Streetlight LED Conversion

[MidTowner]

There's an interesting article in the Record today: 'They have stolen my night from me.'

Rob Stephens used to enjoy looking at the stars at night from his home of Louisa Street in Kitchener.

But he says that pleasure is gone, now that the city has replaced the street lights with more efficient LED lights.

"It lights up my whole front yard," he says. "It's ridiculously bright. It's like daylight out there."

There are a few other complaints along similar lines. Lots of interesting information about light pollution, cool versus warm light, and so on.
It also noted that "Kitchener plans to address that by dimming all its street lights by 20 to 30 per cent once the system is fully in place" and that it "urges anyone who feels the lights are too bright to contact their city or the region, since it may be possible to install a shield or to tilt the lamp slightly to redirect light." And: "The city also is developing a plan to dim lights further on quieter streets between about 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. when traffic is lightest, Cronkite said."
All great stuff.
I can sympathize with these complaints. I hate lights at night, and have tried to plant strategically where I live to block it to the extent possible. Street lights aren't going away any time soon, though, so it's exciting the flexibility that the municipality will have with the new LEDs.