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Here's an interesting project: The Hotel Intercontinental in Miami recently installed a 19-story digital exterior art wall as part of a $30 million makeover. Images and patterns on the art wall are supplied by LEDs in more than 200 rooms. One challenge: making the LED fixtures as nearly invisible...

With so much misinformation consumers are not being given good information about lighting. Especially the particularly poor reporting about the ongoing elimination of 100w, 75w, 60w, and 40 incandescent lamps from the national inventory. In fact, incandescent lighting is not being eliminated or outlawed...

Although LED lighting has many potential advantages, energy savings is the one that attracts the most attention. But the energy savings during the course of a product’s lifetime only tell part of the story. To gauge a product’s full impact – not only in terms of energy consumption,...

Take a second to think about all the energy your office wastes on a daily basis. Leaving office and kitchen lights on when nobody is in the room, letting appliances stay on all day and forgetting to turn your computer off at night are just a few of the big energy wasters. There are two key reasons your...

These days it seems like every company is trying to go green, and we’ll be the first to back those efforts up. To prove how supportive we are, we decided to bring back our “Green Office Tip of the Week” segment this week to offer up our thoughts on how your company can improve its recycling...

In response to a corporate initiative to reduce its carbon footprint, the corporate facilities department at Munich Reinsurance America began a series of projects in 2007 to reduce the company's energy use. Click here to find out how Munich Reinsurance America reduced energy consumption by more than...

In Seattle, there is a movement underway. It is being undertaken by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance and the goals are very lofty. If just 16 percent of the commercial building space in the metro Seattle area made energy-efficiency renovations, the energy savings could reach nearly 100 average...

The Hayes Consolidated Independent School District has held electric consumption flat even as the building square feet jumped 75 percent. Click here to learn what steps Hays took and how the district is reinvesting the money that would have gone to pay for electricity. Click here for management reports...

The facility department at the Western Michigan University has a longstanding commitment to sustainability. That commitment moved to an even higher level beginning in 2008, when the College of Health and Human Services building earned LEED for Existing Buildings Gold certification. Today, Western Michigan...

AmSan Americas leading supplier of Janitorial and Cleaning Products now offers a Full Line of MRO(Maintenance, Repair and Operations) Supplies. Similar in stature to Grainger, AmSan has a 2,000 page catalog with over 30,000 items at very competitive pricing. Please take a look at AmSan for your next...

The past decade has witnessed a burst of product innovation in the FM arena. LEDs are a good example. After years of development, they’re clearly ready for prime time, with LED products available for a wide range of lighting applications. Another example is video analytics. That technology didn’t...

This monograph helps illustrate energy efficient ways for either your home or business by simply making a few adjustments to your lighting. Not only do these methods help use less energy but also provide a payback savings for your home or business. You can view our other blogs, case studies, or monographs...

Note: I am an independent consultant and contractor. I am not on the payroll of any manufacturer. Fellow professionals: I am wondering if these impressions have changed since LightFair 2010. I see a lot of people swearing by the HO FL in their postings, which with the right CRI is a good technology ...

Jonathan, Looked over the line of products you are selling and it is great you are involved in this side of the business. I had some questions about your products however: It appears you are selling the ATG LED Tubes - these use a surface mount Korean LED company called ITSWELL. I checked with ATG and...

We use LEDs for almost all of our channel letters these days. We’ve been using them for red letters for several years, but since the price of white LEDs have come way down in the last year or so, we’ve started using them for all color letters. Neon is typically brighter, and would work better...

Ohio car dealership reduces outdoor lighting consumption with Induction lighting.

Justifying an energy efficiency project requires facility executives to walk the fine line between salesmanship and exaggeration, said Richard Lubinski, president of Think Energy Management , at the Facility Decisions conference and exposition in Las Vegas. (For more on his session, click here .) To...

Want to improve your chances of convincing bean counters that investments in energy projects are worthwhile? Stop talking about payback periods and start talking about return on investment, said speakers at the Facility Decisions conference and exposition in Las Vegas. Alan Whitson, president, The Corporate...

Changes taking place at the Sears Tower go beyond a name change, though "Willis Tower" will become the Chicago landmark's official name in July. According to an article in the Chicago Tribune , the owners of the tower unveiled a plan Wednesday to reduce electricity use by up to 80 percent...

Energy savings... reduced maintenance... environmental consciousness... light levels... With so many factors to consider, ever wonder which lamp and ballast system is right for you? This simple tool from GE helps you select which solution maximizes the benefits most important to you. Try it ... message...

This is an Energy and Carbon Calculator that demonstrates how much energy a facility's Exterior HID lighting is consuming and demonstrates the energy savings and carbon reduction values by retrofitting our LED plates into the existing fixtures. It also calculates a projected maintenance savings based...