Malvern's buzzards statue will be lit up at night

11:18am Wednesday 13th February 2013 in News By Tarik Al Rasheed

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MALVERN’S iconic buzzards will soar day and night after a decision to illuminate them with floodlights.

Members of Malvern Town Council have voted to illuminate the statue, in Rosebank Gardens, between dusk and midnight every evening using energy-efficient LED lighting.

Coun Hannah Campbell said requests to have the birds lit had come from members of the public.

“The costs with the right technology will be minimal and the benefits to the town will be great,” she said.

It is expected to cost about £1,500 to light the statue.

Comments(7)

pronstar says...
11:34am Wed 13 Feb 13

It is expected to cost about £1,500 to light the statue


How come?

If you light it for an average of 5 hours / night that amounts to over 1800 hours per annum, but let's say 2000.

Even of they use a kilowatt of power to light it, that's only 2000 kw/h's per annum which at about 12p per kw/h works out at £240 per annum.

Where's the rest of the money going?

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CJH says...
11:42am Wed 13 Feb 13

pronstar wrote:
It is expected to cost about £1,500 to light the statue
How come? If you light it for an average of 5 hours / night that amounts to over 1800 hours per annum, but let's say 2000. Even of they use a kilowatt of power to light it, that's only 2000 kw/h's per annum which at about 12p per kw/h works out at £240 per annum. Where's the rest of the money going?
Have you allowed for the consultant's fee?

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pudniw_gib says...
11:50am Wed 13 Feb 13

So.... we in Malvern celebrate our local nature but cause damage to the environment by wasting energy on this lighting.
The electricity used obviously has a small global impact but the local impact of lighting on creatures is pretty well known.
Dumb **** local council nonsense. Waste of money and environmentally damaging.

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More Tea Vicar says...
12:57pm Wed 13 Feb 13

Yesterday we had the welcome news that there are plans to cut back on street lighting.

It is hard to reconcile this latest scheme with that plan.

I am always suspicious when politicians say they are 'responding to calls from the general public'. They are not generally responsive to the wishes of the public, and this always looks like an excuse dreamt up to justify a course of action the politicians are keen on.

And of course, it means they can be untruthful without actually lying (2 people say they think something is a good idea, and it can be construed as 'calls from the public').

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pudniw_gib says...
4:04pm Wed 13 Feb 13

How many signatures will it take to save the land at the back of the Cube from the developers? I bet its more than the one or two likely to have asked that this thing be lit up!
This project has cost enough to do a lot of repairs or improve facilities for locals.
The council needs to look at the way it spends our cash.

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Andy-Apache says...
12:18pm Thu 14 Feb 13

It might make sense to fit a timer and only have the lights on between nightfall and say, midnight? That way, the lights will only be on for between ~ 2hours and 8 hours per day (or 5 on average) as the first poster suggested so is very minimal cost - the rest of the £1500 is probably materials costs and labour to bring power to the statue.

Not sure how a small lit up statue would impact 'wildlife' in the area either.

I'm going to fly in the face of the moaning and say 'go for it'. The cost is in the noise, and it would look great!

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pudniw_gib says...
8:55pm Thu 14 Feb 13

There is too much light pollution and it effects local wildlife.
They like us need total darkness at night for them function properly. Something to do with melatonin levels in humans and in birds un natural light messes up their breeding cycles etc and probably shortens their lives. The info is out there if you want it.
http://www.britastro
.org/dark-skies/wild
life.html

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