CIE Update Paris, France 24 September 2004 Bob Gent, Member, CIE and IDA Europe Liaison Officer

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CIE Update Paris, France 24 September
2004Bob Gent, Member, CIEand IDA Europe
Liaison Officer
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CIE working with IDA Dark Skies are an important
heritage worth protecting
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Europe at Night

• CIE Activities
• Laws
• Future Activities

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CIE Activities

• CIE TC 4-21
• CIE-IDA Barcelona, 17-19 Nov 2004
• CIE Technical Report 150,
• Limiting Obtrusive Light
• Lighting and Human Health
• CIE Vienna, Austria, 30 Sep 2 Oct 2004

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Progress

• IDA Lighting Awards
• Products to Control Light Pollution
• Manufacturers are working on development
• Standards to Control Light Pollution

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2003 Lighting Awards

• 2003 award to Hungary
• 16,000 lights replaced at 500 train stations
• Ferenc MARTON, Tamas DERI and Jozsef Horvath

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New Lighting at 500Hungarian Train Stations
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Doing it Right in Czech RepublicBrnos Control
Center
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Why Laws for Lighting?

• Light Pollution is growing
• Glare hinders our ability to see
• Waste of energy
• Bad impact on wildlife and human health
• Loss of beautiful night skies

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Los Angeles in 1908,as seen from Mt. Wilson
Observatory
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Los Angeles in 1988, as seen from Mt. Wilson.
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Does Glare help?

• Blinded and cant see!

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Sleeping at Night?
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Laws and Standards for Quality Lighting

• Can be in zoning regulations
• Shielding is required
• Curfews are needed
• Lighting levels a must
• IDA recommends lighting zones

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Good Lighting in Debrecen
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What Next?

• Cooperation with CIE
• CIE Midterm, Leon, Spain, May 2005
• CIE TC 4-21
• Working with CIE and Lighting Designers
• Continue local, national and international
  efforts

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Lighting and Human Health

• CIE Vienna, Austria, 30 Sep 2 Oct
• Graz, Austria Medical Conference
• - Melatonin Suppression from Lighting
• - Impact on Immune System
• - Increased Medical Research
• We need dark nights and bright days!

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Use the right amount of light only when and where
its needed.See better, save energy and protect
the nighttime environment