In your establishment: Place messaging around your establishment to help your tenants understand why you decided to turn lights out during migration season.

Publish your commitment and your success to your community

Designate staff member(s) responsible for turning off lights and make sure they know when to do so.

Clearly identify what lights need to be turned out, and how to go about shutting them off.

Explain that adopting this new practice is a win-win saving both birds and money.

Motivate and inform your staff and tenants.

With your help, we can dramatically reduce the hazards posed by light pollution in cities nationwide and allow birds to resume their typical migratory behaviors.Īdditional ideas for building owners and managers include:

Use: Desk lamps or task lighting rather than overhead lights blinking lighting in place of continuously burning lights and warm light sources (less than 3000 Kelvin) for outdoor lighting.

Avoid: Floodlights illuminating interior plants or fountains, and unoccupied floors scheduling cleaning crews after dark and blue-rich white light emissions (lighting with a color temperature of over 3000 Kelvin).

spotlights, logos, clock faces, greenhouses, and antenna lighting) lobby/atrium lighting and lighting in perimeter rooms on all levels of the building.

Extinguish or dim: Exterior and decorative lighting (i.e.

Share your support for the cause via social media and with local media, your commitment to go lights out to save birds is newsworthy.Īdditional Guidelines for Buildings Taller Than 3 Stories:.

Use motion detectors and sensors so lights are only on when you need them.

Use lighting shields to direct light downwards and to avoid light shining into the sky or trees.Close blinds at night to reduce the amount of light being emitted from windows.įor essential lights (like security lighting) use the following dark skies friendly lighting practices:.Do not use landscape lighting to light up trees or gardens where birds may be resting.Turn off all non-essential lights from 11:00 p.m.

Building owners, businesses, developers, and homeowners can help protect migrating birds by turning off all non-essential nighttime lighting on structures from 11:00 p.m.

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