At Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi campus they’ve recently seen the light. The LED light that is, as a major renovation to the campus library just took place and $50,000.00 worth of the new, longer-lasting, less energy consuming LED light bulbs were installed to replace the older fluorescent lights that had been there for years.
Now, lest you think the Texas A&M University was just doing their civic duty you would be only half righ… Read more
18th Sep 2012
In the past when something new was discovered or manufactured it usually took the public a bit of time to catch on to whatever the advancement was, even if it was really the next best thing since sliced bread. Today however there is an energy crisis that is growing by the minute and thus the federal government has stepped in to actually force the change to newer, much more energy efficient LED light bulbs rather than wait for it to be adopted as… Read more
16th Sep 2012
Imagine if, when the sun went down in your town tonight, you had no light bulbs in your house, and no candles either. What do you think would happen once the lights went out.
Now imagine if the entire town was that way. Every night the entire town was lit by nothing but the moon (if it was out) and otherwise there would be no light whatsoever. To say things would be dark would be a bit of an understatement, yes?
If you can imagine that for a… Read more
14th Sep 2012
Street lights. In cities the world over they help people see at night, providing plenty of light that keeps communities safe, illuminated and functioning 24 hours a day. The only problem; they waste a LOT of electricity. In fact, a Clinton administration backed study revealed that street lights waste about 60% of the typical city’s electrical power. When you consider that a large city can have literally thousands of street lights you begin to… Read more