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Solar Decathlon: Not So Sunny, But Full of Energy!
I was fortunate to be able to spend the weekend visiting the Solar Decathlon houses on the Mall in Washington, D.C. (see the Solar Decathlon website and Amber’s last blog article “Curious” About Sustainable Design?). Miserable weather meant that the houses weren’t generating much electricity, but the energy produced by the students attracted many people... »
Quality Trumps Efficiency in the Lighting Game
Today, after decades of conspicuous energy and material consumption, escalating energy and construction costs and the desire to be more environmentally sustainable are forcing designers to rethink their strategies and to ask how we can do more with less. More stringent energy codes and LEED energy targets are among the most challenging of all... »
What’s “Efficient”?
Today we’re barraged by claims of “efficient lighting” or criticisms of “inefficient lighting”, but what does that actually mean, or what should we actually be concerned about as designers? In casual terms, we think of “efficient” lighting as using less energy to produce a given amount of light, or as producing more light for a... »
