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--20cf303b3cd39142ce04a14453cd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi folks, Further to Fred's thoughts on aerial insects...any studies on, or thoughts as to how this might affect urban bats (or, more generally, bats that use these areas/corridors for food)? Pat, would be neat to get some before/after photos or sat images to visualize the reduction in light pollution... On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca> wrote: > They should be better, as they are full cut-off fixtures, so if you are > above them, or at a distance horizontally, insects won't even see them. > > To an impressive display of just how well they work, if you stay in the > right lane while crossing the new bridge from Dartmouth to Halifax at night, > look down on the end of Barrington Street. The roadway appears lit as if by > magic. > > Pat > > > > On Apr 19, 2011, at 1:15 AM, Frederick W. Schueler wrote: > > On 4/18/2011 11:48 PM, Doug Linzey wrote: > > On 18/04/2011 11:59 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote: > > > Nova Scotia's roads and highways will soon be lit exclusively with LED > > lighting, which will reduce energy costs and lower greenhouse-gas and > > mercury emissions. > > > A particularly gratifying part of this story (apart from the > > environmental and light-pollution benefits) is that the LED lighting > > technology was developed and tested in Nova Scotia, and the fixtures are > > manufactured here. This is a boost to the Nova Scotia employment and > > export outlook, not to mention the added benefit of minimal > > transportation effects. Let's just hope that it won't be our dwindling > > forest biomass that powers the lights. > > > * I wonder how flying Insects relate to the LED lights, in comparison to > other kinds? > > fred schueler. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm > now in the field on the Thirty Years Later Expedition - > http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > ========================================================================== > > Patrick Kelly > > Director of Computer Facilities > > ========================================================================== > > Faculty of Architecture and Planning > > Dalhousie University > > ========================================================================== > > PO Box 1000 Stn Central 5410 Spring Garden Road > > Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4 > > Canada Canada > > ========================================================================== > > Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca > > ========================================================================== > > -- James Churchill Kentville, Nova Scotia jameslchurchill@gmail.com home: (902) 681-2374 --20cf303b3cd39142ce04a14453cd Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi folks, <br>Further to Fred's thoughts on aerial insects...any studie= s on, or thoughts as to how this might affect urban bats (or, more generall= y, bats that use these areas/corridors for food)?=A0 <br><br>Pat, would be = neat to get some before/after photos or sat images to visualize the reducti= on in light pollution...<br> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Patrick= Kelly <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:patrick.kelly@dal.ca">patric= k.kelly@dal.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s= tyle=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204= ); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word;">They should be better, as they are fu= ll cut-off fixtures, so if you are above them, or at a distance horizontall= y, insects won't even see them.<div><br></div><div>To an impressive dis= play of =A0just how well they work, if you stay in the right lane while cro= ssing the new bridge from Dartmouth to Halifax at night, look down on the e= nd of Barrington Street. The roadway appears lit as if by magic.</div> <div><br></div><div>Pat</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><= /div><div class=3D"h5"><br><div><div>On Apr 19, 2011, at 1:15 AM, Frederick= W. Schueler wrote:</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On 4/18/2011 11= :48 PM, Doug Linzey wrote:<br> <blockquote type=3D"cite">On 18/04/2011 11:59 PM, Patrick Kelly wrote:<br><= /blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><br></block= quote></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite">Nova= Scotia's roads and highways will soon be lit exclusively with LED<br> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cit= e">lighting, which will reduce energy costs and lower greenhouse-gas and<br= ></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"ci= te"> mercury emissions.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite"><= br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">A particularly gratifying part of= this story (apart from the<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">envir= onmental and light-pollution benefits) is that the LED lighting<br> </blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">technology was developed and tested = in Nova Scotia, and the fixtures are<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"ci= te">manufactured here. This is a boost to the Nova Scotia employment and<br= > </blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">export outlook, not to mention the a= dded benefit of minimal<br></blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">transport= ation effects. Let's just hope that it won't be our dwindling<br></= blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">forest biomass that powers the lights.<br></block= quote><br>* I wonder how flying Insects relate to the LED lights, in compar= ison to other kinds?<br><br>fred schueler.<br>-----------------------------= -------------------------------<br> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad<br>Bisho= ps Mills Natural History Centre - <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm" = target=3D"_blank">http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm</a><br>now in the field on t= he Thirty Years Later Expedition -<br> <a href=3D"http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm" t= arget=3D"_blank">http://fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.= htm</a><br>Daily Paintings - <a href=3D"http://karstaddailypaintings.blogsp= ot.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/</a><b= r> =A0=A0=A0RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0<br> =A0on the Smiths = Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W<br> =A0=A0<a href=3D"tel:%2= 8613%29258-3107" value=3D"+16132583107" target=3D"_blank">(613)258-3107</a>= <bckcdb at istar.ca&g= t; <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/" target=3D"_blank">http://pinicola.ca/</a= ><br> ------------------------------------------------------------<br>-----------= -------------------------------------------------<br><br><br></div></blockq= uote></div><br></div></div><div> <span style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-varia= nt: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: norma= l; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacin= g: 0px; font-size: medium;"><p style=3D"margin: 0px;"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3"><br>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><f= ont face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3">Patrick Kelly</font></p><p style=3D"margin:= 0px;"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3">Director of Computer Facilities</font></p= ><p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3">=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</font></p><p s= tyle=3D"margin: 0px;"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3">Faculty of Architecture and Planning</fon= t></p><p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3">Dalhousie= University</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font face=3D"Courier" size= =3D"3">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3">PO Box 1000 Stn= Central<span>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0<span>=A0</span></span>5410 Sp= ring Garden Road</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font face=3D"Courier"= size=3D"3">Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4<span>=A0</span><span>=A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0<span>=A0</span></span>Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2X4</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3">Canada<span>=A0= </span><span>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0<span>=A0</span></span>Canada</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font = face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3">Phone:<a href= =3D"tel:%28902%29%20494-3294" value=3D"+19024943294" target=3D"_blank">(902= ) 494-3294</a><span>=A0 =A0<span>=A0</span></span>FAX:<a href=3D"tel:%28902= %29%20423-6672" value=3D"+19024236672" target=3D"_blank">(902) 423-6672</a>= <span>=A0</span><span>=A0<span>=A0</span></span>E-mail:<a href=3D"mailto:pa= trick.kelly@dal.ca" target=3D"_blank">patrick.kelly@dal.ca</a></font></p> <p style=3D"margin: 0px;"><font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</font></p></span>= </div><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>= James Churchill<br> Kentville, Nova Scotia<br><a href=3D"mailto:jameslchurchill@gmail.com">jame= slchurchill@gmail.com</a><br>home: (902) 681-2374<br><br> --20cf303b3cd39142ce04a14453cd--
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