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The High Price of Light: How Efficient is Your Interior Lighting?
Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by keith.
The price of having inefficient interior lighting can be deceptive. While a single fixture results in almost no energy cost, a recent study shows that the fixtures in a commercial building account for 38 percent of its annual electrical usage, which can equal out to thousands of unnecessary energy dollars when the fixtures are inefficient.
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The BP Oil Spill: Is Deep Sea Oil Drilling on its Way Out?
Posted on 18. Jul, 2010 by keith.
One of the biggest dreams of environmentalists around the world is that, sometime in the near future, we will stop relying on oil. Recently, that dream received a long awaited catalyst for change in BP’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Photoluminescent Exit Signs: How Cost Effective are they?
Posted on 17. Jul, 2010 by keith.
When you think about the energy efficiency of a building, the energy efficiency of its exit signs probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Compared to other building elements, such as interior lighting and HVAC components, exit signs use little electricity. But they do use enough to make a noticeable difference in your annual electric bill when you replace inefficient exit signs with efficient ones.