1990, CP&L increased the total number of area lights by 41% and off-peak sales by 214 GWh."
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"Leased Outdoor Lighting"
http://lighting.bki.com/pubs/bull14.htm starts with the obvious: "utilities gain from increasing load during off-peak hours" and ends with this example of how "a leased lighting program can be a cost effective revenue source" .. Cost to a utility for leasing one 150-w HPS cobra: $2.98/mo. over 180 months .. "Typical customer rates for this type of luminaire range from about $6 to $13 per month .."
In between is advice for a successful program, like not including compact florescents since low power use "generally limits utility benefits to increased customer good will."
some bulleted items:
- Target specific markets, such as shopping center parking lots with a 1,000 watt metal halide luminaire option. Other good targets are schools, apartments, and commercial centers.
- Ask existing customers if they want to lease more lighting. A good program generates customer satisfaction and potential increased sales.
- Include at least one sharp-cutoff luminaire (shoebox or flat-glass cobrahead) as an option. Some current statutes and market segments demand this luminaire type.
- Strive for two or more luminaires per site, to help keep maintenance costs in check.
- Roadway and area lighting programs tend to be the most cost effective.
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