By Timothy B. Hurst •
September 15, 2009
From green gadgets and gizmos, to DVDs and loose-leaf teas, I get the occasional product sent to me for a review. In most cases, I like to give it a thorough once-over before I’m comfortable putting a stamp of (dis)approval on it.
If I take a long time to review a product, it is usually because: the product stinks and the manufacturer wouldn’t want me to publish anything anyway; the product really stinks and I don’t want to waste my time or my readers’ time with it, or; the product is actually quite good and the length of time spending reviewing it is extended because I’m trying to find something bad to say about it — but can’t. In the case of the DOT-it LED lights Sylvania sent me, the reason for my slow turnaround is definitely the last one. These lights are great.
The first of the two lights sent to me by Sylvania was the DOT-it Golden Dragon (pictured top). The ninja-sounding Golden Dragon is the Cadillac of Sylvania’s puck-style LED lights.
By Jeff Kart •
July 29, 2009
Fairview has become the first town in Texas to build a street lit entirely by low-energy LEDs.
There are 82 light-emitting diodes on the newly constructed Fairview Parkway. The LEDs came from EvoLucia, a division of Sunovia Energy Technologies in Sarasota, Florida.
By Fred Etcheverry •
April 13, 2009
Smart meters will have their own web pages that can be presented on social networks.
By Dawn Killough •
December 10, 2008
LEDs are known for their long life and energy efficiency, but there are some problems with the holiday string versions that I was not previously aware of.
By Becky Striepe •
November 26, 2008
[Image credit: David at Flickr under a Creative Commons license]
The lights are still bright, but thanks to theater owners and The Broadway League teaming up with the NRDC and the city, the lights are also LEDs and compact fluorescents on Broadway.
On Tuesday, the cast of Wicked and Mayor Bloomberg announced the roll out of Broadway Goes Green. Along with replacing incandescent bulbs with LEDs and CFLs, theaters are taking steps like using eco-friendly detergent to wash their costumes and icing performers’ sore muscles with bags of frozen peas rather than chemical ice packs.
I went to visit a friend, Cameron Sinclair, who’s doing great work through his organization, Architecture for Humanity. One person he mentioned in our conversation was Sheila Kennedy and her project Portable Light. From the website:
“Portable Light is an interdisciplinary research, design and engineering project to create and implement new models for energy efficient electrical power and lighting. Portable Light applies creative processes and strategic integrative thinking [...]
