NEW HAMPSHIRE CITIZENS

for

RESPONSIBLE LIGHTING

(NHCRL)

This site was last updated: August 2004
Mission   |   Method   |   What can
you do? 		  |   What will
we do?		   |   Light Pollution
Internet Links		   |   Supporting Documentation
(e.g. newsletters, hand-outs)		   |   Contact Us

Now includes a link
to join email list

NEWS

August   2004...

Rumor has it that Home Depot will carry better full cutoff exterior light fixtures next year (2005) after receiving thousands(?) of requests. The source of this information is the OutdoorLighting Yahoo! group.

July   2004...

Article about Light Pollution in NY newspaper: http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/072904/a01pt0729lightpo.html

April  2003...

Dark Sky Week is April 1-8 this year. Please spread the word for friends and neighbors to turn out their lights!

March  2003...

Dark Sky article in Nashua Telegraph by David Brooks: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/Main.asp?SectionID=30&SubSectionID=90&ArticleID=76623

HB 769 Bill passed NH House of Representatives, now onto Senate committee, then up for Senate vote: HB 769 http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2003/HB0769.html  Please contact your Senator to support this!
Click Here for old news (prior to 2003)

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT NHCRL and this web site:
NHCRL is a grass roots organization. We do not collect dues or hold regular meetings. Our members are passive and active supporters of NHCRL's mission. NHCRL has succeeded several times in reaching NH and surrounding states by personal contact and radio programs. In the future, as more members move from passive to active, we might have more resources and activities posted on this web site. Please visit the site often to check for such enhancements.
--Barbara O'Connell (webmaster)

Mission

We will work to reduce light pollution and light trespass; to educate the public about effective, glare free lighting, and efficient security lighting; and to preserve the beauty of the night skies of the state of New Hampshire.

Method

NHCRL works with local citizens, businesses, towns and cities to promote responsible outdoor lighting. We want safe cost effective lighting at night. We want to insure it is installed correctly to prevent unsafe conditions like glare into roadways and onto sidewalks, and to prevent light from intruding into areas where it is not wanted, such as private residences. In many cases all that is needed is to point existing lights correctly, install a simple shield, or use a less intense light source.  

What can you do?

 Join us. We have no meetings or fees and do not require you to be active. We simply need you to agree that you want your town or city to insure safe lighting as described above. Do this by sending us your name, address, and city; optionally your telephone number, email address, and indicate if you would like to be active. We will post our progress by E-mail.

What we will do:

We will inform the business, town or city we are working with how many local citizens we represent. Of course, the greater number of local people we represent the better our chance to have a positive effect on lighting issues. Please join us now, to help reduce light pollution in the cities of New Hampshire, and prevent it from advancing in our towns and rural areas. We all like the state for what it is, not what it is becoming.
Help save the night sky before it turns orange. Join NHCRL!

Contact Us:

 

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nhdarksky discussion group

For further information on Lighting Issues please see the following:

LIGHT POLLUTION INTERNET LINKS

New Hampshire Town Ordinances:
http://www.mv.com/users/lopez/nhcrl/nhcrltable.html

New England Light Pollution Advisory Group:
http://cfa-ww w.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/nelpag.html

International Dark Sky Association:
http://www.darksky.org

The Connecticut Section of The International Dark-Sky Association:
http://www.ctida.org

Dark Skies for the Adirondacks:
http://www.timesunion.com/communities/darksky

New Hampshire Citizens for Responsible Lighting (this page):
http://www. mv.com/users/lopez/nhcrl

OTHER RELATED LINKS

The New Hampshire Astronomical Society:
http://newww.com/org/nhas

Elights.com Dark Sky Lighting Pages:
http://www.elights.com/darkskybanners.html

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA):
http://www.iesna.org

Lighting Cost Calculator:
http://www.netacc.net/~poulsen/lightcost.html



SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION:

DOWNLOADABLE PUBLICATIONS  
http://www.state.nh.us/osp/library/docs/outdoor_lighting/TB16.pdf NH State Technical Bulleting #16
out-lite.pdf Good Neighbor Outdoor Lighting Documentation in PDF format (45 KB)
out-lite.doc Good Neighbor Outdoor Lighting Documentation in DOC format (117 KB)
out-lite.bmp Good Neighbor Outdoor Lighting Documentation in BMP format (815 KB)
nhcrl.pdf NHCRL sign-up and information hand-out in PDF format (7 KB)
nhcrl.doc NHCRL sign-up and information hand-out in DOC format (27 KB)
NHCRL.bmp NHCRL sign-up and information hand-out in BMP format (967 KB)
NH_law-REVISED_again_and_again-12-Dec-98.v2.html NH Law Draft from Dec 1998
NHCRLhistory.txt NHCRL History Documented in TXT format (8 KB)
NHCRLhistory.pdf NHCRL History Documented in PDF format (14 KB)
   
NEWSLETTERS
NHCRL Newsletter #11-Winter '02-'03
NHCRL Newsletter #10-Summer '02
NHCRL Newsletter #9-Winter '01-'02
NHCRL Newsletter #8-Spring/Summer '01
NHCRL Newsletter #7-Winter '00
NHCRL Newsletter #6-March '99
NHCRL Newsletter #5-February '99
NHCRL Newsletter #4-January '99
NHCRL Newsletter #3-December '98
NHCRL Newsletter #2-November '98
NHCRL Newsletter #1-October '98
 
Since 10/29/98.