Effective outdoor lighting can make even an ordinary property seems magical. Fir trees that may be almost ignored during the day become majestic, spotlighted evergreens at night. Walkways that just ...

For hundreds of thousands of years, humans and animals lived and evolved under dark night skies. In the last 100-plus years, however, as people have added more and more artificial light into their ...

Excessive outdoor lighting leads to light pollution, wasting energy and harming wildlife. Effective outdoor lighting directs light downwards, uses amber or orange bulbs, and keeps brightness to a ...

Cooper Lighting has recalled about 350,000 solar and battery-powered light fixtures sold at Home Depot, Lowe’s and other stores after reports of overheating that caused the housing to melt. The ...

We tend to think of outdoor lighting as a necessary evil. A means to avoid tripping, or to fish out your keys from the depths of your bag. But lately, outdoor lighting has taken on a more performative ...

When was the last time you cleaned your light fixtures? Six months ago? A year? Two years? Longer? Light fixtures are notorious for collecting layers of dirt, dust, and bugs. But because of their ...

Maui County attorneys are concerned over the county’s ability to comply and enforce a proposed measure that aims to address light pollution and mitigate threats to native Hawaiian seabirds. They say ...

Thousand Hills State Park superintendent Ryan Persinger poses next to one of the park’s cabins. The flat, square light built into the cabin’s awning behind him produces less light pollution than the ...