energy efficiency lighting Articles
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Manufacture of LED luminaires
The LED-based equipment is the most promising and energy efficient lighting for the organization at the facilities of different purpose. In comparison with the conventional gas discharge lamps and incandescent lamps the LED-based luminaires have the following advantages. ...
By AtomSvet
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The Inevitability of Change and Resistance to Energy Efficient Lighting
Change is inevitable. It is one of the only constants in life, and as the saying goes, nothing ever stays the same. Despite the truth behind this, most societies and cultures have historically demonstrated a resistance to change. Perhaps nowhere is this currently more evident than in global efforts to promote a change to energy efficiency awareness and the new technologies intended to speed the ...
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Costs and Benefits of Energy Efficient Lighting and Technology
In developed nations, lighting accounts for a large portion of the entire amount of electrical power consumed. In the United States, lighting is responsible for approximately 20% of total electricity consumption. In Canada, up to 50% of the electricity used in residential areas is consumed by lighting. In the US and Canada, lighting accounts for about 35% of the electricity used in commercial ...
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Energy-Efficient Lighting Explained: A guide for business people who aren’t lighting techies
Learn why lighting is one of the most cost-effective energy efficiency investments. Get the details about the industry’s technological and political revolution. The Daily Energy Report and Real Energy Writers’ “Energy Efficient Lighting Explained: A guide for business people who aren’t lighting techies:” Educates you about your lighting technology options Informs ...
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En'lightening' energy use: the co-evolution of household lighting practices
Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs) are a well-developed, readily available technology that could deliver substantial energy savings in the residential sector. Due to this, lighting is usually a preferred target for household energy-saving campaigns and policies. However, the energy used to light homes continues to rise. In order to explore the reasons behind this increase, this paper examines ...
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Inconsistent US Energy Legislation Depresses U.S. Domestic Economic Recovery
As new energy standards and regulations are enacted across the globe in an effort to address the rising costs of energy production, the declining availability of fossil fuels, and the environmental impact of energy production, some of the traditional leaders in lighting industries are finding themselves hard pressed to maintain competitiveness. With lighting accounting for a significant portion ...
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How much money can new lighting save your business?
Am I average? That’s the question that often hits me when someone quotes an ‘average’ statistic. The ‘average’ business or household seems almost mythological. Few of us fall right on that point on the line. The same is true when it comes to often quoted energy efficiency savings statistics. For example, the US Environmental Protection Agency says that ...
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Squinting toward retirement: A boon for the lighting industry
Americans report in surveys that they are likely to retire later than expected as a result of this economic downturn that doesn’t seem to want to quit. While that’s bad news for golf courses and Florida real estate, it helps one industry: energy efficient lighting. We are squinting, rather than sprinting toward retirement these days. As part of the post-50 crowd, I very much ...
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Case Study: Kingspan Insulated Panels
Kingspan Insulated Panels have ambitious goals when it comes to sustainability and the environment. By 2020 Kingspan aims have their global portfolio of buildings, including over 100 sales & manufacturing offices in over 40 different countries, operating at net zero – where a building produces as much power as it consumes. In order to achieve this goal, Kingspan has been regularly ...
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Debunking efficiency misconceptions
Your clients may hold some common misconceptions about how to begin conserving energy in their homes. In this article, I hope to debunk a few of those misconceptions. An audit from a company like EnergyLink is a good place to begin; it shows homeowners where to concentrate. A report called Driving Demand for Home Energy Improvements looked at successful and unsuccessful energy efficient ...
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Trillion dollar answer to Bachmann’s light bulb question
US Congresswoman Michele Bachmann often asks why government should tell us which kind of light bulb to choose. Turns out it’s a question with a trillion dollar answer. We will save $1.1 trillion through 2035 because of existing energy efficiency mandates for light bulbs and appliances, according to a report issued this week by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and the ...
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Innovators 'home' in on energy
Fortunately for the rest of us, some people missed the message, the one that says we’re in an economic slide so slippery there is no climbing back up. I had a chance to speak to several of these optimists recently. No, they are not members of the Pollyanna Club; they are green energy entrepreneurs, those who are innovating and growing companies as the rest of the world downsizes. (See ...
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Consider These Before Installing Outdoor Lighting Fixtures
People put a lot of emphasis on indoor lighting even before it is installed. The design has to be just right and complement the other fixtures in the house. The light has to be of the right brightness or dimness to create the desired ambience. Outdoor lighting is however not given that much attention. Sometimes it is even installed as an afterthought. Considering that the outside will at some ...
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Simple ways you can be more energy efficient
It’s the little things that matter when it comes to energy efficiency. Turning off a light or switching off a fan may not seem like much, but over the course of a year, the energy savings can be substantial. In an effort to remind our employees of the part they can play in saving our resources, we developed an Energy Efficiency Guide to serve as a daily checklist for them. Inspired by the ...
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A Comparison between LED and HPS
For the longest time possible the lights in use have been HPS (High Pressure Sodium). These have been used in households and even commercial settings. They are not costly but they have a very short lifespan of about 2,000 hours. Some don’t seem to mind the lifespan of these bulbs because their price is not high so replacing them frequently does not seem like much of a cost. Doing a ...
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Making the Case for Lighting & Control Solutions in Financial Institutions and Banks
Financial institutions and banks are ever evolving to meet the needs of their customers. This forward-thinking approach often includes creating highly functional spaces and plans for decreasing energy usage. By installing energy efficient LED luminaires and lighting controls in a bank headquarters or throughout the interior and exterior areas of a regional branch, financial institutions of all ...
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6 Tips to Make Your Landscape Lighting Environment-Friendly
Lighting is a critical aspect of the outdoors. It brings value and character to space by drawing attention to textures, colors, and forms of an area. Hence, lighting helps outdoor spaces achieve their true value by highlight the flora and the architectural details. Most people aim at creating breathtaking landscape lighting to draw attention to their homes. But it is one thing to create a ...
By GharPedia
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Energy efficiency is so in right now Part II: The delight factor (and more energy puns)
Guest blog by Cara Miale September 8, 2011 Last week, we looked at how the energy efficiency industry is working on its cool factor (Dare I say sex appeal?), to make clean energy more accessible to the masses. Perhaps a bikini charger doesn’t make much difference when the grid is under great strain as it was this summer; but it does get people thinking about alternatives that could lead ...
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US Dominance in Alternative Energy and Energy Efficient Technologies
20 years ago there were very few people who would have thought that international competitiveness to be number one would involve much of anything outside military, aerospace or, computer technologies. The last thing anyone probably expected would be a race to be the top producer of the most efficient and environmentally safe technologies on earth. Yet that is precisely what is taking place right ...
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Alba Green Energy Fair - 2022 edition
Between October 1-2, you can find us at the House of Culture of Trade Unions in Alba-Iulia, exhibition with free access organized by the Local Energy Agency of Alba The official page of the event published the following statement: "For the 2022 edition, several suppliers of solutions and equipment for the production of energy from renewable sources and energy efficiency, as well as suppliers of ...
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