Acorn Streetlights - Willowgrove Subdivision
Concern:  The City of Saskatoon appears to have decided to use acorn luminaries as the new standard for boulevard lighting for new subdivisions.  Acorn lights are 100% light polluting (completely unshielded) and require greater density and more fixtures to provide adequate on-the-ground illumination.  This is a great example of choosing fixtures that “look good” in the daytime and provide horrible night time illumination, glare, light trespass and energy waste.  We hope to convince the City to convert to shielded fixtures for future expansion. 

Date Action Result
     
Summer 2004 City installs acorn lights on boulevard leading to the new Willow Grove subdivision and on 20th Street.  Lights are triple density over what even a cobra-head installation would be. Sask. LPA Committee is concerned about use of acorns as the new standard in subdivision lighting. No action yet.