Councillor Mark Wright, Cabinet Member for Housing and Service Improvement, said he was appealing for people living and working in Bristol who saw council-owned buildings being floodlit at unusual or very late hours to contact the authority so that they could switch them off at the right time.
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Dr Wright, said: "As an astrophysicist I have a vested interest in reducing light pollution. But apart from this I want to cut unnecessary energy consumption which is contributing to our carbon footprint and is wasting taxpayers’ money.
"Buildings would fall into three categories: Those of heritage value, where lighting should be on until late, or occasionally, as with the Suspension Bridge, all night: buildings where timers are wrong or are not set, and can be fixed with a simple visit and other buildings where lighting is hard-wired. These will need to be added to a maintenance list to put them on timers."
The issue arose after a resident who lives within sight of the Council House contacted Dr Wright to inform him that the floodlights appeared to be in use until 5am. A misaligned timer was the cause, and this was corrected.
(CD/BMcC)
