1.
3M's New LED Light Bulb Designed to Burn for 25 Years - 3M Co. is coming out with what it says is a
better LED light bulb -- and its first-ever consumer bulb -- at the end of
August. The high-tech bulb looks like a
traditional incandescent but boasts a 25-year lifespan and a $25 price tag. The bulb is being manufactured at the 3M plant
in New Ulm, MN, with materials sourced from around the globe. Toward the end of August, shoppers will find
the bulb on shelves of select Walmart stores. http://www.twincities.com/ci_21223376/3ms-new-led-lightbulb-designed-burn-25-years
2. LEED-Certified Building Stock
Swells to Two Billion Square Feet Worldwide - The U.S. Green
Building Council (USGBC) announced that the total footprint of commercial
projects certified under its LEED green building program surpassed two billion
square feet. An additional seven billion square feet is currently in the
pipeline across the globe as registered projects. As the most widely
recognized and used green building program, LEED is certifying two million
square feet of commercial building space each day in more than 130 countries.
Today, nearly 50,000 commercial projects are currently participating in LEED,
comprising nine billion square feet of construction space. Additionally, nearly
23,000 homes across the U.S. have earned certification through the LEED for
Homes program, with nearly 86,000 additional units in the pipeline. That's more
than 159,000 registered and certified projects in LEED. http://www.tedmag.com
3.
Lighting Facts Institutes QA Testing, Requires Annual Product
Updates - Beginning October 1, the
LED Lighting Facts program will begin charging a fee for annual product
listings. It has already begun quality assurance testing, which results in a
green double-check mark on the label upon verification. The biggest change is that
Lighting Facts will now require that manufacturers update the status of their
listed products annually. Any product that has been on the list for more than
one year will have to be updated to assure whether it is available on the
market and to give the opportunity to update performance changes that have
taken place since the listing. In the
coming weeks, Lighting Facts will hold a number of webinars to educate LED
lighting manufacturers and users regarding the changes. http://ledsmagazine.com/news/9/8/2
4. National Grid Small Business Incentive
Program - National Grid offers incentives for up to 70% of the
cost of the installation of qualified energy efficient equipment and can
finance your share of the cost. Some of the
cost-cutting, energy efficient equipment available through this program
includes:
·
Lighting
upgrades (Now includes LED lights)
·
Lighting
occupancy sensors
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Walk-in
cooler efficiency measures
·
Site-specific
custom projects
5. Boulder
County's New Energy-Efficiency Loan Program - The EnergySmart loan program, which is being
administered by Elevations Credit Union, officially kicks off Wednesday. Elevations business energy loans offer financing for
energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades for businesses in Boulder County
and the City/County of Denver.
Loan details:
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Fixed
rates starting as low as 2.75% APR
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36, 60,
84 or 120 month terms
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Businesses
can apply for a loan between $1,000 and $150,000
·
Property
must be located in Boulder County or Denver County, Colorado
6. Hundreds
of Dearborn Streetlights to be Replaced with LED Fixtures -Dearborn City
Council on Monday approved $158,079.40 in funding for the energy efficiency
project. The project is funded through
the U.S. Department of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program,
and joins a previous city appropriation for $242,223.78 to be used to replace
318 streetlights. Since the approval of
the original project with DTE Energy in April, the pricing per light fixture
was reduced from $761 to $529.31. Therefore, the entire order–which will
replace 778 fixtures total will cost a total of $400,303.18. http://dearborn.patch.com/articles/hundreds-of-dearborn-streetlights-to-be-replaced-with-led-fixtures
7. Wide Differences Found in NYC Buildings’ Power Use - NYC Mayor
Bloomberg may target inefficient buildings next. The first comprehensive study of energy use by New York
City’s largest buildings shows some to be power hogs, using up to five times as
much electricity, natural gas, heating oil and steam as others of comparable
size or purpose. And there is ample room for improvement. The report http://www.nyc.gov/html/gbee/html/plan/ll84_scores.shtml to be released on Friday by the
city’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, estimates that if
poor-performing buildings in the city improved their efficiency and reached
just the median level of energy use in their categories, the city’s energy
consumption would decline by at least 18 percent and greenhouse gas emissions
would be cut by 24 percent. 8/2 NY Times
8. DOE Releases L Prize Lumen
Maintenance Report - The U.S. DOE has
published a report, Lumen Maintenance
Testing of the Philips 60-Watt Replacement Lamp L Prize Entry, after
completing 18,000 hours of lumen maintenance testing. Using the latest data, key
findings include: http://www.lightingprize.org/pdfs/lprize_60w-lumen-maint-testing.pdf
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Very little change in light output
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Chromaticity remains well within the L Prize requirements
·
Most recent data projects lumen maintenance will be 97.8% at
25,000 hours
9. Mississippi Universities to Cut Energy Costs
- Eight public Mississippi universities will be cutting energy
costs with a $725,000 grant from the Department of Energy. The Tennessee Valley
Authority, an electric company that services 36 counties in Mississippi, is
adding $150,000 to the grant over a three-year period. Mississippi is not the only state that
will receive money from the Department of Energy. The department is spending
$7.9 million across 13 states to help cut energy costs. Mississippi, however,
received the most money from the grant. http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2012/aug/08/universities-cut-energy-costs/
10.
Osram Develops LED Module for Historic Street Luminaires - Osram has developed an LED
module to enable rapid upgrading of historic street luminaires. The decorative
street lighting (DSL) module can be used for a wide variety of luminaires,
independent of the original manufacturer. The module is prepared upon request so that fitting is as simple as replacing lamps or sockets. Osram also notes that the integration of modern control units with intelligent light management can ensure further energy savings. http://ledsmagazine.com/news/9/8/3
11. Enterprise LED Lighting 2012
Research Report - Groom Energy and Greentech Media announced the release of
a new commercial and industrial LED lighting research report, "Enterprise
LED Lighting 2012: Commercial and Industrial Market Trends, Opportunities and
Leading Companies." An update to their previously published 2010 report,
the study revises earlier forecasts upward, now sizing the 2012 North American
market at $630 million, growing at 40 percent per year and expected to surpass
$2 billion in annual revenue by 2016. The report also introduces its Enterprise
LED Lamp and Fixture Price Index, which aggregates latest pricing for a broad
range of LED lamps and fixtures. The index shows that prices for enterprise
class LED light fixtures have declined by 24 percent in the two years since the
first publication of the report. To review an abstract or to purchase online, visit www.groomenergy.com or http://www.greentechmedia.com
An 8-Hour Distance Learning Seminar; Earns 0.8 CEU / 8 PDH; New Program
Starts October 1
Presented online in a series of four live two-hour time modules, this
seminar is designed to educate you about both the best types of applications
for utilizing current LED lighting technologies, as well as how these
technologies compare to other options available for the same lighting
scenarios.
You can participate in the seminar from your office, home, or anywhere
you have access to the internet and a phone. You'll have opportunities to
interact with your instructor and colleagues in real time during the four live
teleconferencing sessions, as well as in the time between sessions. AEE Seminars registrar@aeecenter.org
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