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1. Earth Day is April 22, 2011 - http://www.earthday.org/
2. From Howard Wiig, Institutional Energy Analyst, Dept. of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, State of Hawaii - The mercury from CFL's escaping into the atmosphere is not accurate. Mercury is dangerous when we (ot other species) inhale it in its gaseous state. The vast majority of CFL's are put into the garbage, where they are picked up and deposited into a garbage truck, where they break. There are (hopefully) no people in the garbage area to inhale the mercury gas. From the truck it generally goes to a landfill where it is covered over each day. Hence very little of the mercury escapes into the atmosphere, and when it does, it's not in proximity to humans. Finally, the amount of mercury in a CFL is equivalent to the amount of ink on a page when a ball-point pen's tip is pressed upon the page. The 75% energy savings achieved by CFL's is far more important than the minuscule amount of mercury from CFL's affecting humans. HWiig@dbedt.hawaii.gov
2. CORRECTION: GE Tours: Electric Vehicle Charging, Lighting Revolution - General Electric recently unveiled plans for two national tours: 3/15 TED
1) Seven-city EV Experience Tour: From the release: Each day-long stop in cities along the tour will include presentations by GE and community leaders, workshops to help stakeholders with EV planning, deployment, and integration strategies, and test drives. AND: GM, Ford, Toyota, Navistar, Smith Electric Vehicles, Mitsubishi, Coda, Smart, THINK and other organizations are working with GE on this. Stops:
• San Francisco (May 19) and Seattle (June 6)
• Los Angeles (March 17) and San Diego (March 22)
• Austin, Texas; New York City; and Washington, D.C. (to be scheduled)
2) 47-city GE Lighting Revolution Tour—first stop happened March 2 in Orlando, Fla.; there are 46 more to happen before November ends. What’s it about: LEDs, fluorescent, halogen and ceramic-metal halide lighting systems, GE said. Distributors, contractors, and others are invited; find out if the tour stops near you, and register, here. Upcoming stops:
• Houston—March 21
• Austin, Texas—March 28
• Dallas—April 4
3. GE to Build Largest US Solar Power Plant - GE is taking aim at the world's biggest solar company in a bid to expand into a fast-growing renewable energy market. General Electric Co. announced Thursday that it would spend $600 million to build the nation's biggest solar panel factory. It would build the same type of so-called thin film solar panels manufactured by First Solar Inc., the biggest producer of solar panels in the world. 4/7 AP
4. New NanoMarkets Report Predicts Asian OLED Lighting Market to Reach $2.1 Billion by 2016 - Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has released its latest report titled, “OLED Lighting Markets Asia-2011,” that says the market opportunities in Asia for OLED lighting will generate $2.1 billion by 2016. The report is the latest in NanoMarkets’ continuing coverage of the global OLED lighting marketplace. Additional details: http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/oled_lighting_in_asia_-_2011/
5. New York City’s Electricity Prices May Double by 2014 - The price of electric power in New York City could double over the next three years as the result of a recent ruling by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Power prices in New York City are already nearly two-thirds higher than the average price paid by consumers in other U.S. cities during any given month of the year. The gravamen of the dispute stems from federal “reliability standards” stipulating that New York City must be able to provide at least 80% of the electricity it uses during hours of peak demand from local power plants. In January, FERC issued a ruling that would substantially increase the price companies selling power in New York City pay for “capacity.” These companies pass the cost of buying this capacity on to consumers in the form of higher electricity bills. 4/4 Forbes
6. Microsoft, Toyota Partner on Energy Efficiency System - Microsoft and Toyota are forming a partnership to develop an in-car electronics system to allow Toyota's battery-powered vehicles to run more efficiently. They'll jointly invest $11.7 million in a Toyota subsidiary that provides data services to drivers. Along with plans for telematics services including data, navigation, in-car entertainment and multimedia, the system may manage energy use in vehicles. Toyota is looking to deploy the new system, powered by Microsoft's Azure platform, in its 2012 fleet of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles and expand it to all models by 2015. General Motors and Ford also offer products developed with Microsoft. Ford previously tapped Microsoft to power its Sync system. 4/7 Detroit Free Press
7. Emergency Lighting: Automatic Load Control Relay Requirements in 2011 NEC - NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code, and the International Building Code (IBC) require emergency lighting in all commercial and industrial buildings to facilitate emergency egress of people from the building and to reduce the possibility of panic in buildings during the exiting of large numbers of people during an emergency. Emergency lighting loads must be automatically energized or re-energized within 10 seconds of the electrical power outage, based on 700.12 of the NEC, and must stay energized for at least 90 minutes or for the anticipated time of the building evacuation. 3/’11 Electrical Contractor
8. A Systems Approach to Solid State Lighting by TE Connectivity - The transition from incandescent or fluorescent lighting fixtures to solid state lighting (SSL) presents lighting manufacturers with both a significant opportunity for growth and a daunting array of new engineering and design issues. The emergence of high-brightness (HB) LEDs has accelerated the conversion to SSL fixtures and will eventually overtake the use of CFLs as the preferred energy-efficient light source. This white paper provides lighting manufacturers with an overview of the elements involved in the design of SSL fixtures and describes the innovations of the TE Connectivity NEVALO system. http://www.ledjournal.com/images/White_Papers/NEVALO_WP_03%2016%2011.pdf
9. 2010 LED Resource Guide - This special issue features a comprehensive buyers guide of companies that manufacture LEDs, modules and arrays; providers of products, materials, components and services related to LED products and systems; LED technology developers and providers; and vendors of equipment, supplies and services for the manufacture of LED products and systems. http://www.ledjournal.com/images/PDFs/Online20Issues/2010/LEDRG2010.pdf
10. NEMA Guidelines on the Application of Dimming to High-Intensity Discharge Lamps -This document provides general information and considerations involved in the design and application of dimming circuitry employed with specific ballasts and lamps in the HID family. Download it free from the NEMA website. http://www.nema.org/stds/lsd14.cfm
11. LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. Technology to Shine in Australian Market - LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. (LRL) fixtures will soon be lighting up streets and roadways across Australia, thanks to a new partnership between LRL and PECAN Lighting Ltd. (PECAN), an Australian based street lighting company specializing in solar applications. Together, LRL and PECAN will bring energy efficient and environmentally friendly lighting solutions to the streets of Australia. 4/4 EC&M
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