“Assessing your camp lighting is a bright idea. Not only does light create a desired atmosphere for guests, but factors like energy efficiency, lifespan of bulbs and difficult of replacement can have an enormous effect on your camp operating budget…..” … Continue reading
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Is your indoor and outdoor lighting by chance or is it by thoughtful design? Goldilocks wanted her porridge “just right.” Similarly, the lighting at your property needs to be “just right” in regards to: Safety (examples: too much outdoor lighting … Continue reading
How dark is the sky above your outdoor facility? What are you doing to enhance the guest and participant experience? Site and facilities can have an impact by cutting energy waste and decreasing light pollution. However, safety is paramount. Resources … Continue reading
Below are a couple of web sites that have summarized their review of LED lights. LED (light-emitting diode) light bulbs are an energy and cost-efficient option. LED light bulbs are even more efficient to run than CFL bulbs and are … Continue reading
What’s the least expensive bulb that gives the greatest lumens? Find out with some nice tables that were calculated by an employee at the U.S. Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station. http://www.nofs.navy.mil/about_NOFS/staff/cbl/lumentab.html … Continue reading
Energy Star has a fun, interactive site on bulbs. http://www.drmediaserver.com/CFLGuide/index.html While the site focuses on home uses, many outdoor sites have small lamps beside guest beds, gathering areas with ambient lights, outside lighting, etc. You can: Choose a bulb, based … Continue reading
Beginning January 2012, inefficient incandescent light bulbs will be phased out, resulting in significant energy savings and reducing the environmental footprint. This is based on the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) The phase-out of the general service … Continue reading
Below are the published articles for March/April 2012 relating to site and facilities. “Building Principles: Wastewater Treatment — A Primer.” By Rick Stryker, PE. ACA Camping Magazine. March/April 2012. pp. 12, 14, 15. “Over the years, we’ve peeked at some of … Continue reading