I thought this building was going to be #builtgreen? The gold standard for built green is all exterior lights fully-shielded -and the choice in light color would never be the white of your sign, more amber, orange or red to minimize white (actually #bluelight-it looks white.)

Tonight’s #darkskyfriendly lighting winner is on new development #builtgreen #livework townhomes. Fully shielded, warmcolor, directed down and only where needed. #amberisthenewgreen #turnonthenight #lightpollution #keepseattlegreennotblue #Seattle

In Seattle #buildinggreen doesn’t necessarily mean the building is #darkskyfriendly. Let’s change that. Demand that #builtgreen is also doing it’s part for #humanhealth, for #wildlife, for #planthealth...

Last night’s #darkskyfriendly lighting is on #urban #builtgreen #townhomes. Look to the left and see @SEACityLight #over 4000K #streetlight. This light is brighter than the 4000K streetlights and has more light-spill. Why?

Instead #smartdesign would mount the light low and away from bedroom and bathroom windows /only lighting what is needed. This light is mounted at the door and away from windows #builtgreen #LightPollution

#builtgreen #architecture #livable design should be aware of the height of #outdoorlights. A light is not trying to alert you to an owl, or a 12 foot Sasquatch -why do we mount them above 6 feet causing them to shine in our very own windows & several of our neighbors as well ?

Do you really need to light that space? ...this is a great light that will do the job and not jeopardize our planet at night. The key to all full-shield lighting is always #MountLow #LEED #builtgreen #HowLowCanYourLightGo...

We support #density and multi-family housing as it is the #environmental choice in cities. Here is beautiful #Seattle #rowhouses with #shielded lighting. All lighting falls below the horizontal plane. #builtGreen #Leed

Hello #Architects When you design a building with #Ourdoor #Lighting do you wonder what the effect of this lighting will be one, two, three homes over? Here I am at a friends and her yard -3 houses away, it lit up all night! #BuiltGreen ? #LEED ? This is #toomuch #LetItBeDark

Hello #Architects When you design a building with #Outdoor #Lighting do you wonder what the effect of this lighting will be one, two, three homes over? Here I am in a friend’s yard-3 houses away, it’s lit up all night! #BuiltGreen ? #LEED ? This is #toomuch #LetItBeDark

We in the #LightPollution awareness community should pay attention to who is speaking at #BuiltGreen and try to reach out to them. We need to make them aware that much of their lighting is not #humanhealth or #wildlifefriendly. https://www.builtgreenconference.net/

Every year #BuiltGreen increases their environmental standards, yet #lightpollution advocates and organizations do not. Who is to blame, if we don’t communicate the latests standards, research generated ideals, and recommendations?

@AlexSteffen Hello Alex- I see you are speaking at the #BuiltGreen conference. I’m a bit troubled by #buildgreen because their standards still allow light to escape. We’re trying to raise awareness that even LED lighting if it shines on habitat at night is the opposite of #Green

In #Seattle an @IDA member complained to me that #BuiltGreen doesn’t do a good job protecting night. Here is our chance (see below). When the “#LightPollution” advocates don’t communicate what our recommendations are, it is not them that fail-it is us.

cool beans--i'll be speaking at the Builtgreen Conference this fall, so OMG you better sign up, because it is so rare to hear me talk about small scale infill housing, #greenzoning and #RSLZ Residential Small Lot zoning.

@builtgreen has certified nearly 21,000 projects over the last twenty years.

That is excellent, let’s double that in the next five!

Seattle infill challenge: 10 SEDUs on < 2000 SF-the rear yard of a turn of the century triplex. 4 stories w/ roof deck, 1 partially below grade, 1 stair. The building footprint is only 42x20.5', but the apartments are bright and open, and 4 have lofts! Builtgreen 4 star. FAR 1.32