Enlightening Notes
Meeting CFLs in Budapest´s New York
Alcatraz kicks out energy thiefs (IAEEL 4/96) Recently there has been a significant change in the amount of power used to light interior offices and exterior corridors on the island.
Light & Lighting: A Photo Essay from India (IAEEL 2/96) India's light and lighting scene offers a fascinating mix of the ancient and the modern.
China: High quality means savings (IAEEL 3-4/95) In an earlier issue (China - A Lighting Giant, IAEEL 3/94) we described the current lighting situation in China. We now can offer a special kind of estimate of the energy savings opportunities.
Greening the White House (IAEEL 1/94) On April 21st, the eve of Earth Day in the US, President Clinton made the following announcement: "For as long as I live in the White House, I want Americans to see it not only as a symbol of clean government, but also a clean environment. We're going to identify what it takes to make the White House a model for efficiency and waste reduction, and then we're going to get the job done."
Customer contacts (IAEEL 3/93) In Sweden, many electric utilities are setting up centers for their customers. In late autumn 1990, one of Sweden´s largest utilities, Stockholm Energi, opened a center in the middle of Stockholm. Here, the utility´s customers can pay their bills, ask questions regarding their energy consumption, borrow energy meters, etc.
Dim Times in Cuba (IAEEL 3/93) Although only a 45-minute plane ride from the dazzling lights of Miami, the land of Cuba bears little resemblance in terms of lighting and most other aspects of life.
Handmade quality (IAEEL 2/93) CFLs are now being assembled by hand in various countries. In some cases importing components results in lower import duties than importing finished products. The quality of the resulting lamps is rising steadily: e.g., 40% failure initially in Sri Lanka, now 10%.
Moscow: a word from the street (IAEEL 2/93) There are a whopping 220 000 street lamps in Moscow. An accurate measurement has not been made, but these lamps use about 720 million kWh each year, equal to the electricity produced by a 150-megawatt baseload power plant.
Lighting Manufacturers Look to Their Roots (IAEEL 2/93) Edison was more than a producer of lamps and kilowatt-hours - he sold illumination.
Rays of light for the former Soviet Union (IAEEL 1/93) In the former Soviet Union, about 40 000 megawatts of electric power (12% of the total) is devoted to providing illumination.In the former Soviet Union, about 40 000 megawatts of electric power (12% of the total) is devoted to providing illumination.
Specular reflectors great savers (IAEEL 2/92) The efficiency of existing fluorescent light fixtures can be improved by specular retrofit reflectors. These mirror-like devices can be mounted inside existing fixtures to direct light out of the fixture more efficiently.
Brazilian Thermal Power Plant Postponed (IAEEL 2/92) After reading a newspaper interview with professsor Gilberto De Martino Januzzi, a local lamp manufacturer donated 400 electronically ballasted, circular fluorescent tubes to a pilot program in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.
Absence of the Absent-Minded (IAEEL 1/92) Guests at the Greek Cretian Hotel Mirasol often leave both lights and air conditioning switched on when they leave their room. Now automatic controls have been installed.
Pacific Energy Center (IAEEL 1/92) California utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is educating lists customers at the recently opened Pacific Energy Center.