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Artificial light at night, accomplishment or nuisance?
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The past century the electric light has brought us much, but the same light is causing also nuisance: glare by headlamps, stars which are invisible or animals dying by exhaustion. Also the large amount of energy, used for lighting, is seen more and more as a big issue.
Sotto le Stelle is the only company in the Netherlands specialized in all aspects of light nuisance: from measuring, modeling, till advice and information. Sotto le Stelle supports governments, companies and citizens, who want to drive back light nuisance and want to be the central place of knowledge about light nuisance in the Netherlands. |
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From a report by Alterra from 2005:
20% of the Dutch want to abolish the night; 80% of the Dutch considers darkness important for nature; 63% the Dutch finds darkness important to sleep well; 83% of the Dutch finds darkness important for the beauty of the stars. Advertisement is for 27% of the people often a source of nuisance, greenhouses 16% and traffic 25%. |
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Sotto le Stelle, |
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