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What does Dark Sky Compliant mean?

12 years ago

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12 years ago
Hi boricua,

Dark Sky Compliant is a designation given to outdoor lighting fixtures that meets the International Dark Sky Association's (IDA) requirements for reducing waste of ambient light. Lights that fall into this category have features like being fully shielded, are within maximum wattage limits, etc. The regulation was established in the interest of saving energy, maximizing safely and maintaining the natural ambiance of the night sky. Some areas only allow Dark Sky compliant fixtures to be installed outdoors. Let us know if we can help further. Thanks!
ponderosabarb
8 years ago
“Fully shielded” is useful info. “Etc” isn’t. Please give all Dark Sky requirements
ojaichiclet
8 years ago
The image above is NOT a Dark Sky Compliant example... All the light must be focused downward.

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