The Government has asked the public about smart meters, and found that it is generally positive, but needs help in understanding the subject. For example, the survey indicates that half of energy bill-payers living in Great Britain had ...
Tags: smartmeters, respondents, consumer-focused, quantitative research
Baltimore City is under the process of converting 70,000 city streetlights from sodium vapor lights to LEDs. Baltimore expects to reap an annual savings of $1.9 million on its electric bill and $275,000 in maintenance costs. Also, ...
Tags: LED Streetlight, LED lighting
A US-based gas and chemical group is to create what it calls the world’s largest energy-from-waste facility on Teesside. Air Products, which has its headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is to commence work on building the plant in ...
Tags: market view, plastic recycling
Cisco today announced its fourth quarter and fiscal year results for 2012, showing a rise in both sales and the resulting income. Sales for the quarter rose a modest 4% year-on-year to reach $11.7bn, but over the entire year Cisco ...
Tags: Cisco, network solutions, datacentre solutions, software
South African CIGS spin-off PTIP orders €7m of equipment from partner Singulus Singulus Technolgies AG of Kahl am Main, Germany, which makes production equipment for the Optical Disc and Solar sectors, says that Photovoltaic ...
Tags: Singulus CIGS/CIS PV, Lights, Lighting, ptip
Wicker has been a useful material for furniture making throughout history. The ancient Egyptians used plant fibers to produce woven wicker furniture and storage vessels. In other cultures, wicker has been the material of choice for durable, ...
Hits from the Las Vegas Market LANE Understated design nuances like the curved side seams and an angled headrest add contemporary flair to the Ross chair,a classic recliner from Lane. SERTA The producer has added this ...
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With utilities and facility operators under growing pressure to reduce their energy costs, a new report out on the Water-Energy Simulator (WESim) might just be the thing they are looking for. Published by the Water Reuse Association, the ...
The government reduced its IT spend by £249m in 2011/12, with savings of £104m coming from its move to digital services and contract renegotiations, and £145m from its moratorium on contracts above £5m. The ...
Tags: IT spend, Government Digital Service, GDS, Business Link website
Despite common belief, all wood patio furniture is not the same. Variations in wood choices create differences in durability, look, weather resistance, care, and color. When purchasing any patio furniture, consider your specific needs and ...
The system uses SolarOne's LB800 light bar with Needham,MA.SolarOne has announced the launch of the new Solo Stand Alone Lighting System for commercial pathways and residential roadways. The Solo platform is SolarOne's answer to the ...
Tags: LED-Based, System, Pathways, Residential Roadways, Solarone
Simulating the Mars mission Computational curiosity Landing system IT has been key to successfully landing the rover robot Curiosity, on Mars earlier this week. Mars missions in the past have not had a great track record. But the landing ...
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According to a new report, "Status of the LED Industry," a cost reduction per lumen of packaged LEDs by a factor ten is necessary for mass LED adoption to occur in lighting. Growth of the LED industry has come initially from the small ...
Tags: LED lighting
Turnover of the Swiss plastics industry declined by 1.8% to CHF 15.5bn (€12.9bn) in 2011, alongside a 1.6% reduction in the number of employees in the industry to 34,530, it was announced on 28 June by the industry’s trade ...
Tags: market view, plastics
Yole Développement and EPIC announce their report dedicated to the LED industry:"Status of the LED Industry".The report presents all applications of LEDs and associated market metrics,LED cost reduction opportunities,entire LED value ...
Tags: LED industry, LED, Packaged LED Market, Yole Développement, EPIC