| We
would like to kick off this feature section with a special
investigation report on the hazards of Compact Fluorescent
Lighting from Investigate Magazine in Australia
published on August 11, 2008. It’s a rather sobering
piece on the current safety debate surrounding CFLs in
New Zealand and features data from a recent study done
by the Main Department of Environmental Protection and
information from the US EPA. It will certainly give readers
pause the next time a CFL is dropped and broken in their
home. More than a dust pan and broom will figure into
the equation. |
Mercury
in CFLs – special
investigation
August 11, 2008 - INVESTIGATE Magazine (Australia)
Link to Word version of article |
| WattWorks
in the news: |
Westerville
Features Local Sites on National Solar Tour
Westerville, OH - Solar
installations in the City of Westerville will be showcased
as a part of a national event to promote energy efficient,
environmentally friendly power options. The tour will
take place Saturday, October 3, 2009 from 1 - 4 pm,
and is open to the public. The Westerville Solar Tour
is part of a national day of tours sponsored by The
American Solar Energy Society and
coordinated in Ohio by the non-profit organization
Green Energy Ohio.
Link
to City of Westerville press release and tour details
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Westerville tries
solar power
by Don Narciso
Link to article from the Columbus Dispatch |
Bright
idea: Store's seminars
shine light on energy savings
by
Donavon Campbell
Link to article from the TriVillage News |
Help
Control your Energy Expenses
By
Don Hall
Link
to article in the Central Ohio Restaurant Association’s
January-February issue of Table Talk |
Westerville
Smart Grid and Solar Power Project
By
Andy Boatright
Link
to article in the December issue of GEO News |
What
Works to Save Energy?
Article by Donald J. Hall, P.E.
President of Watt Works Inc.
Ohio Sierra Club Newsletter - November-December 2008
" WHY REDUCE OUR ENERGY CONSUMPTION? Saving energy is good
for your budget, good for the environment, and not as hard
as it used to be."
Link to Donald J. Hall's article December 2008 - Word doc
|
Energy
Efficiency is Good for Business
Donald
J. Hall, P.E.
President of Watt Works Inc.
Testimony Before the Ohio House Public Utilities
Committee on HB 487
Link
to Donald J. Hall's testimony 3/6/08 - Word doc
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| More interesting articles: |
LED
Lighting and Infrastructure Project Wins APWA Award
OXFORD,
Mich. -- Relume Technologies has partnered in a new
street lighting and roadway
reconstruction project in Pontiac, Mich., that won the Project of the Year
Award from the Michigan Chapter of the American Public Works Association
(APWA). Relume Press Release - Link
Here |
Green
Promise Seen in Switch to LED Lighting
Article
by ELISABETH ROSENTHAL and FELICITY BARRINGER
"To
change the bulbs in the 60-foot-high ceiling lights
of Buckingham Palace’s grand stairwell, workers
had to erect scaffolding and cover precious portraits
of royal forebears...."
Article
5-30-09 NY Times - pdf file - Link
Here |
Efficient bulbs will light the
way - By law, incandescents are on their way out
Article by Ernest Scheyder, Associated Press
Link
to arcticle published
1-19-09 The
Columbus Dispatch
|
U.S.
Pentagon to Install Cree LR24
Recessed LED Luminaires
Thousands of Fixtures Projected to
Achieve Better Than Four-Year Payback and
Superior Light Quality
Link
to article in GlobeNewswire 1-6-09 |
Solar-power users amass savings by following the sun
Ohio tour of alternative energy homes
Link
to article By Jeffrey Sheban 10-5-08 The Columbus Dispatch
|
How Is That LED Thing Doing?
How far has the industry come.
Link to Publisher commentary by Tom Griffiths of solidstatelighting.net
9-22-08 |
Return & Value
"
When you invest in a PV (solar-electric) system, you’re
buying 40 to 50 years of electricity at a fixed cost."
Editorial
from “Home Power Magazine”, Oct/Nov
2008
By Ian Woofenden (Word
.doc)
|
| RESOURCES: |
Environmental
Ohio - Link Here
Environment Ohio is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy
organization. |
Franklin
Soil & Water Conservation
District and Rain Gardens
Half
of our country’s water pollution is attributable
to water runoff, depositing minerals like copper and zinc,
gasoline, oil, insecticides and pet waste which are draining
into our storm water systems. Franklin
Soil & Water has been
working to educate and provide technical assistance to
landowners, local community groups, and municipalities
on rain garden implementation. (Franklin County, Ohio)
What
is a rain garden? What
can you do to cure storm water drainage polution?
Link
Here |
Residential Solar and Fuel Cell
Tax Credit
Extended
to : 12/31/2016
IRS.GOV
site Link Here |
Cree Brings LED Lighting to
Largest Commercial Lighting Market
Announces
Volume Availability of Cree LR24 -
complete Press Release Link
Here
DURHAM,
N.C., DECEMBER 16, 2008 — Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:
CREE), a market leader in LED lighting,
announces the volume availability of the LR24, a 24-inch
square, recessed LED luminaire. The LR24 delivers
high-quality, energy-efficient light for suspended-ceiling
applications traditionally addressed by linear
fluorescents, also known as lay-ins or troffers.
... delivers the uniform, high
light levels required for offices, schools, hospitals
and retail environments while consuming less electricity
than most linear fluorescents... features superior
color rendering, with a color-rendering index (CRI) of
92—compared to a CRI of
70 to 80 for fluorescents. It is also dimmable to 5 percent
with standard protocols—providing additional
design flexibility and further energy-saving potential.
The
LR24 has already been recognized for its superior efficacy
in the 2008 Lighting for Tomorrow solid-state
lighting competition, organized by the American Lighting
Association, the U.S. Department of Energy
(represented by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
and the Consortium of Energy Efficiency.
For more.... Click
Here for entire press release.
Cree
LLS LR-24 website - Link Here |
| WattWorks
is a Cree LLS Distributor |
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