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3 ~ T ~~ "This light pollution I think a lot of people can attest in the last five to ten years has been 1 nized last week on a foggy night 1 was driving back from 2 appreciable. And was even recog 54 ou could see this major glow. I said that can't be 3 Carrboro in the distance on Highway Y 4 Burlington, it can't be Graham. It was a small car d~{aeeeship out in White Cross area, tha 5 looked like it was some sort of major sale going on 6 7 "So even some small projects can really have quite an impact upo th selight pollution can g environment that is out there. Besides thk sk benjoyment o fhe neighbors. You will also notice 9 affect the enjoyment of the night, the da Y 10 that driving conditions based on inappropriate fighting can also cause hazards while driving. 11 Energy conservation, we just didn't want to limit ietamountof energy necessary for hausingr age 12 of energy star housing where we are reducing th 13 there is also a way of reducing the amount of en el owfor 9S ttheren s the blue I'ghts there is the 14 differenthcol there es t ehredd sh lights. there is y 9 15 white g 16 " es of these lighting that are high-energy consumption. And what 1 ~ There are certain typ va or 18 we are suggesting, at least at th ` Pedlhi hh ernerg ycon~su ption~hAnd therenis a chart which will 19 lighting which is as we have ana yz g 20 go next that just gives an example of some h b ll afterwardsres that are out there and some o 21 the costs that accrue to the people who pay 22 23 ~ "Now we also understand that the cosctfit~eshbut also) f yolu t ke'a o ok at the cost of that 24 improvement and costs of providing these fa , 25 electric service afterwards by reducing thld be brou ht down. consumption, the need and 26 dependency on sources of electncity cou 9 27 28 "Also another initiative that we are taking a look at is where possible, where feasible, 29 where appiicable, we are encouraging the use of solar lighting ,and solar lighting technology 30 just over the last five years has moved forwardlfcation at ou bbuilding n Orange County here 31 proceeding with some sort of solar lightang app 32 that was knocked down in a storm a few yeaw tecdhnolo ry for solar fighting fo that sign ou {ting 33 and so we hope to use and attempt some ne 9 34 there. This is just a quick chart of en h9h~essuretsodiumW 75 watt fxture's a~bou $ 000, 35 annual operating costs about $19.00, g P va or -175 watts, 36 middle ha{ide?? -100watt bulbs, $37.00 approximately, and mercury p 37 $67.00. 38 39 `So you can see almost 3 and'/2 times the cost of providing lighting with differen es 40 of fixtures and applications. Now there is a combination- it doesn't mean that you have to 41 provide 3 and'/:times as many lighting fixtures as low pressure sodium to make the project 42 work. This is just an example of how we haration n The consege nces we hope that the benefits 43 sure that future lights take that into conside ro riate security for people that want to 44 abound, better driving conditions still allowing for app p 45 preserve their properly, using conservation measures to reduce our dependency on electricity , 46 using these solar opportunities, supporting the dark skies initiative so people can enjoy the 47 stars out there. And also taking a look at lighting so that it is used for its intended purposes of 48 security and invisibility and usi a oth he os tivevconsequences, we d'd not elulc date any other 49 techniques. So those are som P 50 issues that have negative consequences. . 51