Comments for NY Times Building Sees 70% Energy Savings with Lighting System at http://ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 10 out of 10 comments http://ecogeek.org Thu, 23 May 2013 16:15:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2288#comment-39622 The initiative taken for the concern is very serious and need an attention of every one. This is the concern which exists in the society and needs to be eliminated from the society as soon as possible. The people are loosing their moral while becoming modern. The society needs to be attentive that moral value. ================================================= Savings Accounts - tanygeo01 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:50:12 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2288#comment-26918 Looking forward to the day when LED lights can grow tomatoes and other veggies indoors in northern climates for a net savings visa vi the jet fuel we now pay to get them. SEE: “A £2 energy-saving lightbulb that lasts for 60 years has been developed by scientists at Cambridge University. The researchers have designed a bulb that is three times more energy efficient than today’s best offer and can cut lighting bills by 75 per cent.The bulbs are 12 times more efficient that conventional tungsten bulbs and three times more efficient than compact fluorescent “energy efficient” bulbs. They can burn for 100,000 hours and they illuminate instantly and can be dimmed, unlike energy efficient bulbs.” http://theinfochief.com/ Marijuana growers are breaking ground in this LED grow light field and are having tremendous success. As soon as we can get cheaper grow lights for our veggie-greenhouses the battle will start - home-grown vs. jetted in, and one method is favored by the new fact of life, the end of cheap oil era! Next, we will high-jack the heat from power-station cooling towers for our green-house gardens, and balance out that foolish resource flow waste also! And: if enough folks find it sane and sensible, we can take the humanure resource flow, convert it to bio-gas for cheap heating and transportation fuels, and a good source of fertilizer, nuked for germ-safety, for our veggie garden greenhouses, another neat circle-cycle! Now, build the greenhouses into vertical hydroponic gardens that include aquaculture and we can get protein for cheap too! As the old American dream fades and the desperation for ideas for solutions invades remember this format, it may save your life, sustainable circles, as mother nature intended! - Uncle B Sat, 16 May 2009 09:21:21 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2288#comment-21206 The lighting system is dynamic, so that if there is to much natural lighting coming in, it shades, it, and if there isn't enought light coming in, it might turn up the lighting levels to get to a necessary amount of lighting. The system is also programmed so that different areas have different base lighting requirements so that hallways have different benchmarks than conference rooms. - matthew Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:25:10 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2288#comment-20902 How much of the decrease in light usage is actually something new and innovative, and how much is just correcting laziness, such as people not turning lights off when they leave? - Clinch Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:59:07 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2288#comment-20893 Great that lighting control is getting some attention but these systems have been installed in load of commercial buildings for years. Looks like a DALI system to me. littleuldav - thanks for the anit-american sentiment. As an American living abroad I can tell you your no better off than anyone else. What makes you think rest of the world's shi* doesn't stink too. Are you implying you've never used a lighting control system? If not then, outside America, nobody ever forgets to shut off the lights when leaving the room? I agree with geri, no need for elitism. - Ceeb Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:02:17 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2288#comment-20892 If this energy saving is true it is incredibly good news. There are so many office spaces around the world and a collective control of lighting could have a big impact. My major worry though is that lighting conditions in offices can have a big impact on the people working there, I would love to hear from the employees to see if this system was annoying or caused any problems... ideally they would not notice it in action! - Charles H. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:35:26 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2288#comment-20891 My family always turned the lights off when we left a room, but living in a shared house as I do, some people don't give a damn. Each time you do it probably saves less than a cent of electricity, and you'd be better investing your time buying carbon credits to help grow an industry rather than argue with people to change their behaviours. - Jacob Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:19:27 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2288#comment-20883 This isn't simply about turning lights off, it is about maximizing the space, and lighting only what is necessary, when it is necessary. In other words, not only lights on, or lights off, but gradients that provide for our lighting needs as well as solves some of our problems. "Looking outside America" isn't necessarily a solution either. It is much more complex than that. Every country, including this little ol' New Zealand, has extreme issues...If not lights left on (which it has its share of), it is recycling bins that often end up blown all over the Wellington hills spreading their sustainability into our precious resources. Elitism doesn't solve anything. Lets all take those baby steps, each of us, whatever we need to do, to make the future brighter...er dimmer...er whatever means 'better'. - geri Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:28:09 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2288#comment-20863 From the younger i can recall, i've always heard to shut off the lights when nobody is in a room. The marvels you are staring at are being used worlwide since 1970. I don't mean to cut your joy, but you americans are in fact incredibly late upon the rest of the world, you NEED techno fix to help you shut off lights ! There is a terrible potential to save a huge lot of energy, just look outside America ;-) - litteuldav Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:38:51 +0100 http://ecogeek.org/efficiency/2288#comment-20860 It looks like the power savings are lighting electricity only. Since the building is air conditioned, it seems like the power savings is even more-- maybe an additional 30% of saved power/CO2, depending on the HVAC efficiency. - Carl Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:39:23 +0100