About a new New York State campus that is using sustainable building practices. From the New York Times July 27, 2008:
“Stony Brook Southampton will certainly be among a limited number of campuses with this level of commitment to sustainability,” says Judy Walton, acting executive director of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher [...]
A Sustainable University Campus
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Category: Building Science · Energy Information · Sustainable Living
Newsminer: Fairbanksans can save a little energy by choosing the right lights
August 13th, 2008 · No Comments
From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer August 11, 2008.
Here’s an amazing fact: About 10 percent of the energy used by a regular incandescent light bulb goes to produce light. The rest is wasted as heat. Though heat is always nice in our cold winters, it is very inefficient heat at a very high cost.
Energy-efficient lights produce [...]
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Lighten Your Electric Bill: Install New Lights
March 13th, 2008 · No Comments
BY: John Davies, CCHRC Research Director
Fairbanks Daily Newsminer 03/13/08 Section A3
There are many different types of energy efficient lighting available. For indoor use, typical choices involve replacing incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent lights (CFL) or old fluorescent tubes (T12) with newer ones (T8 or T5). LED lighting is available for some uses such as holiday [...]
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