Do you remember a time when there was a break between one weather related natural disaster season to another? A typical calendar year started with snow-ice-blizzards, followed by flooding, tornados, fire storms, hurricanes, then back to winter weather. Even though these cycles continue there is a merger of disaster seasons where a combination of events […]
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 2018 report on Wind Power electricity generation shows a booming industry year. The report addresses costs and performance for three installation sectors including land based, offshore and distributed wind. Distributed wind is categorized as small and localized wind powered systems providing electricity to homes, farms, businesses, public facilities and the […]
DesignLights Consortium Light Quality Considerations for V5.0 DesignLights Consortium (DLC) is a voluntary certification program focusing on energy efficiency in the LED/SSL industry. It operates as a resource for the lighting industry, utility companies and others striving to improve higher LED performance. North American utility companies use product information to establish criteria for lighting incentive […]
LED lighting is transitioning the way homes and businesses illuminate interior and exterior spaces. In fact, the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) reports 29% of U.S. households use at minimum one LED lamp in their residence. In April 2016, 86% of surveyed households report using CFL or LED luminaires. It makes sense this trend will […]
Mercury Free Products include Batteries and LED Lighting Mercury free products were uncommon until the 1990’s. If you’re old enough you may remember the days in science class when a glob of mercury was available to push around the table. Those days are gone and for good reason. A naturally occurring element, mercury is listed […]
