Bats and Artificial Lighting Guidance Note Update Preview Event

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Since 2018 when the BCT / ILP best practice guidance was released there has been a considerable amount of new academic and industry research. BCT chair the 'Bats & Artificial Lighting' steering group with representatives from the ILP and industry practitioners which have updated the best practice guidance document. This is in the final review stage for sign-off and will be previewed at a technical symposium event, covering the major changes presented by steering group members.

Agenda

Opening remarks [Guy Harding, Technical Manager, Institution of Lighting Professionals]

Planning section

A landscape-scale approach in planning lighting mitigation - practice and pitfalls [Cody Levine, Team Leader (Ecology) at Worcestershire County Council ]

Emerging interdisciplinary methodology for light pollution mitigation [Georgina Young, Consultant Ecologist & Innessa Lomas, Senior Designer for Night-time and Landscape, Arup]

Mitigation section

Principles of good ecological planning and mitigation for bats and lighting [Jan Collins, Head of Biodiversity, BCT]

Avoidance in lighting mitigation [Stuart Morton, Head of Highways & Aviation Electrical Design, Jacobs]

Technical section

Lighting contour plan – what should these include? [James Miles, Technical Manager, Kingfisher Lighting]

Lighting baseline plans – what needs to be considered? [Bonnie Brooks, Lighting Consultant & Director at The Lighting Bee]

Panel discussion

DRINKS RECEPTION - networking event sponsored by Kingfisher Lighting

Launch Event Sponsor: ARUP