Join the effort
Lights Out Louisville—a voluntary program sponsored by the Louisville Audubon Society—asks businesses, organizations, and commercial building owners/operators and tenants to help us make migration safer for birds.
All it takes: reducing your external and internal lighting at night during spring and fall bird migration.
- We recognize not all suggested actions outlined below are possible for all buildings due to safety, security, or other constraints.
- We ask only that you do whatever you can to minimize in some way the negative effects of artificial light at night.
- Questions about what your building can do? Contact us.
By choosing to take one or more of the simple actions outlined below, you’ll help prevent some of the ~1 billion fatalities that occur every year when birds collide with artificially lit buildings and man-made structures.
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Enroll in the Lights Out Louisville program:
I pledge to do what I can to reduce light pollution, especially during peak bird migration, at the building(s) or commercial space(s) that my organization owns, operates, or leases/occupies.
Between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., in April and May in the spring, and in September and October in the fall, I’ll take as many of the below actions that are feasible for me:
⦿ Turn off lights when not in use
⦿ Draw window coverings (blinds, shades, curtains) after dark
⦿ Turn off decorative outdoor lighting (most is unnecessary after a certain time of night anyway), leaving on security lighting as needed
⦿ Use motion sensors or timers where possible, so areas are lit only as needed
⦿ Add “down-shields” to spotlights and other exterior lighting, or limit exterior lighting to ground level
⦿ Choose warmer-toned bulbs (2700 Kelvin or lower) for outdoor lighting
⦿ Provide task/area lighting for anyone working after dark to reduce the need for overhead lighting
⦿ Dim or reduce lobby or atrium lighting when/where possible, especially after business hours