Lights Out Philly Pledge for Commercial Building Owners & Tenants
Bird Safe Philly has launched the Lights Out Philly Program to make Philadelphia and surrounding areas safer for migratory and resident birds.
Commercial Building owners/tenants are asked to minimize unnecessary lights and make some lighting changes during the peak spring and fall migration periods of April 1 - May 31 and August 15 - November 15 and between the hours of midnight and 6:00 AM. Specific actions include the following:
Turn off exterior decorative lighting
Extinguish spot and flood-lights
Substitute strobe lighting where possible
Reduce lobby and atrium lighting where possible
Turn off interior lighting, especially on upper floors
Substitute task and area lighting for workers staying late
Down-shield exterior lighting or limit to ground level