December 17, 2012 - Ontario’s Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) presented Georgian College with an award for improving electrical safety through participation in its Continuous Safety Services (CSS) Program, which allows the college ...
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couple of months ago, the LIFX LED lightbulb debuted on Kickstarter, and it was only a couple of weeks ago when electronics giant Philips unveiled its Hue color changing LED light bulb. These light bulbs not only allow you to choose ...
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A compact fluorescent light bulb uses about 75 percent less energy than the old-fashioned kind and lasts up to 10 times longer. They may cost more upfront, but a net savings of $25 during the life of each bulb has spurred American ...
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Last year I visited Switch Lighting, a small Silicon Valley company that claimed to have built something revolutionary. Switch's product: a light bulb that produced the same warm, comforting glow that we associate with Edison's enduring ...
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Lighting LEDs are a route to energy efficiency that also allow creative effects that were not possible with incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes. But the output spectrum, like that of fluorescent tubes, is nothing like the sunlight ...
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The Saskatchewan Legislative building has new lights. While they look like they could be a century old, the new fixtures feature the latest in LED technology. The lamps have a bright while light and consume half the power of the ...
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Pontiac Township High School recently teamed up with Ace Hardware in Pontiac to bring more recognition to their current fluorescent light bulb recycling program. Compact fluorescent lights (CFL) (which are described as the curly-cue ...
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As a practical matter, the ever-shorter days of autumn -- for most of us -- offer only modest inconvenience. Once the sun has dipped beyond the horizon, we instinctively reach for the "on" switch, illuminating our evenings and nights so ...
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The last of the discount Halloween candy is being put away and stores and customers are getting ready for the holidays. There are many holiday light options and it may get a little confusing. You have the large C9 and C7 bulbs, ...
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Nexxus Lighting, Inc. has executed a distributor agreement with PolyBrite International. Under the agreement, Nexxus will offer all of PolyBrite's Borealis LED lighting solutions to Nexxus customers. PolyBrite International, based in ...
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One of the most exciting aspects of the advent of LED lighting has been the chance for companies to take unique approaches to how they want to solve the challenges presented by the shift in technology. Switch Lighting, for example, has ...
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If the direction lights hovering above the three lanes on the Peace Bridge seem brighter, there's a good reason for it. Crews from the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority have finished installing several hundred LED bulbs in the ...
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Best Buy's Insignia LEDs cost less than half what similar bulbs cost two years ago, and smartphone-controlled bulbs are becoming available. At first blush, expensive LED light bulbs zre an unlikely technology to succeed with consumers. ...
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When it comes to light bulbs, Silicon Valley consumers can now go green and support a local company at the same time. But it will cost them. Switch Lighting, a San Jose company that designs LED light bulbs, announced Wednesday that its ...
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What do you do with your old fluorescent light bulbs? How are fluorescent bulbs different than other light bulbs? Why would fluorescent light bulbs leave landfills in a bad situation? Fluorescent light bulbs contain a hidden inner ...
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