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Pioneers in Spain: Energy Saving LED Bulbs Blow

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:36:22 +0000

The town of Collado Mediano Madrid, about 6,000 people andlocated in the Sierra de Guadarrama, has become the first in Spain tochange all their traditional lighting bulbs with LEDs. The change not only will save at least 40 percent (but could be up to 60) but also minimize light pollution.

But not only the installation of any lighting system is innovative city, theprocurement and payment system is too. The council only have to payan annual fee to the company (in this case was chosen by public tender Elecnor) that in no case exceed the amount of past consumption of electricity. This is what is called ESCO (Energy Service Company). Thus the council know exactly how the annual billamount and the company will seek to minimize fuel consumption anddamage to reduce waste and maximize profit.
In other countries already carried out actions of this type in SpainCollado Mediano has become a pioneer town, but surely not the lastto bet on technology as the basis for energy saving and environmental care.

The Government is Giving Away 10 Million to One Lucky Person

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:05:46 +0000

In 2007, the government decided that the incandescent bulb is not good enough anymore. It sucks energy and is bad for our environment and our pocket books. Compact fluorescent lights (CFL’s), are the new popular light bulb. CFL’s receive mediocre feedback from the general public and from electric companies.

Now in 2010 you can win 10 million dollars from the Government! All you need to do is make an energy efficient light bulb. LED’s are what is being pushed. I am super excited to see what braniac’s and electricians can come up with. The funny part is LED’s have been around forever.

We Are A Nation Of Energy Waste

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:37:36 +0000

For those of us with children, “don’t forget to turn out the lights” is a normal echo heard daily throughout the home almost like a broken record. For most of us here in the U.S., it is our way of reminding our children that energy today costs money, maybe a little too much.

It is good to be conscious about our daily use of the power we use, whether it be in the home or the gasoline we put in our automobile’s gas tank. As far as energy saving programs in the home, one just has to change all the power hungry incandescent lamps that are easily accessible with the latest CFL screw in type fluorescent lamps, because the CFL uses about 4 times less energy than the standard incandescent. Another way to save energy in the home is to turn down the thermostat two or three degrees in each zonal area. Of course, the way to compensate for the temperature adjustment is to increase the insulation in the attic or crawl space. You might even be able to leave the thermostat setting at the original temperature and still save the extra energy by just adding the extra insulation. Each of us has some control on our own dwelling, but what about the city or town you live in ?

All of us, many times have stopped at a traffic intersection with multiple red, green and yellow lights. We may not give it any notice or thought as we transit, but just before the turn of the 21st century, the lamps used were between 90 and 120 watts. Since then, they have slowly been replaced with a new lighting source called the LED lamp cluster. These new lamps now use as little as 1/10 the original power consumed by the incandescent lamp. That’s like cutting your heating costs of $ 1,000. a month down to $ 100. per month…a substantial savings.The traffic lighting intersections throughout the U.S. are still in the process of being retrofitted with these new LED lamps. Before this major change in our traffic lighting system, we were consuming hundreds of millions of watts of power and our cities and towns were spending millions in energy costs…being passed on to the consumer as is the case with all our nation’s services. We have been paying for this energy waste for decades.

Even The European Is Aware…

It is said that when an american tourist leaves their hotel at sign out, the lights are usually left on, something that would annoy the hotel owners, since they are left with the cost. It is not as though this is a standard american practice, but it is certainly noticed by the hotel owners. The average european is generally more energy conscious, we are told. Here in the U.S., the latest trend is that many college and university students are being given..for free, brand new CFL replacement lamps for their halogen light bulbs because some of the students would leave them on when they went out to visit a friend, or even for the weekend. There is an inherent danger using the halogen because they burn very hot, besides being power hungry and are a fire danger when left on and unattended.

It seems that the average american, though surely not the majority are not very “energy consumption” conscious. Being generally more affluent than the average european, we probably just figure, I have the money, why not spend it. The autos we drive are less gasoline efficient, something we are slowly beginning to change in our ways with the looming realities of Global Warming, it may just be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.