The Eagle Rock Homeowners Association in Ivins was approached by Marc Deshowitz, one of it’s board members at the time, to initiate a light reduction pilot program for 30 days for 20 of it’s 92 homes.
The lights that were being used in overhead garage lights were transitioning from 60 watt incandescent flood lamps to CFL floodlamps. This issue with both bulbs is that they protruded from the light fixture creating a lot of glare.
The new lighting proposed utilized a CFL or LED Bulb which would be recessed into the lighting fixture, eliminating side glare.
After 30 days, the Board and community unanimously approved the new lighting and a team of residents replaced everyone’s bulbs in the HOA. 92 homes plus the clubhouse resulted in a retrofit of 195 lighting fixtures making this HOA much more night sky friendly.
If you have you made changes to your own outdoor lighting to make it more “night sky friendly” we would like to know about it. Send us your story.
Let us know if this Initiative is important to you, if you are willing to get involved, and what else you think we should be doing to improve, preserve, and protect the night skies in Ivins. We will get back to you as soon as possible.