QAZAQ GREEN.   the lights in future City of London skyscrapers may be turned off or dimmed at night in order to save energy under proposed plans by the local authority, The Evening Standard reports.

Owners of new developments in the Square Mile would be required to submit a detailed strategy for how their buildings are lit, as part of plans to cut light pollution.

The City of London Corporation is consulting on a draft plan that would create new lighting requirements for future planning applications in the Square Mile, and guidance for existing buildings.

The local authority would ask businesses and building owners to sign a voluntary ‘Considerate Lighting Charter’, to show their “commitment to improve lighting in the City”.

The document also proposes allocating new developments into ‘brightness zones’, with curfew times during which all external lighting, other than that required for safety or crime prevention reasons, should be switched off or dimmed.