Extreme weather calls for emergency preparedness kits now more than ever Emergency preparedness kits are essential gear to keep residents safe as cold fronts, ice storms and tornados raged across the U.S. Again, we are reminded of how imperative it is to have a kit...
Disaster Preparedness Readiness is fundamental for keeping family, friends, co-workers, and citizens safe. Disaster preparedness readiness in an on-going practice. Each day the news reports a natural disaster, weather related or otherwise. The event may be a...
LED Lighting Facts Program led to IES Testing Standards and Product Labeling LED Lighting Facts Program originated in 2009. Working with qualified independent laboratories the Department of Energy (DOE) program identified quality issues with lighting merchandise. The...
Plant Walls or Green walls are increasingly appearing as an eco-friendly architectural element incorporated into aesthetic elements of new and redesigned buildings. Plant walls are vertically built soil holding structures designed to accommodate sustainable plant...
Sunlight Transport is a green technology supporting innovative architectural designs, improves employee productivity and health, and saves energy resulting in reducing the global carbon footprint. What is Sunlight Transport? The Swedish company Parans’, founded...
AMOC – Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation operates as a heat exchanger between warm equatorial and cold polar waters. The oceanic circulatory system is the driving force behind our planetary weather systems. New studies identified a significant slowdown...
Best Flashlight: Shake Flashlights, Crank Flashlights, Solar Flashlights and Solar Lantern Although best flashlight is subjective the below product summary offers insight into lighting options that go beyond traditional battery flashlight offerings. It’s always good...
The environment experienced a rough year in 2020, a result of a global pandemic and extreme natural disasters. The bushfires in Australia kicked off the new year, followed shortly by the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on social and economic systems around the world....
Best Shake Flashlight – When Light Really Matters! A Shake flashlight is a type of mechanically powered flashlight – powered manually through your own muscle power. Rechargeable shake flashlights use a capacitor or NiMH battery to store electrical energy in...
Area Lighting – Street, Parking Lots and Recreation Fields Outdoor Area LED Lighting is replacing high pressure sodium and metal halide lights. Flexible LED technology provides energy savings, design flexibility, long duration operation, and an assortment of benefits...
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 2018 report on Wind Power electricity generation shows a booming industry year. The report addresses costs and performance for three installation sectors including land based, offshore and distributed wind. Distributed wind is...
DesignLights Consortium Light Quality Considerations for V5.0. DesignLights Consortium (DLC) is a voluntary certification program focusing on energy efficiency in the LED/SSL industry. It operates as a resource for the lighting industry, utility companies and others...
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