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Online – Webinar – Reducing the Impacts of Industry Lighting: How Small Adjustments Make a Big Difference

March 28, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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The Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining (TRAM) invite you to attend a free webinar about best practices for effective and efficient outdoor lighting in the aggregates and concrete industries. These lighting practices improve quality of life for neighbors, reduce blinding glare for workers on site and for people driving by, and diminish environmental impacts of operations, including to migratory birds in Texas.

Poorly placed industrial lighting causes light pollution that hinders visibility and poses risks to public health and safety and to wildlife. Though the benefits of smart outdoor lighting are year-round, this webinar is particularly timely right now, during spring bird migration season, when millions of birds fly across Texas using stars to navigate. Unnecessary outdoor lighting is disorienting to birds and increases their rates of fatalities. 

Fortunately, small adjustments to outdoor lighting equipment and operational practices make a big difference! During the webinar, attendees will learn about best practices for outdoor lighting at aggregates operations and concrete plants, with a close-up look at Lauren Concrete’s Dripping Springs facility, where they have truly stellar outdoor lighting. The webinar will also feature an overview of Audubon Texas’s statewide campaign called, “Lights Out, Texas!” to educate the public on the importance of turning off outdoor lighting, especially during peak migration seasons.

This webinar is relevant to anyone interested in best practices for industrial outdoor lighting, as well as anyone interested in Texas’s bird migrations and how we can all play our part at supporting migrating birds. Presenters include:

  • Chloe Crumley, Engagement Manager, Audubon Texas
  • Cliff Kaplan, Secretary, TRAM
  • Jimmy Grubbs, General Manager, Lauren Concrete’s West Region

Register to attend virtually: bit.ly/OutdoorLightingWebinar. A recording of the event as well as a copy of the presentation will be available on the TRAM website in the days following the event.

This free webinar is part of TRAM’s Best Practices Webinar Series, which seeks to showcase best practices available to the aggregates and concrete industries and the communities they are a part of. 

Details

Date:
March 28, 2023
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Event Category:
Website:
bit.ly/OutdoorLightingWebinar

Venue

Online

Organizer

Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining (TRAM)
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