All high-energy light bulbs will be removed from sale in Britain within four years under a pioneering deal between the Government and major retailers.Bulbs rated at 150 watts will be taken off the shelves as early as January under the voluntary agreement launched yesterday by a string of high street names.Millions of 100-watt bulbs will be removed a year later, with all incandescent lights phased out by 2011, under the timetable agreed by the stores.
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Energy Efficient Lighting - 0 views
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The global electricity consumption for lighting in 2005 is estimated at 2651TWh (terawatthours), i.e. 19% of total global electricity consumption.
Specialist Lighting Solutions Reap Economic Rewards For Industry - 0 views
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Lighting is a significant energy user and, in an effort to green their activities further, many companies are now reaping economic rewards as they turn to innovative solutions. Nicola Martin explains.
Logging Occupancy to Optimize Energy Use - Energy Efficiency Markets - 2 views
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Every occupant in a building creates demand for lighting, ventilation, thermal comfort, and electrical power. Lighting, heating, and cooling unoccupied spaces is a huge source of energy waste in buildings, and many studies have shown that building occupancy profiles have a significant impact on building energy use and operational controls. Closer alignment of occupancy patterns to building equipment schedules can be an effective low-cost/no-cost energy efficiency strategy leading to more intelligent control of buildings, a better balance between occupant comfort and energy savings, and lower utility bills. This includes, but is not limited to, HVAC temperature set points, lighting schedules, and economizer schedules.
GE Demonstrates World's First ''Roll-to-Roll'' Manufactured Organic Light Emitting Diod... - 0 views
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NISKAYUNA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of General Electric (NYSE: GE), and GE Consumer & Industrial, today announced the successful demonstration of the world’s first roll-to-roll manufactured organic light-emitting diode (OLED) lighting devices. This demonstration is a key step toward making OLEDs and other high performance organic electronics products at dramatically lower costs than what is possible today.
BSRIA looks into the impact of banning the traditional light bulb in favour of CFLs - 0 views
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So far there are a lot of questions but few answers. It is worth recalling that the filament lamp went through about 50 years of development before reaching maturity. Although the perception is of more rapid progress today, we may have to wait until 2020 before CFLs reach their prime.
Electric Motorsport :: Electric GPR - 0 views
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A zero emissions street legal Electric Motorcycle for light commuters and motorcycle enthusiast alike. The 14.2 kilowatt electric drive system and Hi-Power Lithium batteries allow this light weight electric motorcycle to briskly accelerate to freeway speeds.
Is the LED revolution coming? - 0 views
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Still, it's certain that a new generation of lighting devices based on LEDs will become available and reduce our carbon dioxide emissions.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Solar dyes give a guiding light - 0 views
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A new way of capturing the energy from the Sun could increase the power generated by solar panels tenfold, a team of American scientists has shown. The new technique involves coating glass with a specific mixture of transparent dyes which redirect light to photovoltaic cells in the frame.
Electrode lights the way to artificial photosynthesis - energy-fuels - 31 July 2008 - N... - 0 views
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A material that splits water into oxygen and hydrogen at room temperature using relatively little electricity could be an important step toward affordable chemical storage of solar power.
Newsvine - Toyota Patents Quantum Motor - 0 views
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OSAKA, JAPAN- From the 22nd floor of the Nakanoshima Central Tower, the offices of Hisao Fukami, comes news of Toyota's newest patent as filed with the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) International Bureau, and released for international publication July 17, 2008. The Fukami Patent Office is listed as the agent for Toyota, who applied for the patent and worldwide rights January 11, 2007. The motor is interesting in its use of an "externally applied light" to a light sensitive rotor kept in a "permanent magnetic state" to generate torque.
SAGE plans global expansion of nanotech windows - 0 views
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"Once you have the ability to control the flow of the sun's energy and light into the building, you have the power to reduce energy consumption in buildings quite significantly by lowering air conditioning costs and lowering the usage of artificial lighting inside," Van Dine said. "Those are two are the largest consumers of electricity in buildings."
LED Desk Lamps: A Review (2008 Update) : MetaEfficient - 0 views
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LEDs desk lamps are also efficient, because they do not get hot, so there’s no risk of burns, or excess heat in the summer. Because LED light is so focused, a 100 lumen LED desk lamp will seem quite bright. Let’s take a survey of what’s currently available:
Why Edison-style light bulbs aren't always bad - 0 views
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Are we releasing more greenhouse gas emissions by using more fossil-fuelled heating to make up for the heat that we're not getting from CFLs and LEDs?
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But if you're in a state or province that uses more emission-free hydroelectric power and nuclear power, then it might make sense to keep on using that Edison-style bulb during the winter.
Shedding Light on Thin-film Solar Cell Efficiency Research - 0 views
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Shedding Light on Thin-film Solar Cell Efficiency Research
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Recently, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced that they have moved closer to creating a thin-film solar cell that can compete with the efficiency of the more common silicon-based solar cell. The Copper Indium Gallium Diselenide (CIGS) thin-film solar cell recently reached 19.9% efficiency in testing at the lab, setting a new world record, according to NREL.
The House That Twitters Its Energy Use « Earth2Tech - 0 views
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Can Twitter help you turn your lights off? IBM's "Master Inventor" Andy Stanford-Clark has rigged up his home to twitter its energy use, and if you follow the tweets you can see in real time when Stanford-Clark has turned his lights and fountain off or on and whether he has an "unusually high electricity use" or has reduced power consumption.
Technology Review: First OLED TV - 0 views
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Displays that use organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are more vivid than liquid-crystal displays, have much faster refresh rates, and draw less power, but so far, manufacturing difficulties have limited them to small sizes fit only for handheld devices. On December 1, and only in Japan, Sony released the world's first OLED television, featuring an 11-inch panel with a layer of light-emitting organic material just several hundred nanometers thick. Initially, Sony plans to manufacture 2,000 of the TVs per month.
Solar and Wind Powered StreetLights In Tokyo : MetaEfficient - 0 views
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We just wrote about the new LED streelights in Ann Arbor. Now we find these self-contained streetlights that generate 100% of their power from the sun and the wind. During the day, solar power is stored in a battery at the base of the light pole. At night, they illuminate while continuing to generate power via a small vertical-axis wind turbine. The streetlights, dubbed “seagulls”, were spotted in Tokyo outside the Panasonic Center by Hyperexperience. Here’s a video clip of the wind turbine in action:
EU industry unites to promote energy-saving lamps | Environment | Reuters - 0 views
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's lamp and electricity producers joined forces with the retail sector on Monday to encourage consumers to buy more energy-efficient light bulbs and help the European Union in its fight against climate change. An agreement signed by three pan-European industry associations aims to promote and support the distribution of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) as an alternative to conventional incandescent lamps -- so consuming far less energy.
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