The BAA Campaign for Dark Skies
Planning, Exterior Lighting and the
Environment
One-day conference at de Montfort University (DMU), Leicester
Friday April 20 2012. 10.00 – 4.30
Speakers:
To be introduced on video by the Astronomer Royal, Lord Rees
Martin Morgan-Taylor (DMU/CfDS/IDA)
A Legal Update on Light Pollution
Nigel Pollard (Institution of Lighting Professionals)
Significance Criteria for Lighting Impact Assessments
Matt Shardlow (Buglife)
Invertebrates and lighting
David Hook (CPRE)
The Importance of Dark Landscapes: the CPRE Perspective
Stuart Beale (Highways Agency)
Dark Skies - a Welcome by-Product of a LEAN Approach to Road Lighting
Nigel Gibbs (Dacorum Borough Council) & Pete Lummis (Huntingdonshire Council)
How Lighting Professionals can Advise Planners
Lord Taylor of Holbeach (DEFRA minister) will make the concluding remarks on
video.
Booking/further information via Martin Morgan-Taylor at: mart@dmu.ac.uk
Website: www.dmu.ac.uk/lighting
Free for delegates from non-profit environmental organisations, students and
CfDS/CPRE members, and £30 for all other delegates.