What if a front-loader is great at getting your laundry clean and its capacity is large enough that a comforter fits comfortably--would you buy it? This front-loader costs less than most, is stingy with water, and extracts a lot of it so ...
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With Superstorm Sandy stirring up talk of climate change, here's one encouraging statistic: Americans used less energy in 2011 than in the previous year, according to the latest energy flow chart from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ...
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New energy technologies put emphasis on power measurement techniques,writes Terry Marrinan,Yokogawa's v-p for test and measurement in Europe&Africa. The increased emphasis on energy efficiency,coupled with the expansion of new ...
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The increased emphasis on energy efficiency, coupled with the expansion of new technologies in both power generation and conversion has created a demand for new measuring instruments. These instruments need to combine high accuracy ...
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Energy efficiency awareness in the U.S.goes back at least to President Jimmy Carter in a cardigan sweater warning Americans of a global energy crisis back in 1977.In the decades since,much progress has been made,which could give the ...
The LED lighting industry is set to dominate the global lighting market, more than 60 years after they were initially discovered. It is set to be the main beneficiary from a widespread ban on traditional incandescent bulbs in a number of ...
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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has written to over 50 of the leading installers of energy efficient products such as LED lights, double glazing, insulation and solar panels, to ask them to ensure they provide consistently good standards. ...
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Ever since it erected its first lamp posts in the late 1890s,with electricity generated from its own municipal power plant a decade later,street lighting in the City of Pasadena,California,has undergone many changes in the ensuing decades ...
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Canada The provincial government of Nova Scotia stated in February 2007 that it would like to move towards preventing the sale of incandescent light bulbs in the province. In April 2007, Ontario's Minister of Energy Dwight Duncan ...
The Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance will feature a variety of technical presentations at its 2013 Annual Conference, February 5-8, 2013, at the Crowne Plaza Astor in New Orleans. “The presentations this year keep attendees ...
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Unicel Architectural, manufacturer of vision and daylight control solutions, today announced that its fire-rated Vision Control® integrated cord-free louvers are now being offered through the Technical Glass Products (TGP) Dubai office ...
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Yokogawa sees a growing need for accurate power measure in today’s more energy-conscious world. Not only battery-powered device, but white goods and industrial systems need tight control of power consumption to comply with ...
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The IEEE Wireless Communications&Networking Conference(WCNC)has initiated the registration process for its next annual meeting,being held April 7-10 in Shanghai,China. Scheduled to include more than 600 technical and executive ...
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Rambus Inc has developed a business alliance with the Elite Group, which designs and distributes home goods, lighting and other consumable products. According to Rambus, its LED bulbs are designed using MicroLens optical technology that ...
The lighting on the Eiffel tower is now swiched off at 1.00 am Paris's standing as the City of Light may come under threat later this year if a decision to switch off the French capital's lights gets the go-ahead. The French ...
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