By Philip C. Curtis •
November 4, 2007
Halloween is over and even though the trees still have green leaves because of the mild fall we are having, Christmas is just around the corner. Americans consume a lot of extra energy and create and extraordinary amount of waste during the holidays. In fact, it is estimated that we produce more than 1 million extra tons of garbage each week from the period between Thanksgiving and Halloween.
We also consume a great amount of energy. This is [...]
By Philip C. Curtis •
September 24, 2007
LED Xmas lights consume only .072 watts of electricty per bulb. This means that a standard set of 70 LED Christmas tree lights will only draw about 5 watts of power. With the LED string lights drawing so little power one can easily operate a substantial outdoor display with a very basic solar power generation unit. A solar powered LED holiday light display would be ideal for homeowners in the southern U.S.
By Philip C. Curtis •
September 22, 2007
One of the big reasons that Christmas lights suck is because they are so fragile. They break if the wind blows, they break if you drop them, they break if you smash them against the neighbor’s house (who’s Christmas display really blows), and sometimes they don’t work when you pull them out of the attic.
By Philip C. Curtis •
September 20, 2007
You know those gnarly Christmas lights you have stashed away in the basement, closet or attic? Well, here’s 3 reasons to leave them there this year and replace them with LED string lighting:
1. LED Christmas lights are 80-99% more efficient than standard incandescent lights.
2. LED holiday lights are safer than incandescent lights. They operate at 1 degree above ambient room temperature and draw so little energy that risk of circuit overload.
By Philip C. Curtis •
September 18, 2007
Ok. So I took some advice from one of my new Green Options friends who suggested I search the site for suggestions on green office policies. I found a great article and used it as a template for our new policy (although, I could not in good faith implement all of them just yet.) In any event it was a good start.
So this year while we are encouraging people to buy our energy-efficient LED holiday lighting,
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By Philip C. Curtis •
September 17, 2007
Although the progress in lighting technology has move slowly, there is a new and better option for holiday and Christmas string lighting: LED string lighting. LED string lighting is still relatively new to most consumers as it has only been widely available for a few years. LED string lighting is available in a wide variety of shapes, colors, sizes and qualities. This year if you decide to make the switch to LED Christmas or holiday string lights here are [...]
