Posted by Amit Soni on 11th Apr 2012
Switzerland’s largest LED lights installation can now be found, perhaps fittingly, in its largest city.That is after LED lighting solutions designed by Dutch electronics company, Philips, were used to renovate the Hardbrücke Bridge in central Zurich, adding a new dimension to the surrounding areas and drastically reducing energy costs.The 2.3km Hardbrücke Bridge is one of the busiest roads in Zurich, used by over 70,000 motorists daily, and servi… Read more
Posted by Amit Soni on 28th Mar 2012
The Energy Saving Trust (EST) is a non-profit organisation that has tasked itself with providing free, impartial advice on energy saving practices.
Back in 2009, they received government funding to run trials of LED lighting – in order to show once and for all that LEDs could deliver on their promises of reducing energy consumption and cost.
The trial focused primarily on the communal areas of social housing – such as stairw… Read more
Posted by Richard Clarke on 27th Mar 2012
Our universities are amongst the finest in the world. Historical seats of learning, they have been beacons of enlightenment, some for hundreds of years.But in these times of spiralling energy costs, are they doing everything they can to combat wastefulness and profligacy, and to instil high environmental ideals in the minds of their students?A Surprising DevelopmentOn first examination, it would appear that the answer to this question is no, howe… Read more
Posted by Amit Soni on 8th Mar 2012
German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has conjured up a rather ingenious approach to advertising its new range of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, and it involves LED (Light-Emitting Diode) technology.The car, called the F-cell, runs on compressed hydrogen gas making it virtually emission-free. According to Mercedes, a car of this kind; one that is imperceptible to the environment, might also be called 'invisible,' so, making it actually invisible to… Read more