Christopher Forbes has chosen Rago’s for the sale of a collection of Roycroft furnishings and metal ware, as well as other property from his two houses in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The catalogue will be available online and in print in early October.
“Kip Forbes has been buying furniture, lighting, and accessories made by the Roycroft Community circa 1900 – 1915 for over three decades,” said David Rago. “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing him since the 1980s and I count it a privilege to handle this sale for him. It’s one of the finest collections of Arts and Crafts material to come to market in the past ten years.”
Among the Roycroft property for sale is a one-of-a-kind chair made by Dard Hunter. Illustrated in the 1994 "Head, Heart and Hand: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters" published by the University of Rochester Press, it bears the legend "Sit down and rest thy weary bones." There is a leaded window from the Roycroft Inn and the original drawing of the Inn, both also by Dard Hunter.
There are two exceptional bookcases, a double door and a triple door, the double door being especially rare with two drawers below and in untouched original condition. There are two window seats with registration numbers from the Roycroft Inn; the carved door sign from the "Victor Hugo" room at the Roycroft Inn; two Roycroft Chandeliers; several Roycroft table lamps; a Roycroft Double Morris Chair, in addition to three regular Roycroft Morris Chairs; numerous pieces of Roycroft copper work including two American Beauty vases, a fernery, and a jardinière; a tall magazine pedestal; a mouse-hole tabouret; a dining room set with table, chairs, sideboard and server; several chests; two pairs of twin beds; plus various stands and other accessory furnishings and decorative arts, including pottery and Navajo rugs.
Christopher (Kip) Forbes is the third of five children born to publishing magnate Malcolm Forbes. He is the Vice Chairman of FORBES, the media company established by his grandfather in 1917. He has served on the boards of numerous museums and is currently Chairman of the American Friends of the Louvre.
In the 1970s, Forbes took charge of a pair of run-down 1915 houses on the Forbes family ranch. As renovations progressed, he bought Arts and Crafts furniture which he felt was undervalued and appropriate to the period of the house. In time, he began to appreciate the aesthetics and philosophy of the Arts and Crafts movement. He particularly admired the prominence of the orb-and-cross insignia with which Roycroft founder Elbert Hubbard marked each piece that emerged from his East Aurora, N.Y. workshops. And thus the collection began.
“Hubbard was one of the first ones to realize that branding was a good thing,” Forbes told Style 1900 magazine editor Fred Albert in an interview that appears in the magazine's Summer 2012 issue. “There was no discreet little Gustav Stickley label—it was right there in front of the furniture. I thought the guy was a brilliant marketer.”
2012年6月27日 星期三
2012年6月24日 星期日
Silicon substrate LED arrays delivering best thermal dissipation performance
Using proprietary Nano-Pore Silicon Substrate (NPSS) technology, Glaxum arrays are claimed to provide the industry’s best thermal dissipation performance with thermal impedance of only 0.410C / W. They are built using some of the highest efficacy, commercially available 1 WLED chips.
Daewon Innost developed the NPSS technology for LED modules specifically to provide the best thermal dissipation performance available today. The LED substrate is created by applying semiconductor lithography to silicon wafers allowing for fine pitch interconnection between GaN LED chips, providing a pitch spacing of 50 um as compared to over 300 um with current Metal Core Printed Circuit Board (MCPCB). NPSS offers several advantages over MCPCB including superior thermal performance, higher levels of integration, and favourable scaling which will offer lower system costs as power levels increase.
“We are delighted with the test results of our LED modules as independently tested by a leading LED chip supplier. The results demonstrate that we have surpassed the thermal performance of the best performing chip on board (COB) technology to date,” says Sungyuk ‘Stephen’ Won, CEO of Daewon Innost.
“Our Glaxum module runs over 12 degrees centigrade cooler than the previous top performing COB module. The industry rule of thumb is that each degree centigrade you can lower operating temperature translates to an extra 1000 hours of lifetime, so our cooler temperatures will provide longer life for LED arrays.”
“Our business success directly depends on the reliability of our products, and thermal performance is critical for lumen maintenance. AlterLume sees the introduction of Daewon Innost’s NPSS array packages as a seminal moment in LED lighting technology, and we are proud to be part of its advance in both technology improvements and cost reduction,” concludes Brent.
XL Video continues to supply Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto (MX) world tour with LED screens, cameras / HD PPU, media servers and control plus crew. The expanded design features XL Video’s brand new Pixled F-12 LED screen product.
The screen layout for this leg of the tour, developed by production and lighting designer, Paul Normandale, features five striking circular F-12 surfaces onstage. The central screen measures 9 metres in diameter and is flanked by two screens at 8 metres and two more screens at 10 metres on the outside. The two 8 metre screens are slightly angled to maximise site lines for the audience seated on the sides of the stadiums. The screens contain over 1140 Pixled F-12 tiles, flown as squares from special screen support towers supplied by StageCo and are masked with circular set fascias, constructed by Tait Technologies and splattered with graffiti.
XL Video worked closely with Tait Technologies to design a custom touring system for the F-12 screens to make rigging straightforward and safe. This also includes sets of dollies in which the screen panels are stored for transit, giving full portability and expedient truck packing.
XL Video is supplying seven Sony HXC-100 cameras in total. Two are fitted with long lenses, two are hand-helds, one is stationed on a tripod and two cover either side of the central ramp, coming offstage into the audience.
Daewon Innost developed the NPSS technology for LED modules specifically to provide the best thermal dissipation performance available today. The LED substrate is created by applying semiconductor lithography to silicon wafers allowing for fine pitch interconnection between GaN LED chips, providing a pitch spacing of 50 um as compared to over 300 um with current Metal Core Printed Circuit Board (MCPCB). NPSS offers several advantages over MCPCB including superior thermal performance, higher levels of integration, and favourable scaling which will offer lower system costs as power levels increase.
“We are delighted with the test results of our LED modules as independently tested by a leading LED chip supplier. The results demonstrate that we have surpassed the thermal performance of the best performing chip on board (COB) technology to date,” says Sungyuk ‘Stephen’ Won, CEO of Daewon Innost.
“Our Glaxum module runs over 12 degrees centigrade cooler than the previous top performing COB module. The industry rule of thumb is that each degree centigrade you can lower operating temperature translates to an extra 1000 hours of lifetime, so our cooler temperatures will provide longer life for LED arrays.”
“Our business success directly depends on the reliability of our products, and thermal performance is critical for lumen maintenance. AlterLume sees the introduction of Daewon Innost’s NPSS array packages as a seminal moment in LED lighting technology, and we are proud to be part of its advance in both technology improvements and cost reduction,” concludes Brent.
XL Video continues to supply Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto (MX) world tour with LED screens, cameras / HD PPU, media servers and control plus crew. The expanded design features XL Video’s brand new Pixled F-12 LED screen product.
The screen layout for this leg of the tour, developed by production and lighting designer, Paul Normandale, features five striking circular F-12 surfaces onstage. The central screen measures 9 metres in diameter and is flanked by two screens at 8 metres and two more screens at 10 metres on the outside. The two 8 metre screens are slightly angled to maximise site lines for the audience seated on the sides of the stadiums. The screens contain over 1140 Pixled F-12 tiles, flown as squares from special screen support towers supplied by StageCo and are masked with circular set fascias, constructed by Tait Technologies and splattered with graffiti.
XL Video worked closely with Tait Technologies to design a custom touring system for the F-12 screens to make rigging straightforward and safe. This also includes sets of dollies in which the screen panels are stored for transit, giving full portability and expedient truck packing.
XL Video is supplying seven Sony HXC-100 cameras in total. Two are fitted with long lenses, two are hand-helds, one is stationed on a tripod and two cover either side of the central ramp, coming offstage into the audience.
2012年6月18日 星期一
The 2012 Volvo XC60 offers added power
Not a lot of newbies on the 2012 Volvo XC60, but new sub-trim levels accept been added. The T6-R architecture is decked out big time, it has added ability and yield a attending at the Dynamic Package on the AWD version.
The 2012 Volvo XC60 is a affluence bunched SUV and a top-of-the-line best set adjoin the Audi Q5 and the Mercedes-Benz GLK350, but you can aswell analyze with the bazaar that comes in with a bit of a lower amount tag like the Nissan Murano or the Ford Edge.
The 2012 Volvo XC60 seats up to 5 humans and comes in three trim levels: 3.2, T6 and the T6 R-Design. Each trim aswell comes with standard, Premier Plus and Platinum sub-trims, but in the 3.2 there is an added Premier sub-trim.
The basal appearance on the 3.2 are 17-inch wheels, roof rails, acrimonious mirrors, cruise control, a dual-zone altitude control, an eight-way ability disciplinarian bench with anamnesis functions, a tilt-and-telescoping council caster that is leather-wrapped both the caster and the shifter, a split-folding 40/20/40 backseat, and an auto-dimming rearview mirror.
The 3.2 Premier and T6 versions accept added silver-painted roof rails, brave rear windows, a across-the-board sunroof, and covering upholstery while the T6 comes with a added absorbing engine and 18-inch wheels.
Take agenda too that on the Premier Plus sub-trims there are the added appearance of parking sensors, a ability lift-gate and ability folding rear arch restraints.
Up that to the Platinum trim and you get a rearview camera, a aeronautics arrangement and 12 speakers with beleaguer sound.
With the R-Design the appearance bout the T6 except there is added engine ability and a sport-tuned suspension, accompanying chrome exhausts, action council wheel, and action seats.
Options cover a Altitude Package with headlight washers, acrimonious windshield washer nozzles, automated wipers, and acrimonious foreground and rear seats. The Technology Package will accord you adaptive cruise control, a blow admonishing and alive anchor system, a ambit alive system, a disciplinarian absorption admonishing system, and a lane-departure admonishing system, and with all these trims you can accept abnormally keyless ignition/entry, a blind-spot admonishing arrangement and chip rear booster seats.
The Dynamic Package can be added to the TG with adaptivesuspension, speed-sensitive council and adaptive headlights.
Under the hood, the 2012 Volvo XC60 3.2 has a 3.2-liter inline-6 engine cranking out 240 application and 236 pound-feet of torque and that is with a six-speed automated and front-wheel drive, but all-wheel drive is an option.
On the T6 it’s a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 with 300 application and 325 pound-feet of torque. Again, a six-speed automated is standard, but with all-wheel drive.
This Volvo comes in with higher-than-average assurance ratings too with antilock brakes, absorption and adherence control, foreground ancillary and ancillary blind airbags, and whiplash-preventing foreground seats. You aswell get what is alleged City Safety, which helps abstain low-speed aboveboard appulse instead applying the brakes, even after disciplinarian intervention.
There are the alternative assurance appearance too like the chip adolescent booster seats, blind-spot warning, blow admonishing and alive braking, ambit alert, disciplinarian absorption warning, lane departure, and even a baby adviser that can ascertain intruders central the car (now that’s a first, but you never apperceive if you ability charge it).
The 2012 Volvo XC60 is a affluence bunched SUV and a top-of-the-line best set adjoin the Audi Q5 and the Mercedes-Benz GLK350, but you can aswell analyze with the bazaar that comes in with a bit of a lower amount tag like the Nissan Murano or the Ford Edge.
The 2012 Volvo XC60 seats up to 5 humans and comes in three trim levels: 3.2, T6 and the T6 R-Design. Each trim aswell comes with standard, Premier Plus and Platinum sub-trims, but in the 3.2 there is an added Premier sub-trim.
The basal appearance on the 3.2 are 17-inch wheels, roof rails, acrimonious mirrors, cruise control, a dual-zone altitude control, an eight-way ability disciplinarian bench with anamnesis functions, a tilt-and-telescoping council caster that is leather-wrapped both the caster and the shifter, a split-folding 40/20/40 backseat, and an auto-dimming rearview mirror.
The 3.2 Premier and T6 versions accept added silver-painted roof rails, brave rear windows, a across-the-board sunroof, and covering upholstery while the T6 comes with a added absorbing engine and 18-inch wheels.
Take agenda too that on the Premier Plus sub-trims there are the added appearance of parking sensors, a ability lift-gate and ability folding rear arch restraints.
Up that to the Platinum trim and you get a rearview camera, a aeronautics arrangement and 12 speakers with beleaguer sound.
With the R-Design the appearance bout the T6 except there is added engine ability and a sport-tuned suspension, accompanying chrome exhausts, action council wheel, and action seats.
Options cover a Altitude Package with headlight washers, acrimonious windshield washer nozzles, automated wipers, and acrimonious foreground and rear seats. The Technology Package will accord you adaptive cruise control, a blow admonishing and alive anchor system, a ambit alive system, a disciplinarian absorption admonishing system, and a lane-departure admonishing system, and with all these trims you can accept abnormally keyless ignition/entry, a blind-spot admonishing arrangement and chip rear booster seats.
The Dynamic Package can be added to the TG with adaptivesuspension, speed-sensitive council and adaptive headlights.
Under the hood, the 2012 Volvo XC60 3.2 has a 3.2-liter inline-6 engine cranking out 240 application and 236 pound-feet of torque and that is with a six-speed automated and front-wheel drive, but all-wheel drive is an option.
On the T6 it’s a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-6 with 300 application and 325 pound-feet of torque. Again, a six-speed automated is standard, but with all-wheel drive.
This Volvo comes in with higher-than-average assurance ratings too with antilock brakes, absorption and adherence control, foreground ancillary and ancillary blind airbags, and whiplash-preventing foreground seats. You aswell get what is alleged City Safety, which helps abstain low-speed aboveboard appulse instead applying the brakes, even after disciplinarian intervention.
There are the alternative assurance appearance too like the chip adolescent booster seats, blind-spot warning, blow admonishing and alive braking, ambit alert, disciplinarian absorption warning, lane departure, and even a baby adviser that can ascertain intruders central the car (now that’s a first, but you never apperceive if you ability charge it).
2012年6月17日 星期日
Carrera spot on
Just take a quick look at the newest 911, codenamed 991, as tested in Life this week. It looks just like before, especially with that iconic frog-like profile.
But the moment you see it on the road, it feels instantly new. The slimmer rear lights, clearer circular headlamps with a row of LED lights below them play to that effect.
It may look like a facelift of the old model, known internally as 997, but truth be told, it is evolution at its best, which is hardly surprising then.
In spite of that familiar shape, the package has been slightly enlarged. The wheelbase, for instance, has grown by 100mm. And if you thought you can now move around another three persons from place to place, think again.
Yes, space up front now feels airier and accommodates people of most sizes.
But the rear perches remain pathetic to sit in: you still sit down with your knees up and try looking for head or legroom which is hardly there. Even children are inclined to complain.
Equally pointless are the backrests that fold down to create a shelf rather than a usable boot _ like before. And speaking of cargo space, the most that can be taken up front is a not-too-big suitcase. That's the 911's usual tradition and its compromise.
The driving environment is all too familiar, as well. The classic panel dial set-up remains intact and the concept of the centre console has been lifted from the Cayenne and Panamera.
Fortunately, the switches in the 911 don't feel as fussily scattered as in those niche-diversifying Porsches, but you still need some lessons in rocket science to truly understand how all of those functions work.
Which naturally means that the 911 isn't free from ergonomic faults. The steering wheel _ even in its highest setting _ slightly obscures some information readouts on the panel. The same goes for the long paddle-shifters for the PDK automatic gearbox.
But all this aside, it's such a nice place to be, the 911. Like with all other Porsches, there's a great sense of bullet-proof quality in the car.
But here's the best bit of the 911 and, perhaps, the part to practically eclipse the 911's flaws entirely and make it a winner against any possible conceivable rival within the 15 million baht bracket of sports cars in Thailand.
It's none other than the driving experience, which isn't surprising again because the 911 was always about that.
The most notable improvements in the Boxer flat-six came with the 997, so Porsche has sat back comfortably and forwarded it into the 991 _ with tweaks in power outputs, of course, to keep potential buyers from moaning.
The basic Carrera, for instance, has a more powerful 350hp (despite a smaller 3.4-litre capacity) and the go-faster Carrera S 400hp (via an unchanged 3.8-litre displacement).
As you all well know now, Porsche's latest engines not only became more powerful but also more frugal, thanks to energy-saving devices like automatic stop/start. Plus, the 991 weighs around 40kg less than the 997.
But the moment you see it on the road, it feels instantly new. The slimmer rear lights, clearer circular headlamps with a row of LED lights below them play to that effect.
It may look like a facelift of the old model, known internally as 997, but truth be told, it is evolution at its best, which is hardly surprising then.
In spite of that familiar shape, the package has been slightly enlarged. The wheelbase, for instance, has grown by 100mm. And if you thought you can now move around another three persons from place to place, think again.
Yes, space up front now feels airier and accommodates people of most sizes.
But the rear perches remain pathetic to sit in: you still sit down with your knees up and try looking for head or legroom which is hardly there. Even children are inclined to complain.
Equally pointless are the backrests that fold down to create a shelf rather than a usable boot _ like before. And speaking of cargo space, the most that can be taken up front is a not-too-big suitcase. That's the 911's usual tradition and its compromise.
The driving environment is all too familiar, as well. The classic panel dial set-up remains intact and the concept of the centre console has been lifted from the Cayenne and Panamera.
Fortunately, the switches in the 911 don't feel as fussily scattered as in those niche-diversifying Porsches, but you still need some lessons in rocket science to truly understand how all of those functions work.
Which naturally means that the 911 isn't free from ergonomic faults. The steering wheel _ even in its highest setting _ slightly obscures some information readouts on the panel. The same goes for the long paddle-shifters for the PDK automatic gearbox.
But all this aside, it's such a nice place to be, the 911. Like with all other Porsches, there's a great sense of bullet-proof quality in the car.
But here's the best bit of the 911 and, perhaps, the part to practically eclipse the 911's flaws entirely and make it a winner against any possible conceivable rival within the 15 million baht bracket of sports cars in Thailand.
It's none other than the driving experience, which isn't surprising again because the 911 was always about that.
The most notable improvements in the Boxer flat-six came with the 997, so Porsche has sat back comfortably and forwarded it into the 991 _ with tweaks in power outputs, of course, to keep potential buyers from moaning.
The basic Carrera, for instance, has a more powerful 350hp (despite a smaller 3.4-litre capacity) and the go-faster Carrera S 400hp (via an unchanged 3.8-litre displacement).
As you all well know now, Porsche's latest engines not only became more powerful but also more frugal, thanks to energy-saving devices like automatic stop/start. Plus, the 991 weighs around 40kg less than the 997.
2012年6月14日 星期四
Switching off Southport’s street lights overnight
TURNING off Southport’s street lights overnight is one of a series of options being put forward by Sefton Council – as part of cost-cutting proposals to reduce its electricity spending.
The council has launched a public consultation over the future of street lighting in a bid to combat rising energy prices and reduce the amount of electricity consumed by street lights. Options on the table include:
Replacing current lighting with more energy efficient units. This would result in a white, rather than amber, light produced.
Replacing current lighting with LED units. This would also see a change to white lighting. LED lights are more expensive to install but can last up to 20 years.
Switching off street lights between 12 midnight and 6am.
The council says considerations for this option would include an area's road accident record, its history of anti-social behaviour and the volume of pedestrians, and it may not be appropriate for all areas. The council has already begun trialling energy saving lights in around 9,000 lights in the borough, including Oakwood Drive in Ainsdale and Sunny Road in Churchtown. It is also trialling LED lights, funded through the Local Transport Plan, in a number of streets including Rawlinson Road.
Alan Lunt, Sefton Council's director of built environment, said: “Sefton currently has around 31,500 street lights, 1,100 illuminated bollards and almost 2,000 illuminated traffic signs.
“Typically these lights account for around 30% of the council's current electricity bill and about 23% of our carbon emissions. It is very important that we look at reducing this consumption wherever possible and equally crucial that we understand residents’ views before we take any options forward. For this reason we are very keen that people take some time out to complete the short questionnaire in the coming weeks.”
The majority of LG's new digital signage models are Full HD 1080p displays with either edge-lit or full back-lit LED configurations, helping them produce exceptional picture quality and providing a more impactful information relay. Many models with full LED backlighting incorporate Local Dimming for superior lighting control by allowing sections of the LED array located behind the screen to dim or turn off entirely. The result is amazing clarity, deeper blacks and richer colors for better contrast and color accuracy. To help ensure the content's picture quality integrity is maintained, even in harsh lighting conditions, select models include LG's Shine Out technology, a film designed to deflect ambient light. This helps to avoid color wash out or lackluster images by increasing perceived brightness.
Also included on all LED models is LG's In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel technology to help ensure accurate color saturation and contrast at off-angle viewing (both horizontal and vertical), resulting in a display with great picture quality that can be installed at virtually any angle or height. IPS technology also provides a temperature tolerance of up to 230 degrees Fahrenheit (110 degrees Celsius), which helps alleviate a common problem of screens overheating and suffering from permanent picture quality damage.
The council has launched a public consultation over the future of street lighting in a bid to combat rising energy prices and reduce the amount of electricity consumed by street lights. Options on the table include:
Replacing current lighting with more energy efficient units. This would result in a white, rather than amber, light produced.
Replacing current lighting with LED units. This would also see a change to white lighting. LED lights are more expensive to install but can last up to 20 years.
Switching off street lights between 12 midnight and 6am.
The council says considerations for this option would include an area's road accident record, its history of anti-social behaviour and the volume of pedestrians, and it may not be appropriate for all areas. The council has already begun trialling energy saving lights in around 9,000 lights in the borough, including Oakwood Drive in Ainsdale and Sunny Road in Churchtown. It is also trialling LED lights, funded through the Local Transport Plan, in a number of streets including Rawlinson Road.
Alan Lunt, Sefton Council's director of built environment, said: “Sefton currently has around 31,500 street lights, 1,100 illuminated bollards and almost 2,000 illuminated traffic signs.
“Typically these lights account for around 30% of the council's current electricity bill and about 23% of our carbon emissions. It is very important that we look at reducing this consumption wherever possible and equally crucial that we understand residents’ views before we take any options forward. For this reason we are very keen that people take some time out to complete the short questionnaire in the coming weeks.”
The majority of LG's new digital signage models are Full HD 1080p displays with either edge-lit or full back-lit LED configurations, helping them produce exceptional picture quality and providing a more impactful information relay. Many models with full LED backlighting incorporate Local Dimming for superior lighting control by allowing sections of the LED array located behind the screen to dim or turn off entirely. The result is amazing clarity, deeper blacks and richer colors for better contrast and color accuracy. To help ensure the content's picture quality integrity is maintained, even in harsh lighting conditions, select models include LG's Shine Out technology, a film designed to deflect ambient light. This helps to avoid color wash out or lackluster images by increasing perceived brightness.
Also included on all LED models is LG's In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel technology to help ensure accurate color saturation and contrast at off-angle viewing (both horizontal and vertical), resulting in a display with great picture quality that can be installed at virtually any angle or height. IPS technology also provides a temperature tolerance of up to 230 degrees Fahrenheit (110 degrees Celsius), which helps alleviate a common problem of screens overheating and suffering from permanent picture quality damage.
2012年6月13日 星期三
NCKU Innovates LED Modular Fish-Attractive System to Boost Green Fishery
A high-brightness light-emitting diode (LED) fish lamp featuring in fish attraction light pattern is innovated by Professor Ming-Chung Fang and Sheng-Chih Shen of Department of Systems and Naval Mechatronic Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), southern Taiwan, to enhance the efficiency of fish aggregating and energy saving.
Fish attraction light pattern, the original design of the NCKU research team, employed biological phototaxis, LED underwater transfer model and energy mapping may be the first attempt in the world to apply the concept of illumination pattern to fishing lights, according to Fang.
The device using fish attraction light pattern will not only lure the fish stay in the pattern but reduce the fuel consumption significantly, Shen added.
The findings shed light on contemporary fisheries research and benefit the fishermen in Taiwan and other regions as well.
Using the LED fish lamp can reduce by 15%-20% of the ship's overall fuel consumption, according to the study.
The research project is supported by Ministry of Education (MOE) and Fisheries Agency, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan (FA, COA) and the initial results of the technology has been transferred to two local manufacturers, said Shen adding that the lamp has been successfully assembled in some of Taiwan's coastal fishing and far-sea fishing vessels.
If all fishing vessels in Taiwan use LED lamps, the fishermen will save a total of NT$600 million to NT$700 million in fuel costs each year, according to the statistics compiled by the research.
The device with modular design can be assembled effortlessly and adjusted to the proper angle according to the habit of the fish, said Shen adding that the design will cut down remarkably on the costs of maintenance.
For Taiwan fishery example, in terms of far-sea fishery, the cost of fuel can be curtailed by 18%, with NT$560 million dollars in a year; on the other hand, in coastal fishery, up to 20% fuel consumption can be saved, with NT$1,100 million dollars in a year.
In addition, the professor said the LED lamp is also safer for fishermen, who are often exposed to hazardous ultraviolet rays emitted by traditional fishing lamps.
One group of residents have made an estimated 100,000 of annual energy savings following the success of a pioneering community project aimed at lowering carbon emissions.
The Low Carbon Zone scheme was launched by Richmond Council with the help of British Gas in 2010 and more than 1,000 people have joined, with friends and neighbours signing up as street champions who patrol Ham and Petersham sharing energy saving ideas.
Street champion Justine Glynn, of Lake Crescent, Ham, said: “I wanted to give something back and encourage my neighbours to get involved and benefit from energy saving measures.
Changes adopted by Ham and Petersham residents include 86 per cent of households installing real time energy monitors to measure electricity usage, 82 per cent installing radiator foils, 63 per cent installing TV standby saver extension plugs and 53 per cent using energy-saving light bulbs.
Shops got in on the action with energy efficient LED spot lights, and schools installed solar panels and started growing their own vegetables.
Fish attraction light pattern, the original design of the NCKU research team, employed biological phototaxis, LED underwater transfer model and energy mapping may be the first attempt in the world to apply the concept of illumination pattern to fishing lights, according to Fang.
The device using fish attraction light pattern will not only lure the fish stay in the pattern but reduce the fuel consumption significantly, Shen added.
The findings shed light on contemporary fisheries research and benefit the fishermen in Taiwan and other regions as well.
Using the LED fish lamp can reduce by 15%-20% of the ship's overall fuel consumption, according to the study.
The research project is supported by Ministry of Education (MOE) and Fisheries Agency, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan (FA, COA) and the initial results of the technology has been transferred to two local manufacturers, said Shen adding that the lamp has been successfully assembled in some of Taiwan's coastal fishing and far-sea fishing vessels.
If all fishing vessels in Taiwan use LED lamps, the fishermen will save a total of NT$600 million to NT$700 million in fuel costs each year, according to the statistics compiled by the research.
The device with modular design can be assembled effortlessly and adjusted to the proper angle according to the habit of the fish, said Shen adding that the design will cut down remarkably on the costs of maintenance.
For Taiwan fishery example, in terms of far-sea fishery, the cost of fuel can be curtailed by 18%, with NT$560 million dollars in a year; on the other hand, in coastal fishery, up to 20% fuel consumption can be saved, with NT$1,100 million dollars in a year.
In addition, the professor said the LED lamp is also safer for fishermen, who are often exposed to hazardous ultraviolet rays emitted by traditional fishing lamps.
One group of residents have made an estimated 100,000 of annual energy savings following the success of a pioneering community project aimed at lowering carbon emissions.
The Low Carbon Zone scheme was launched by Richmond Council with the help of British Gas in 2010 and more than 1,000 people have joined, with friends and neighbours signing up as street champions who patrol Ham and Petersham sharing energy saving ideas.
Street champion Justine Glynn, of Lake Crescent, Ham, said: “I wanted to give something back and encourage my neighbours to get involved and benefit from energy saving measures.
Changes adopted by Ham and Petersham residents include 86 per cent of households installing real time energy monitors to measure electricity usage, 82 per cent installing radiator foils, 63 per cent installing TV standby saver extension plugs and 53 per cent using energy-saving light bulbs.
Shops got in on the action with energy efficient LED spot lights, and schools installed solar panels and started growing their own vegetables.
2012年6月12日 星期二
City Theatrical debuts Moving Light Assistant
Moving Light Assistant has joined the City Theatrical family of professional lighting software which includes Vectorworks and Lightwright 5. Moving Light Assistant simplifies the complex task of organizing and documenting moving light rigs.
Visitors to City Theatrical's stand 50 at ABTT 2012 at the Old Truman Brewery can see a demonstration of the programme from its author, professional designer/programmer Andrew Voller.
Moving Light Assistant can be used from the pre-production phase for planning and designing the moving light rig right through to producing the final documentation of the programming, and is designed to fill the needs of deisgners, programmers, production electricians, and show crews. Moving Light Assistant's licensing program is simple and straightforward and the product is free for those who only need a reader/demo version.
City Theatrical will also be showing their full line of SHoW DMX wireless DMX products, including two new outdoor products, SHoW DMX Vero Net, an outdoor wireless DMX Transceiver in a NEMA 4 / IP66 rated enclosure that accepts all major entertainment Ethernet protocols including sACN, Art-Net, Kinet, and Pathport, and SHoW DMX Vero, a smaller version of the product that accepts DMX input only.
These two new products join the indoor SHoW DMX Neo Transceiver and Receiver, and SHoW DMX SHoW Baby are compatible with them, and are the latest innovations in City Theatrical's 10 years of wireless DMX development and manufacturing.
SHoW DMX Neo features the high data fidelity that the multi-award winning SHoW DMX is famous for, as well as incredibly fast 7ms latency, ensuring that wired and wireless DMX sources will appear exactly the same. All SHoW DMX Neo products including SHoW DMX Vero and Vero Net feature the ability to optimize control of output power, full or limited bandwidth broadcast, and the ability to broadcast less than the full DMX packet to shrink the radio footprint. For the users who do not want to manually optimize their broadcast, SHoW DMX Neo products also have Neo Adaptive Mode that will select only open radio channels to broadcast on, with no user intervention needed. All SHoW DMX Neo products will also "heal" lost data packets.
City Theatrical is the exclusive distributor of Pathway Connectivity DMX and Ethernet distribution products and Robert Armstrong of Pathway will be on hand to demonstrate the complete line of Pathway products and to answer questions from users, consultants, and specifiers.
The full line of City Theatrical's unique lighting accessories for conventional, LED, and moving lights will also be on display.
Visitors to City Theatrical's stand 50 at ABTT 2012 at the Old Truman Brewery can see a demonstration of the programme from its author, professional designer/programmer Andrew Voller.
Moving Light Assistant can be used from the pre-production phase for planning and designing the moving light rig right through to producing the final documentation of the programming, and is designed to fill the needs of deisgners, programmers, production electricians, and show crews. Moving Light Assistant's licensing program is simple and straightforward and the product is free for those who only need a reader/demo version.
City Theatrical will also be showing their full line of SHoW DMX wireless DMX products, including two new outdoor products, SHoW DMX Vero Net, an outdoor wireless DMX Transceiver in a NEMA 4 / IP66 rated enclosure that accepts all major entertainment Ethernet protocols including sACN, Art-Net, Kinet, and Pathport, and SHoW DMX Vero, a smaller version of the product that accepts DMX input only.
These two new products join the indoor SHoW DMX Neo Transceiver and Receiver, and SHoW DMX SHoW Baby are compatible with them, and are the latest innovations in City Theatrical's 10 years of wireless DMX development and manufacturing.
SHoW DMX Neo features the high data fidelity that the multi-award winning SHoW DMX is famous for, as well as incredibly fast 7ms latency, ensuring that wired and wireless DMX sources will appear exactly the same. All SHoW DMX Neo products including SHoW DMX Vero and Vero Net feature the ability to optimize control of output power, full or limited bandwidth broadcast, and the ability to broadcast less than the full DMX packet to shrink the radio footprint. For the users who do not want to manually optimize their broadcast, SHoW DMX Neo products also have Neo Adaptive Mode that will select only open radio channels to broadcast on, with no user intervention needed. All SHoW DMX Neo products will also "heal" lost data packets.
City Theatrical is the exclusive distributor of Pathway Connectivity DMX and Ethernet distribution products and Robert Armstrong of Pathway will be on hand to demonstrate the complete line of Pathway products and to answer questions from users, consultants, and specifiers.
The full line of City Theatrical's unique lighting accessories for conventional, LED, and moving lights will also be on display.
2012年6月11日 星期一
Parking lot and garage safety
However, it is the better quality of lighting and the fact that lighting controls and motion detectors have been tied into the company’s surveillance system that has improved the safety of the 3000 employees on the premises.
“The real payoff came that first night we turned the lights on. The light output was so much better than what we had previously – the color, the distribution of the light – I knew we had made the right decision,” said Jim Young, vice president, corporate facilities for Marriott International, Inc.
“The parking lot and garage were dim and poorly lit and Marriott executives started to get complaints from employees who worked late and came in early,” explained Sean Veit, associate product manager of GE Lighting. “They knew they had to address their lighting situation because they had primarily a metal-halide system that hadn’t been re-lamped in over five years.”
Marriott purchased outdoor LED light fixtures from three vendors and compared their performance for a year. “We preferred the output and uniformity of GE’s Evolve LED lighting,” said Young. “GE performed a comprehensive lighting audit of our existing system, provided photometric analysis with 3D renderings of the new system, and forecasted our energy and maintenance savings. GE excelled as both a trusted strategic consultant and solutions provider,” added Young.
Security and energy savings were top priorities when considering new lighting to cover the nearly two million ft2 (45 acres) of parking and garage space at Marriott headquarters . Veit explained that the outdoor area included around 400 metal-halide fixtures and 200 mercury-vapor fixtures. “The ballasts of the mercury-vapor lamps had been legislated out in 1998 or 1999, so a lot of rewiring was required on those fixtures, but the decision was made to go to nearly all LED.” The outdoor lots are now lit by more than 230 Evolve LED area lights, while the parking deck has nearly 400 Evolve LED garage light fixtures , several Evolve LED tunnel lights and efficient GE T8 fluorescent lamps. Collectively, a 280W reduction per outdoor lighting fixture is expected to reduce electricity use by 580,000 kWh/yr, equating to $70,000 in utility cost savings.
Our LED area lights consume between 97W and 220W and were designed to replace traditional 400W to 1000W high-intensity discharge systems that can spill and waste light,” said Steve Briggs, vice president of product management and marketing for GE Lighting Solutions.
Veit explained that in the garage area, roughly 150 motion sensors are in place. “So at 2 am, if motion is detected, the lights that are currently dimmed to around 30 percent will automatically raise to 80 percent light output level. This is tied into the security system, so a camera will instantly show the security guard whether there is a deer in the garage or if something is going on that he should know about. That was a functionality that Marriott was very excited about.”
The corporate sign that welcomes visitors to the Marriott headquarters had a problem with moisture penetration, which often shorted out the ballast and led to frequent repairs. GE installed its Tetra PowerStrip LED lighting to remediate this reliability issue.
In addition to its parking lot and garage lighting, Marriott coordinated with Montgomery County government officials to replace 32 180W metal-halide street lights along the road that serves its headquarters and neighboring companies. With the initial cost of GE’s 106W Evolve LED Roadway Cobrahead fixtures covered by Marriott, the county will realize an energy savings of using 10,000 fewer kWh each year or $1200 in annual energy savings.
“The real payoff came that first night we turned the lights on. The light output was so much better than what we had previously – the color, the distribution of the light – I knew we had made the right decision,” said Jim Young, vice president, corporate facilities for Marriott International, Inc.
“The parking lot and garage were dim and poorly lit and Marriott executives started to get complaints from employees who worked late and came in early,” explained Sean Veit, associate product manager of GE Lighting. “They knew they had to address their lighting situation because they had primarily a metal-halide system that hadn’t been re-lamped in over five years.”
Marriott purchased outdoor LED light fixtures from three vendors and compared their performance for a year. “We preferred the output and uniformity of GE’s Evolve LED lighting,” said Young. “GE performed a comprehensive lighting audit of our existing system, provided photometric analysis with 3D renderings of the new system, and forecasted our energy and maintenance savings. GE excelled as both a trusted strategic consultant and solutions provider,” added Young.
Security and energy savings were top priorities when considering new lighting to cover the nearly two million ft2 (45 acres) of parking and garage space at Marriott headquarters . Veit explained that the outdoor area included around 400 metal-halide fixtures and 200 mercury-vapor fixtures. “The ballasts of the mercury-vapor lamps had been legislated out in 1998 or 1999, so a lot of rewiring was required on those fixtures, but the decision was made to go to nearly all LED.” The outdoor lots are now lit by more than 230 Evolve LED area lights, while the parking deck has nearly 400 Evolve LED garage light fixtures , several Evolve LED tunnel lights and efficient GE T8 fluorescent lamps. Collectively, a 280W reduction per outdoor lighting fixture is expected to reduce electricity use by 580,000 kWh/yr, equating to $70,000 in utility cost savings.
Our LED area lights consume between 97W and 220W and were designed to replace traditional 400W to 1000W high-intensity discharge systems that can spill and waste light,” said Steve Briggs, vice president of product management and marketing for GE Lighting Solutions.
Veit explained that in the garage area, roughly 150 motion sensors are in place. “So at 2 am, if motion is detected, the lights that are currently dimmed to around 30 percent will automatically raise to 80 percent light output level. This is tied into the security system, so a camera will instantly show the security guard whether there is a deer in the garage or if something is going on that he should know about. That was a functionality that Marriott was very excited about.”
The corporate sign that welcomes visitors to the Marriott headquarters had a problem with moisture penetration, which often shorted out the ballast and led to frequent repairs. GE installed its Tetra PowerStrip LED lighting to remediate this reliability issue.
In addition to its parking lot and garage lighting, Marriott coordinated with Montgomery County government officials to replace 32 180W metal-halide street lights along the road that serves its headquarters and neighboring companies. With the initial cost of GE’s 106W Evolve LED Roadway Cobrahead fixtures covered by Marriott, the county will realize an energy savings of using 10,000 fewer kWh each year or $1200 in annual energy savings.
2012年6月10日 星期日
Tea light
A candlelight vigil for the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre was held on Tuesday in Oxford. The vigil was attended by more than half of Hong Kong Oxonians and was the first memorial of its kind held in Oxford in recent years.
The student-led memorial attracted more than 60 undergraduates and postgraduates, more than attend the annual Chinese New Year gathering in Oxford. There are about 100 Hong Kong students at Oxford.
Dressed in dark colours and holding battery-operated candles, students mimicked the routines of a similar memorial held in Hong Kong every year since 1990. They observed a minute’s silence for the victims and sang songs of condolence.
On June 4th 1989 thousands of Beijing students and civilians were killed by the army following a peaceful demonstration for democracy in China. No one has been held responsible for the deaths, nor has there been an official death count. 23 years on, Hong Kong remains the only place on Chinese soil where people can mourn the victims without political intervention.
Oxford students had organised memorials for the victims in the early 1990s, but efforts subsided after. Franz Mang, one of the organisers, said, “We would like to continue the tradition here in Oxford. Last year we wanted to attend memorials in London, but found out that they were mostly linked with dubious organisations. We want to organise a politically independent memorial, solely for Oxford students.”
Timothy Chan said, “Since 1989 I spent most of my time in England. There had never been memorials of any kind, until this year.”
Dr Xu Zerong, a visiting fellow at St Antony’s College who had been jailed by the Chinese government for political reasons, was the guest speaker.
The organisers said they were encouraged by the enthusiastic turnout, and would like to involve mainland Chinese and students of other nationalities next year. Samson Yuen, one of the organisers, said, “Authoritarian regimes always want people to forget history. Remembering is our last defence.”
Manufacturers of high-end smartphones often must choose between design and functionality. One challenge is combining the camera with the lighting required. In some designs, the technical components can look bulky and the recesses in the enclosure can make the device less robust. The new LED supports smartphone manufacturers in their efforts to combine form and function.
It has two chips with 1-sq-mm of emitting surface each. The light-emitting area of the rectangular LED is optimized for the optics of the phone — the surface is flat and blends properly with the cover so that the LED can be installed inconspicuously. No additional covers or lenses are necessary. With its symmetrical emission, the LED can be installed vertically or horizontally. When switched off, it is barely noticeable.
Thanks to UX:3 chip technology, the LED provides consistent illumination for photos. At a distance of 1 m, a brightness level of 150 lx is achieved. The light is evenly distributed and covers the corners of the rectangular illuminated image, so that no hot spot is generated in the center. Because all the elements of the flash are combined in a single component, the LED is easily integrated into the phone. It is durable and resistant to shock and vibration, and its energy-efficient design enables multiple consecutive flashes.
The student-led memorial attracted more than 60 undergraduates and postgraduates, more than attend the annual Chinese New Year gathering in Oxford. There are about 100 Hong Kong students at Oxford.
Dressed in dark colours and holding battery-operated candles, students mimicked the routines of a similar memorial held in Hong Kong every year since 1990. They observed a minute’s silence for the victims and sang songs of condolence.
On June 4th 1989 thousands of Beijing students and civilians were killed by the army following a peaceful demonstration for democracy in China. No one has been held responsible for the deaths, nor has there been an official death count. 23 years on, Hong Kong remains the only place on Chinese soil where people can mourn the victims without political intervention.
Oxford students had organised memorials for the victims in the early 1990s, but efforts subsided after. Franz Mang, one of the organisers, said, “We would like to continue the tradition here in Oxford. Last year we wanted to attend memorials in London, but found out that they were mostly linked with dubious organisations. We want to organise a politically independent memorial, solely for Oxford students.”
Timothy Chan said, “Since 1989 I spent most of my time in England. There had never been memorials of any kind, until this year.”
Dr Xu Zerong, a visiting fellow at St Antony’s College who had been jailed by the Chinese government for political reasons, was the guest speaker.
The organisers said they were encouraged by the enthusiastic turnout, and would like to involve mainland Chinese and students of other nationalities next year. Samson Yuen, one of the organisers, said, “Authoritarian regimes always want people to forget history. Remembering is our last defence.”
Manufacturers of high-end smartphones often must choose between design and functionality. One challenge is combining the camera with the lighting required. In some designs, the technical components can look bulky and the recesses in the enclosure can make the device less robust. The new LED supports smartphone manufacturers in their efforts to combine form and function.
It has two chips with 1-sq-mm of emitting surface each. The light-emitting area of the rectangular LED is optimized for the optics of the phone — the surface is flat and blends properly with the cover so that the LED can be installed inconspicuously. No additional covers or lenses are necessary. With its symmetrical emission, the LED can be installed vertically or horizontally. When switched off, it is barely noticeable.
Thanks to UX:3 chip technology, the LED provides consistent illumination for photos. At a distance of 1 m, a brightness level of 150 lx is achieved. The light is evenly distributed and covers the corners of the rectangular illuminated image, so that no hot spot is generated in the center. Because all the elements of the flash are combined in a single component, the LED is easily integrated into the phone. It is durable and resistant to shock and vibration, and its energy-efficient design enables multiple consecutive flashes.
2012年6月7日 星期四
Republicans Renew Push to Dim Light-Bulb Efficiency Law
Republicans in the U.S. House adopted a provision designed to save traditional incandescent light bulbs by blocking what one lawmaker called the “energy police” from enforcing an efficiency standard.
Even if the House language approved last night survives in the Democratic-led Senate, the impact for consumers probably will be limited because manufacturers such as Royal Philips Electronics NV and General Electric Co. have revamped manufacturing to comply with the law, making bulbs that use less electricity to generate the same amount of light.
The first phase of the federal efficiency standard, which was passed in 2007 during President George W. Bush’s administration, went into effect this year. It has become a symbol of government excess to Tea Party-aligned lawmakers, who say consumers should be able to buy the bulbs they want.
“People are sick of the government treading where it just doesn’t belong,” said Representative Michael Burgess, a Texas Republican who sponsored the light-bulb amendment, which was added to a broader energy-spending bill.
Burgess’ provision was adopted last night by voice vote. A similar provision was in the spending bill covering the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, which was passed in the House in December.
“The law couldn’t be enforced,” Burgess said of his amendment in an interview. “‘We don’t need no stinkin’ badges. We’re the energy police.’”
Democrats, environmental groups and lighting manufacturers such as Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE support the efficiency law.
Blocking the Energy Department from enforcement might let unscrupulous foreign manufacturers push non-compliant products, including to bulk buyers such as builders. Those sales are difficult to track.
“Some in Congress are willing to put U.S. jobs at risk for political positioning,” said Joseph Higbee, a spokesman for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, a Rosslyn, Virginia-based group. “This is an example of a few politicizing light bulbs at the risk of American workers and the economy.”
Companies have retooled plants to make compact fluorescent lights, light-emitting diodes and a halogen version of the pear- shaped incandescent product that meets the efficiency standard. Some of the more efficient bulbs are made in the U.S.
Burgess said consumers should be able to choose for themselves which bulbs they want to buy.
“I’m smart enough to make my own decisions about the purchase of energy, and the government should not feel the need to do that for me,” he said.
The underlying bill would spend $32.1 billion on energy and water-development programs, about $965 million less than what President Barack Obama requested, according to the House Appropriations Committee. It would put more money into fossil- fuel programs than Obama’s budget.
The president’s advisers said May 31 they would recommend the president veto the bill because of cuts to efficiency and clean-energy programs, including to the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy that funds innovative technologies, and language intended to keep Yucca Mountain in Nevada viable as a repository for the nation’s nuclear waste.
Even if the House language approved last night survives in the Democratic-led Senate, the impact for consumers probably will be limited because manufacturers such as Royal Philips Electronics NV and General Electric Co. have revamped manufacturing to comply with the law, making bulbs that use less electricity to generate the same amount of light.
The first phase of the federal efficiency standard, which was passed in 2007 during President George W. Bush’s administration, went into effect this year. It has become a symbol of government excess to Tea Party-aligned lawmakers, who say consumers should be able to buy the bulbs they want.
“People are sick of the government treading where it just doesn’t belong,” said Representative Michael Burgess, a Texas Republican who sponsored the light-bulb amendment, which was added to a broader energy-spending bill.
Burgess’ provision was adopted last night by voice vote. A similar provision was in the spending bill covering the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, which was passed in the House in December.
“The law couldn’t be enforced,” Burgess said of his amendment in an interview. “‘We don’t need no stinkin’ badges. We’re the energy police.’”
Democrats, environmental groups and lighting manufacturers such as Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE support the efficiency law.
Blocking the Energy Department from enforcement might let unscrupulous foreign manufacturers push non-compliant products, including to bulk buyers such as builders. Those sales are difficult to track.
“Some in Congress are willing to put U.S. jobs at risk for political positioning,” said Joseph Higbee, a spokesman for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, a Rosslyn, Virginia-based group. “This is an example of a few politicizing light bulbs at the risk of American workers and the economy.”
Companies have retooled plants to make compact fluorescent lights, light-emitting diodes and a halogen version of the pear- shaped incandescent product that meets the efficiency standard. Some of the more efficient bulbs are made in the U.S.
Burgess said consumers should be able to choose for themselves which bulbs they want to buy.
“I’m smart enough to make my own decisions about the purchase of energy, and the government should not feel the need to do that for me,” he said.
The underlying bill would spend $32.1 billion on energy and water-development programs, about $965 million less than what President Barack Obama requested, according to the House Appropriations Committee. It would put more money into fossil- fuel programs than Obama’s budget.
The president’s advisers said May 31 they would recommend the president veto the bill because of cuts to efficiency and clean-energy programs, including to the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy that funds innovative technologies, and language intended to keep Yucca Mountain in Nevada viable as a repository for the nation’s nuclear waste.
2012年6月6日 星期三
What's new in the market
Candela Lighting Systems has currently developed a wide range of LED downlights mainly for commercial applications with high luminous intensity power LEDs. This series of downlights is available in the range of 5 W to 36 W, both in recessed and surface mounted versions, using higher amounts of special aluminium as the heat sink. It has also developed LED track lights, especially for retail spaces as a replacement for conventional halogen and metal halide lamp options, with the best quality diffuser.
"We use excellent quality thermally conductive adhesives for the diodes to bond with the heat sinks and the heat sinks to the MCPC boards, both in liquid and tape form, depending on the fixture. We are also very particular about the quality of the aluminium, which helps to dissipate heat, leading to the longer life of the product. Besides, several steps have been taken to control and regulate the current in the power supply for LED products and we have added over voltage protection to the light unit," informs BN Sinha, director, Candela Lighting Systems Pvt Ltd.
Glacial Light offers new advanced outdoor and indoor lighting solutions to cater to the commercial and industrial sectors. A few examples are the triac dimmable downlights of 15.24 cm X 20.32 cm (6 inch and 8 inch), and the new 110 W and 220 W high bay light, which is specifically designed with Philips Lumileds LEDs that use thermal module technology to design heat sinks. "We have used innovative technology to build a new driver, which can save energy transfer losses. This driver is available in our downlights, MR16 and AR111," states Nikhil Malhotra, country manager, India, GlacialTech.
"Our thermal module technology prevents the junction temperature from increasing when it reaches a certain level, which guarantees the quality of our high bay lights and extends their lifespan, while reducing atmospheric heat. There is an inbuilt system for controlling the temperature. With no ultraviolet rays and toxic substances such as lead and mercury, these high bay lights are a perfect fit for high ceiling applications. Our intelligent designs offer maximum light output by using 75 per cent less energy than a typical high pressure sodium metal halide light. We use multi-chip technology, whereas other suppliers use COB (which has heat sink problems), with advanced lens technology," explains Nikhil Malhotra.
Among its new products, Mirc Electronics (Onida) offers LED high bay lights in various models, ranging from 70 W system power to 160 W system power. "Our LED high baylights have various technical advantages. They have better thermal management, as they are perfectly designed with extruded aluminium heat sinks for 100 W and 150 W lamps-keeping LED junction temperatures as low as possible. This makes the product more viable for long continuous runs in rigorous conditions-even up to 10 years," says Avnish Jauhari, business head, lighting, Mirc Electronics Ltd. Onida LED lamps are UL approved and can work up to 380 V. These are designed, tested and validated for a lifespan of 10 years. "Our lamps are all customised and we design the light output/pattern to match various applications such as the requirements of factories, warehouses, public places of various heights and various grid sizes," adds Avnish Jauhari.
Trishul Green Lights provides die cast flood lights, panel lights, dome lights, tubelights, underwater lights, etc, with energy efficiency features in different wattages and for different applications. "The heat sinks of our products is directly exposed, hence cooling is more efficient. It is compact and has long life. Heat dissipation in some of our LED products is also being reduced," says S Nagaraj, managing director, Trishul Green Lights.
"We use excellent quality thermally conductive adhesives for the diodes to bond with the heat sinks and the heat sinks to the MCPC boards, both in liquid and tape form, depending on the fixture. We are also very particular about the quality of the aluminium, which helps to dissipate heat, leading to the longer life of the product. Besides, several steps have been taken to control and regulate the current in the power supply for LED products and we have added over voltage protection to the light unit," informs BN Sinha, director, Candela Lighting Systems Pvt Ltd.
Glacial Light offers new advanced outdoor and indoor lighting solutions to cater to the commercial and industrial sectors. A few examples are the triac dimmable downlights of 15.24 cm X 20.32 cm (6 inch and 8 inch), and the new 110 W and 220 W high bay light, which is specifically designed with Philips Lumileds LEDs that use thermal module technology to design heat sinks. "We have used innovative technology to build a new driver, which can save energy transfer losses. This driver is available in our downlights, MR16 and AR111," states Nikhil Malhotra, country manager, India, GlacialTech.
"Our thermal module technology prevents the junction temperature from increasing when it reaches a certain level, which guarantees the quality of our high bay lights and extends their lifespan, while reducing atmospheric heat. There is an inbuilt system for controlling the temperature. With no ultraviolet rays and toxic substances such as lead and mercury, these high bay lights are a perfect fit for high ceiling applications. Our intelligent designs offer maximum light output by using 75 per cent less energy than a typical high pressure sodium metal halide light. We use multi-chip technology, whereas other suppliers use COB (which has heat sink problems), with advanced lens technology," explains Nikhil Malhotra.
Among its new products, Mirc Electronics (Onida) offers LED high bay lights in various models, ranging from 70 W system power to 160 W system power. "Our LED high baylights have various technical advantages. They have better thermal management, as they are perfectly designed with extruded aluminium heat sinks for 100 W and 150 W lamps-keeping LED junction temperatures as low as possible. This makes the product more viable for long continuous runs in rigorous conditions-even up to 10 years," says Avnish Jauhari, business head, lighting, Mirc Electronics Ltd. Onida LED lamps are UL approved and can work up to 380 V. These are designed, tested and validated for a lifespan of 10 years. "Our lamps are all customised and we design the light output/pattern to match various applications such as the requirements of factories, warehouses, public places of various heights and various grid sizes," adds Avnish Jauhari.
Trishul Green Lights provides die cast flood lights, panel lights, dome lights, tubelights, underwater lights, etc, with energy efficiency features in different wattages and for different applications. "The heat sinks of our products is directly exposed, hence cooling is more efficient. It is compact and has long life. Heat dissipation in some of our LED products is also being reduced," says S Nagaraj, managing director, Trishul Green Lights.
2012年6月5日 星期二
RM10mil symphony fountain entices tourists
The fountain on the 10,000sq ft man-made lake went through a RM10mil upgrade in approximately three months, resulting in modern, cutting-edge technology water displays with energy-saving lights, an engineering design with individual pump systems and integrated underwater LED technology.
“The old fountain which had static nozzles and pump has served for the last 14 years. It’s about time for an upgrade. Special German technology is being used, similar to some of the best fountains found in Singapore and Dubai to ensure that the new fountain is of international standards,” said KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd group chief executive officer Hashim Wahir during the launch.
The fountain features the profile of the national flower — the bunga raya. Open, fan-shaped sprays dance, swaying and spinning 360 degrees, forming a myriad of water patterns. The jets are also affixed with a kaleidoscope of lights that twinkle and gravitate to the music.
The dancing fountain will be switched on every day at 8pm.
Petronas group corporate affairs senior general manager Datuk Mohammad Medan Abdullah said they have been continuously trying to find ways to enhance the venue since the KLCC Twin Towers is an iconic tourist destination.
The Lake Symphony fountain is currently playing host to the Kuala Lumpur International Music and Light festival, held in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the World Gas Conference.
Featuring a display of lights, dancing waters, pyrotechnics and multimedia laser displays including 3D mapping projected on the wall of Suria KLCC Mall, it is touted to be the largest outdoor event of its kind and is bound to captivate spectators.
Petronas gas and power business executive vice-president Datuk Anuar Ahmad said about 15,000 guests and trade visitors from all over the world are expected to attend the conference.
“The week-long, night festival will be showcasing music from around the world themed “World Peace, World Harmony, World Unity”, as well as a dazzling display of lights, providing the opportunity to unwind at the end of a demanding day,” he said.
Some of the international musical talents confirmed to take part are Easternox from South Korea, Mdungu from Amsterdam and Saharadja from Bali.
On the local front, there is the Aseana Percussion Unit, Aubrey Suwito & Friends, Amir Yussof Acoustic Project, Geng Wak Long, Akasha and Tuku Kame from Sarawak.
Memories Entertainment managing director Francis Danker said the festival is not to be missed as a show such as this has never been seen in Malaysia and is a perfect complement to the more serious business of the World Gas Conference.
“The old fountain which had static nozzles and pump has served for the last 14 years. It’s about time for an upgrade. Special German technology is being used, similar to some of the best fountains found in Singapore and Dubai to ensure that the new fountain is of international standards,” said KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd group chief executive officer Hashim Wahir during the launch.
The fountain features the profile of the national flower — the bunga raya. Open, fan-shaped sprays dance, swaying and spinning 360 degrees, forming a myriad of water patterns. The jets are also affixed with a kaleidoscope of lights that twinkle and gravitate to the music.
The dancing fountain will be switched on every day at 8pm.
Petronas group corporate affairs senior general manager Datuk Mohammad Medan Abdullah said they have been continuously trying to find ways to enhance the venue since the KLCC Twin Towers is an iconic tourist destination.
The Lake Symphony fountain is currently playing host to the Kuala Lumpur International Music and Light festival, held in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the World Gas Conference.
Featuring a display of lights, dancing waters, pyrotechnics and multimedia laser displays including 3D mapping projected on the wall of Suria KLCC Mall, it is touted to be the largest outdoor event of its kind and is bound to captivate spectators.
Petronas gas and power business executive vice-president Datuk Anuar Ahmad said about 15,000 guests and trade visitors from all over the world are expected to attend the conference.
“The week-long, night festival will be showcasing music from around the world themed “World Peace, World Harmony, World Unity”, as well as a dazzling display of lights, providing the opportunity to unwind at the end of a demanding day,” he said.
Some of the international musical talents confirmed to take part are Easternox from South Korea, Mdungu from Amsterdam and Saharadja from Bali.
On the local front, there is the Aseana Percussion Unit, Aubrey Suwito & Friends, Amir Yussof Acoustic Project, Geng Wak Long, Akasha and Tuku Kame from Sarawak.
Memories Entertainment managing director Francis Danker said the festival is not to be missed as a show such as this has never been seen in Malaysia and is a perfect complement to the more serious business of the World Gas Conference.
2012年6月4日 星期一
Another all-nighter
Last June, Northern Spark promised the Twin Cities its first European-style nuit blanche, or “white night” festival, and what did we get?
As it neared 2 a.m., the view from the open-air observation deck 30 stories up the historic Foshay Tower was of a night sky dyed orange from streetlights and of darkened skyscrapers speckled fluorescent green where the lights still glowed in empty offices. A giddy crowd watched red taillights stream down Interstate 94 and saw the sleepy neighborhoods beyond spangled with white porch lights left burning through the night.
It was one of many magical moments from last year’s all-night art festival, and even at that late hour, when bars and clubs were pushing patrons out the door, revelers gladly joined the long line in the Foshay lobby, content to wait 30 minutes or more just to experience that view. Yes, there was an art installation up there, too — a sound collage of Twin Cities radio stations — but glittering Minneapolis stole the show.
Over 20,000 people participated in that first-ever Northern Spark festival, packing the Stone Arch Bridge during the opening ceremony at dusk and then fanning out across Minneapolis and St. Paul to visit as many of the 100 art projects as they could before dawn — or sleep — brought their white nights to a close.
This year, the nuit blanche that kicks off at dusk June 9 won’t be quite as sprawling. Due to scheduling conflicts with events planned for St. Paul, all of this year’s art projects will take place within five zones in Minneapolis: downtown; the area around the Stone Arch Bridge; the University of Minnesota campus; the Walker Art Center campus; and parts of south and southwest around the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the Midtown Greenway.
Northern Spark spokesperson Tom Loftus said festival organizers are planning a big return to St. Paul in 2013, but in the meantime it means our city will be even more densely packed with art projects this year: The slightly expanded festival schedule includes 120 projects by about 200 participating artists.
Planning ahead is essential to make the most of the festival. The festival website lists projects by artist name, time and location, and includes interactive maps to help design a personalized after-dark excursion. Northern Spark also plans to make a smart phone app with maps and project information available for download before the festival, Loftus said.
Organizers are also trying to boost the festival’s social media profile, offering new ways for participants to interact via Twitter and even win prizes for tweeting about the festival — including a pass to the front of that long, long Foshay Tower line. The idea is to use social media for real-time feedback from patrons on the night’s best events.
“It will give festival goers a sense of what projects are really trending,” Loftus said.
Last year, only a couple of mobile food vendors set up for the night, and where they did the lines were incredibly long. This year, at least 10 food trucks will spread out across the festival to satisfy late-night cravings, Loftus said.
Northern Spark is free and open to the public, so there’s no need to wait for an invitation, but festival organizers are planning to issue one, anyway. Starting June 2, the phrase “think and wonder, wonder and think” — the theme of this year’s festival — will be illuminated in 8-foot-tall letters on the Stone Arch Bridge.
As it neared 2 a.m., the view from the open-air observation deck 30 stories up the historic Foshay Tower was of a night sky dyed orange from streetlights and of darkened skyscrapers speckled fluorescent green where the lights still glowed in empty offices. A giddy crowd watched red taillights stream down Interstate 94 and saw the sleepy neighborhoods beyond spangled with white porch lights left burning through the night.
It was one of many magical moments from last year’s all-night art festival, and even at that late hour, when bars and clubs were pushing patrons out the door, revelers gladly joined the long line in the Foshay lobby, content to wait 30 minutes or more just to experience that view. Yes, there was an art installation up there, too — a sound collage of Twin Cities radio stations — but glittering Minneapolis stole the show.
Over 20,000 people participated in that first-ever Northern Spark festival, packing the Stone Arch Bridge during the opening ceremony at dusk and then fanning out across Minneapolis and St. Paul to visit as many of the 100 art projects as they could before dawn — or sleep — brought their white nights to a close.
This year, the nuit blanche that kicks off at dusk June 9 won’t be quite as sprawling. Due to scheduling conflicts with events planned for St. Paul, all of this year’s art projects will take place within five zones in Minneapolis: downtown; the area around the Stone Arch Bridge; the University of Minnesota campus; the Walker Art Center campus; and parts of south and southwest around the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the Midtown Greenway.
Northern Spark spokesperson Tom Loftus said festival organizers are planning a big return to St. Paul in 2013, but in the meantime it means our city will be even more densely packed with art projects this year: The slightly expanded festival schedule includes 120 projects by about 200 participating artists.
Planning ahead is essential to make the most of the festival. The festival website lists projects by artist name, time and location, and includes interactive maps to help design a personalized after-dark excursion. Northern Spark also plans to make a smart phone app with maps and project information available for download before the festival, Loftus said.
Organizers are also trying to boost the festival’s social media profile, offering new ways for participants to interact via Twitter and even win prizes for tweeting about the festival — including a pass to the front of that long, long Foshay Tower line. The idea is to use social media for real-time feedback from patrons on the night’s best events.
“It will give festival goers a sense of what projects are really trending,” Loftus said.
Last year, only a couple of mobile food vendors set up for the night, and where they did the lines were incredibly long. This year, at least 10 food trucks will spread out across the festival to satisfy late-night cravings, Loftus said.
Northern Spark is free and open to the public, so there’s no need to wait for an invitation, but festival organizers are planning to issue one, anyway. Starting June 2, the phrase “think and wonder, wonder and think” — the theme of this year’s festival — will be illuminated in 8-foot-tall letters on the Stone Arch Bridge.
2012年6月3日 星期日
Sporty BMW X1 feels good on the road, but could use a nosejob
BMW has made a big move with the introduction of its entry-level vehicles known collectively as the 1 Series. Their 128 and 135 sedans have successfully scaled down their overall dimensions yet kept the level of quality and performance of their larger and more expensive siblings. The full-sized SUVs, known as the X5 and X6, plus the X3 compact crossover, do a fine job, but BMW needed a 1 Series variant to complete the line-up and so we have the X1 joining the Sports Activities Series.
Smaller than the X3, the X1 is considered sportier and more affordable with a base price of $38,500. The X1 xDrive28i as tested with the Premium Package ($1,490) and electric seats with Driver Memory ($950) came to $40,940.
Design: Although it debuted only three years ago in 2009, BMW has given the exterior a freshening for 2012 along with some impressive boosts in the mechanical department. The look is still distinctively BMW, but while the 7/8th-scale sedans are cute as a button, the X1 appears awkward to me. I don’t see the brawny grace of the X3, X5 and quirky X6 in the lines of the smaller SAV.
Yes, the traditional dual kidney-shaped grille openings are there, but the hood is flatter and the front fascia is blunt. The lower grille opening is large but well hidden by the use of black plastic bodywork but there is a splash of silver trim that accentuates the lower lip giving the X1 a pouty look.
The side profile benefits from the good looks of the X3’s ample greenhouse and subtle wheel arches that blend into the doors. Again, the lower panels are sheathed in black with satin silver trim but with much more pleasing results than the front view. The satin aluminum roof rails as part of the Premium Package add a sporty off-road look while expanding the cargo capabilities of the X1 to include skis, bikes and other outdoor toys.
The rear fascia is also similar to the X3 with multi-band adaptive LED tail lights and upswept black cladding below the rear bumper. The satin silver trim also makes an appearance at the rear.
If you didn’t notice it from the outside, you can’t miss it when you enter the spacious cabin. The panoramic sunroof is also part of the Premium Package and it floods the interior with light. This is a good thing as all BMWs are heavy on the black interiors which can become oppressive. The sunroof, combined with the large upright side windows, ensure there are no feelings of claustrophobia here.
The dashboard and instruments are distinctly BMW but are rather uninspired although extremely practical. It’s difficult to complain about the conservative approach but other manufacturers are becoming more adventuresome with colours and console layout.
Performance: While the interior may be a little behind the times, under the hood is cutting-edge technology. BMW has utilized their TwinPower Turbo magic to make more power with less fuel. The powertrain engineers have added forced induction (TwinPower Turbo) to help generate 241 horsepower from a motor of 2.0 litres displacement. The engine torque rating is a healthy 258 foot-pounds at a very low 1250 rpm which means the grunt is ready at low speeds.
To get that power to the wheels, all of them with xDrive, an eight-speed gearbox is used to ensure that the engine is kept in the most efficient power band. As a result, the X1 never feels out of breath and the shifts are as smooth as can be. BMW utilizes its Efficient Dynamics to regenerate energy under braking to charge the battery instead of dissipating it as heat. Double VANOS stepless variable valve timing, direct fuel injection and Valvetronic engine technology each work in conjunction to squeeze all the energy possible from a litre of fuel. The X1 prefers premium gasoline so any savings are appreciated at the pumps.
Smaller than the X3, the X1 is considered sportier and more affordable with a base price of $38,500. The X1 xDrive28i as tested with the Premium Package ($1,490) and electric seats with Driver Memory ($950) came to $40,940.
Design: Although it debuted only three years ago in 2009, BMW has given the exterior a freshening for 2012 along with some impressive boosts in the mechanical department. The look is still distinctively BMW, but while the 7/8th-scale sedans are cute as a button, the X1 appears awkward to me. I don’t see the brawny grace of the X3, X5 and quirky X6 in the lines of the smaller SAV.
Yes, the traditional dual kidney-shaped grille openings are there, but the hood is flatter and the front fascia is blunt. The lower grille opening is large but well hidden by the use of black plastic bodywork but there is a splash of silver trim that accentuates the lower lip giving the X1 a pouty look.
The side profile benefits from the good looks of the X3’s ample greenhouse and subtle wheel arches that blend into the doors. Again, the lower panels are sheathed in black with satin silver trim but with much more pleasing results than the front view. The satin aluminum roof rails as part of the Premium Package add a sporty off-road look while expanding the cargo capabilities of the X1 to include skis, bikes and other outdoor toys.
The rear fascia is also similar to the X3 with multi-band adaptive LED tail lights and upswept black cladding below the rear bumper. The satin silver trim also makes an appearance at the rear.
If you didn’t notice it from the outside, you can’t miss it when you enter the spacious cabin. The panoramic sunroof is also part of the Premium Package and it floods the interior with light. This is a good thing as all BMWs are heavy on the black interiors which can become oppressive. The sunroof, combined with the large upright side windows, ensure there are no feelings of claustrophobia here.
The dashboard and instruments are distinctly BMW but are rather uninspired although extremely practical. It’s difficult to complain about the conservative approach but other manufacturers are becoming more adventuresome with colours and console layout.
Performance: While the interior may be a little behind the times, under the hood is cutting-edge technology. BMW has utilized their TwinPower Turbo magic to make more power with less fuel. The powertrain engineers have added forced induction (TwinPower Turbo) to help generate 241 horsepower from a motor of 2.0 litres displacement. The engine torque rating is a healthy 258 foot-pounds at a very low 1250 rpm which means the grunt is ready at low speeds.
To get that power to the wheels, all of them with xDrive, an eight-speed gearbox is used to ensure that the engine is kept in the most efficient power band. As a result, the X1 never feels out of breath and the shifts are as smooth as can be. BMW utilizes its Efficient Dynamics to regenerate energy under braking to charge the battery instead of dissipating it as heat. Double VANOS stepless variable valve timing, direct fuel injection and Valvetronic engine technology each work in conjunction to squeeze all the energy possible from a litre of fuel. The X1 prefers premium gasoline so any savings are appreciated at the pumps.
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