Bowdoin College recently completed a renovation of their athletic fields.

 

New full cutoff lighting was installed – that means Bowdoin no longer pays for electricity to generate useless photons that go up into the sky. The fields themselves are not under-lit at all. Also, the lights have an online accessible timer function such that the lights turn off (or dim) at the appropriate time following a game or practice.

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Bowdoin earned certification from Dark Sky International (DSI) for their outstanding lighting implementation. Both SMA and DSI were proud to congratulate them on that achievement. SMA sent Bowdoin a letter of certification which can be viewed here.