A council in Northampton has seen a sudden reduction in energy consumption after switching the lights in its St Michael's car park ccccc. The huge drop in consumption flummoxed the council's energy provider so much that they called ...
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Parkson has implemented an energy-efficient phosphorous removal system at a membrane bioreactor (MBR) plant in South Korea. According to Parkson, the installation at the wastewater treatment plant is the first of its kind to pair an MBR ...
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US carmaker Ford Motor is working on a project to develop a new carbon fibre technology, in a bid to cut the weight of its cars by up to 340kg by the end of the decade as well as deliver enhanced fuel economy. The company has demonstrated ...
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IT must move beyond just measuring a datacentre's energy efficiency and power consumption to assessing its overall environmental impact to make meaningful changes and ensure IT facilities are truly sustainable. As businesses come under ...
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Marks&Spencer(M&S)gives an update on Plan A,its 180 commitment eco and ethical programme that aims to make M&S the world's most sustainable major retailer by 2015. Richard Gillies,Director of Plan A at M&S,says:"We continue to engage our ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a GATEWAY demonstration report that summarizes and compares experiences from field installations of occupancy sensor-controlled LED lighting in two parking structures and two parking lots. ...
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As part of its Gateway program, the DOE has evaluated the use of LED retrofit kits or luminaires to replace the existing lights on the Golden Gate Bridge, without altering the historic character of the installation. ...
The Rockwell Automation Inc. clock tower has completed a massive conversion of its lighting system expected to reduce energy use by 81 percent and save about $750,000 over the life of the new lights, the company said Wednesday. The ...
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Refrigerated display lighting (RDL) represents one of the more perfect applications for LEDs. Because fluorescent tubes can be replaced with LED strips and reduce energy usage by 60%, retailers are beginning to implement LED case lighting ...
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The global lighting market is benefiting from a "Perfect Storm" of solid-state technology development, high energy prices, economic turmoil and social factors coinciding according to analysis firm Datapoint Research. The market for ...
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Pepsi Beverages Co. will begin manufacturing plastic bottles at its Latham bottling plant. Pepsi will invest $10 million in a project to replace merchant-supplied plastic bottles with ones blow molded on-site, according to a news release ...
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WiMAC, the leading software development company for street lighting, is celebrating the roll-out of its innovative Control Management System (CMS) technology across an impressive 200,000 street lights. The company's CMS allows users to ...
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WiMAC,the leading software development company for street lighting,is celebrating the roll-out of its innovative Control Management System(CMS)technology across an impressive 200,000 street lights. The company's CMS allows users to ...
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Philips introduces the Philips DimTone BR30 LED with color temperature dimming and the commercial availability of the Philips LED A21 22 watt LED,the company's 100 watt incandescent equivalent and the LED T8 with external driver,which is ...
The UK government's Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme does not help datacentres become more efficient, according to Adriaan Oosthoek (pictured), vice-president of not-for-profit industry association Data Centre ...