4 Times As Efficient and Lasts Over 20 Times Longer
Sometimes called the electronic light bulb, the induction lamp offers high efficiency and a very long life because it operates without an electrode nor a filament. At the center of the lamp is the induction coil powered by an electronic unit at the base of the lamp. This coil produces a magnetic field in the lamp that ultimately produces light. This coil is sometimes referred to as an energy-coupling antenna. Since the induction lamp has no filament to burn out, so the lamp does not fail catastrophically as do incandescent bulbs. As the phosphors in the glass housing age, the induction lamp simply dims. (more…)
Explore the potential impacts of climate change on our planet Earth and learn about solutions for adaptation and mitigation, in the context of the United Nation’s Climate Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen. Plus you get a
chance to see what all of words have been trying to communicate or as the old adage goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words!”
I apologize for the long wait on the Greensburg episodes. My DVR went belly up, and the replacement was a dud. So, get yourself a cup of coffee or tea, ’cause it’s a long one and here we go….
March, 2009
Steve Hewitt (Greensburg City Administrator), is a little frustrated, with all the construction projects like the hospital and schools in full swing, the Business Incubator should have been completed six months ago. The outside is finishing up construction, but the good thing is the interior is completed and hopefully in the next couple of weeks will come the ok to start moving business’ in..
Main Street is all torn up for building the Street Scape which will make it difficult to get to the Business Incubator even if it was completed. Not to mention the street construction is bad for all retail business’. Steve says you got to go through the bad to get to the good but it seems it is getting worse and worse with the Streetscape construction, like tearing up water lines and trying to pour concrete. But the good thing is they’ll only be in construction mode a couple of months.
The Kids, (Taylor Schmidt, Alexsis Fleener, & Levi Smith), are taking pictures around town. The Historical folks had found some pictures which survived the tornado, pictures of Greensburg from the late 19th century. So the kids thought it would be “kinda neat” to retake those pictures – one century later. Mustering their courage they go to the top of the grain elevator to recapture an old 1917 aerial shot of the town. They can see the whole town and marvel at how much the town has changed since the tornado two years before. (more…)
Here is a wonderful way for you to see, learn and experience some of the latest in home technologies.
The Tour features ENERGY STAR® products, eco-friendly construction methods and innovative technologies to demonstrate to thousands of consumers how to integrate energy efficient products into their homes. High performance, low maintenance building materials, home systems, and appliances will be showcased. (more…)
It has been known that commercial buildings take a lot of energy to keep them going.
The Sears Tower (Chicago) is going to be renamed to the Willis Tower later this summer and is now going to undergo a $350 million “green” retrofit for the 110-story office tower.
The plan calls for a reduction in its electricity consumption by 80 percent and water usage by 40 percent.
To achieve the savings, owner American Landmark Properties and its partners plan to: (more…)
In the western United States over the past few decades, wildfires have/are
burning more area for longer periods of time. Scientists have correlated the
rampant blazes with warmer temperatures and earlier snow melt.
The global average temperature in the past 100 years has risen 1.3 degrees F. (more…)
4 Times As Efficient and Lasts Over 20 Times Longer
Steve Hewitt (Greensburg City Administrator), is a little frustrated, with all the construction projects like the hospital and schools in full swing, the 
The Kids, (Taylor Schmidt, Alexsis Fleener, & Levi Smith), are taking pictures around town. The Historical folks had found some pictures which survived the tornado, pictures of Greensburg from the late 19th century. So the kids thought it would be “kinda neat” to retake those pictures – one century later. Mustering their courage they go to the top of the grain elevator to recapture an old 1917 aerial shot of the town. They can see the whole town and marvel at how much the town has changed since the tornado two years before. 
The Tour features ENERGY STAR® products, eco-friendly construction methods and innovative technologies to demonstrate to thousands of consumers how to integrate energy efficient products into their homes. High performance, low maintenance building materials, home systems, and appliances will be showcased. 
It has been known that commercial buildings take a lot of energy to keep them going.
