SubscribeI’ve been absent from the blogosphere for a while now. My apologies. Been feeling very busy and the last thing I’ve felt like doing after a long day of work has been to catch up on the industry news and sit in front of a computer. I could continue with additional excuses, but instead I’ll [...]
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Tag: lighting
Decorative Lighting
I always thought that decorative/accent lighting would primarily be the domain of incandescent technologies, like this, but maybe I’m wrong?
Meeting Minimum Standards
It never surprises me when industry rises up to just meet a minimum standard. I actually think this is a very creative solution, especially until dimmable CFLs improve in performance or LEDs become more cost effective for screw-base luminaires.
Hybrid Lamp
Via Jetson Green:
The new bulb — a blend of three light bulb technologies — has the shape of an incandescent, the efficiency of a CFL, and the immediacy of a halogen.The halogen technology offers instant, no-delay lighting, a feature missing in some CFLs. To save energy, though, the halogen element shuts [...]
Lighting Grief
DiA has an entertaining post about what American’s are likely to go through with the phasing out of low efficacy lighting. I think they sum it up nicely at the end:
So after a while, the loss doesn’t seem so bad. Especially if one has had the house remodeled to install banks of 50-watt halogen [...]
Link Exchange: Too Busy to Think
If anyone has noticed, I haven’t been very active here on DSS for a while. As it sometimes does, life has gotten in the way of my evening computer time (not that that’s a bad thing). With my brain to jumbled to think critically and a seemingly slow news stream, I offer you this link [...]
Tough Calculations in Utility DSM Programs
From Matthew Kahn:
So, how do we know that the incentive program has caused CFL lightbulb adoption. We all agree that it is silly to give a performance bonus to the electric utility if its efforts have no affects on a household’s behavior. If Matt Kahn’s household never buys CFLs or always buys [...]
Creative Marketing
Via Jim Gunshinan on Home Energy Magazine:
Incandescents are already banned in Europe, but according to Ira Eisenstein, writing in the Home Energy Pros blog space, some stores there are selling 100-watt incandescents under the name “100-watt heat source.”
I’d buy a 100 W heat source for my desk and reading lamps.
I’ve commented on the efficacy standard [...]
New York City Enacts Nine More Laws to Promote Efficiency in its Building Code
October has been a productive month for efficiency-minded urban dwellers in New York City. In total, nine laws were passed this month with the effect of reducing electricity use and increasing water efficiency in qualifying buildings.
The laws are the legacy of recommendations of the New York City Green Codes Task Force, which issued dozens of [...]
Lighting Standards
I am on the fence with regard to the minimum lighting standards supported in this post from Noah Horowitz of the NRDC. I like my old run-of-the-mill A-type Edison incandescent lamps. I wouldn’t want any other type of lamp in my reading light or on my desk. Do I use them in high use areas? [...]