{"id":5097,"date":"2021-03-05T00:30:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T00:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/?p=5097"},"modified":"2021-07-18T14:41:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T14:41:42","slug":"altadena-nights-the-conversion-of-altadena-to-led-street-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/altadena-nights-the-conversion-of-altadena-to-led-street-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"Altadena Nights &#8211; The Conversion of Altadena to LED Street Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#d9ae52&#8243; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Title Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Crimson Text||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;30&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;63px&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Altadena Nights &#8211; The Conversion of Altadena to LED Street Lights<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0)&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;on&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NvVnHx18FXc&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;94%&#8221;][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/one-light.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;one light&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;93%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;100%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_5_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_5_font_size=&#8221;22px&#8221; header_6_font_size=&#8221;22px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Third Thursday Online Event<\/h2>\n<h5>Thursday March 18 &#8211; 7pm<\/h5>\n<p>Cities and counties around the country began converting to energy-saving LED streetlights about a decade ago. This technology is rapidly evolving, its qualities and capabilities change every year. So, too, is understanding of LED effects on human and animal life and the environment. Our Third Thursday Event featured leading experts on this issue. Watch the video to learn more about what is driving a unique coalition of Altadena organizations to work together to press for the safest, healthiest, most aesthetically pleasing and cost effective solution for our town.<\/p>\n<h6>Featuring<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/travislongcore.net\/longcore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Travis Longcore of UCLA<\/a> &#8211; world leader in the environmental and ecological effects of nightlighting, including the disruption of behavioral and physiological processes across species.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benyaburnett.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Benya of Benya Burnett Consultancy<\/a> &#8211; has worked on street lighting with Palmdale, Davis, Oceanside, Chicago, and more. He will explain how lighting can be designed to resolve many of the common complaints from homeowners and scientists alike.<\/p>\n<p>Michele Zack- Altadena Heritage &#8211; will explain the politics of working with the County, and forming a coalition of groups who have embraced a \u201cpause\u201d in Altadena\u2019s conversion to LEDs until all the issues of concern can be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Chaired by Rob Bruce, AH Board Member, Preservation Chair and recently retired city planner.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Altadena Nights &#8211; The Conversion of Altadena to LED Street LightsThird Thursday Online Event <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter-2021-spring-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5097"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5165,"href":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5097\/revisions\/5165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}