Volkswagen has carved out a fuel economy niche with its efficient diesel models, but it turns out, the German brand also offers an impressive hybrid. And get this: It's actually enjoyable to drive. Really. The Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid is ...
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The Barnstable Fire District was offered an opportunity to reduce its annual lighting costs from $12,000 to $8,000 through replacement of current sodium vapor light bulbs in street lighting to LED lights. The opportunity was presented by ...
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Cannondale’s planned mid-summer move of its headquarters from Bethel, Connecticut, a few miles down Route 7 to Norwalk has local dealers cautiously optimistic. While the company hasn't officially announced the move, several local ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a report analyzing markets where light-emitting diodes (LEDs) compete with traditional lighting sources (e.g., incandescent and fluorescent). The report, Adoption of Light-Emitting Diodes in ...
MetLife, Inc. recently took out an energy savings policy with GE Lighting (NYSE: GE)—upgrading to Evolve™ LED outdoor lighting in parking lots at 10 office locations and switching to more energy-efficient T8 fluorescent indoor ...
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In daily life Around the turn of the 20th century, bicycles reduced crowding in inner-city tenements by allowing workers to commute from more spacious dwellings in the suburbs. They also reduced dependence on horses. Bicycles allowed ...
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Normally there are two kinds of chillers available-air cooled chillers and water cooled chillers. Both differ from each other owing to a number of aspects such as initial and running costs, size, heat transfer and others. In general, ...
Wikileaks' latest release is billed as a transcript of a "secret meeting," but it may more accurately be termed a promotion. The site on Friday released a five-hour transcript of a June 2011 meeting between Julian Assange, one of the ...
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In every city there is a parking lot to park your vehicles and if you are looking for an affordable option that makes right use of landscape, than choose green park lots. By using natural drainage landscapes and permeable paving, green ...
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Digital Lumens will now supply a sensor module to third party lighting manufacturers so that adapted fixtures can be managed by the companies LightRules platform for intelligent, networked lighting systems. Digital Lumens entered the ...
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With the media days at the New York International Auto Show behind us, the cars team has had time to reflect on the approximately 1,000 vehicles on display. Many new models made impressions, and some were utterly forgettable. To share our ...
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Adhesives Satisfy Stringent Criteria for Use with LEDs Adhesive products from Henkel Corp. are now being used by Cree, Inc. in its LED lighting products. Henkel is the first adhesives manufacturer to demonstrate the ability of its ...
Viper Networks, Inc., in conjunction with Apollo Metro Solutions, to announce that Apollo (a U.S.-based LED manufacturer and distributor), has recently completed the design and development of a new generation of LED product configurations ...
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Marco shares his experiences of how getting connected with people makes life in China procurement much easier The plane circles in from the seaside approaching Xiamen, a charming and rapidly developing city in Fujian Province on China's ...
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Nearly fifteen years of sourcing in China opens up new worlds of business, experience and friendship for Julie Wing. I first went to China in 1999 to visit a jewellery factory. At the time, I had neither experience in jewellery nor ...
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