The city of West Linn, Oregon, is participating a conversion program to replace existing high pressure sodium (HPS) streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures. The program is being implemented through Portland General Electric’s (PGE) streetlight conversion project.Standard t5tubelight replacement bulbs. The city of West Linn elected to participate in the voluntary program, and will replace approximately 950 streetlights with LED streetlight fixtures manufactured by Cree Lighting of Durham, North Carolina.
“We are converting about half of our streetlights which will result in significant savings for the city of West Linn,” said Lance Calvert, public works director for the city of West Linn. In addition to energy cost savings, the new streetlights will last significantly longer and provide improved illumination compared to existing HPS streetlights.
Initial estimates show that the city will save about $20,000 annually with the new streetlights.The autoledbulbsiss is not only critical to professional photographers. “At this time we are only replacing cobrahead streetlights. Our residential fixtures are mostly decorative and are not currently targeted for replacement,” said Calvert. However, PGE is evaluating the potential to replace decorative streetlights, with LED fixtures, sometime in the future.
In February 2013, PGE started installations and established a model for streetlight conversions for cities in its service area. Utility customers elect to participate in the program, and then may choose LED fixtures from Cree Lighting or Leotek Electronics.High-efficiency 7.5kW Off Grid autoledbulbsss manufactured for unique Indian conditions.The leader in commercial ledturninglamps offering enhanced energy efficiency and innovative features. PGE plans to install at least 26,000 streetlights within forty seven cities and five counties.
The 81st annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors happened in Las Vegas this past weekend. At the conference, Independence announced its plans to partner with Philips Lighting on an energy and maintenance saving project.
The Mayors’ Lighting Partnership is working to help implement new energy and maintenance saving technologies. Independence is one of the first cities in Missouri to embrace this lighting technology, but Independence Mayor Don Reimal said replacing the city’s street lights with LED lighting will significantly improve its carbon footprint.
“We want to make sure that we are doing what is green for the community,” Reimal said. “We’re going to eliminate 10,000 pounds of carbon dioxide that goes into the atmosphere. It’s kind of like removing 900 cars a year from the streets.”
Reimal also said this partnership with Philips has a cost-saving benefit for consumers. The conversion to LED street lighting is expected to reduce energy costs by 50 percent or four million dollars in energy and maintenance costs over the next 10 years. Reimal says the partnership with Philips will give the citizens the best lighting for the least amount of money and will improve the safety of the city and increase social activity.
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2013年6月27日 星期四
2012年3月5日 星期一
Oak soaked in Greyton
It was Fugard's writings that first enticed me to experience that most pleasant of Karoo outings: walking through a small village's deserted streets in the "late frost-sharp hour", looking to the trees for "companionship".
"The sense of them alive and awake, their huge black presences magnified still further by faint starlight, is quite awesome."
So, it was reminiscing of the acacia, ash and pepper-treed streets of my previous hometown (Aberdeen) in the Karoo that I set off with my girlfriend down the oak avenues of Greyton, late on a Friday night.
Hand in hand, we wandered the dirt tracks, accompanied by soft green verges, post and rail fences and the tinkling of the stream on our right. With trails of steam surrounding his head, a friendly horse whinnied a greeting to us as we passed. But it was the sky and its firmament of stars, seen through the network of naked oak-tree branches, that got most of our attention. Even leafless, these ponderous old giants evoke a stout vitality and a brooding sense of wisdom.
It seems that oaks were planted in Greyton as early as 1795 by Martin Theunissen, owner of the farm Weltevrede. Apparently he received the saplings from the neighbouring mission village of Genadendal, who in turn received them from the Castle in Cape Town to decorate their "werf". With oak trees planted along the road all the way up to his front door, it is thought that Theunissen probably copied the example set by the Cloetes of Groot Constantia.
The next morning, we woke with a bang. Well, technically we were already awake, but probably not fully compos mentis when I decided to light the gas fire to ward off the chill. The plan was to thaw out in front of the hearth with a cup of coffee before unleashing ourselves on Greyton's extensive and eclectic range of shops and eateries.
I'd followed the instructions carefully, but after twiddling the relevant knobs, nothing happened. I was giving the lighting procedure a third try, when "Whum!", the fire exploded into life with the force of a napalm bomb and my heart lodged firmly in my throat. I made a mental note to have one less cappuccino on our high-street excursion.
One of the first shops we visited was A Little Bizarre - trinkets and treasures it advertised. We came away with some exotic eastern stockings, some beautiful costume jewellery and armloads of incense. Next was The Inside Story, with antiques, collectables, décor items and artworks. We got talking to the owner, Carol Gibbs, veteran shopkeeper, artist and raconteur, and were fascinated by her stories of her recent travels to the East. She said she'd decided one day: "I'm not getting any younger, I'm going to blow my pension and travel India." And, judging from the glint in her eye and her effervescent demeanor, she made the right decision.
Paul Leger's Snob's Guide to Budget Getaways talks of the Oak and Vigne restaurant as "the flavour of the day amongst the Greyton trendset". He may be right, but I think of it as a charming place to sit under the oaks and watch the passing parade on a summer's day; or to lunch on fine food in front of the fire inside during winter.
Choosing the latter, we snuggled up near the fire and drank cappuccinos with whisky, a perfect way to unwind after a morning of browsing and shopping in this one-of-a-kind Overberg village.
Some think Greyton is too chichi for a country village, that it's lost its authenticity. I call it the very best of both worlds.
"The sense of them alive and awake, their huge black presences magnified still further by faint starlight, is quite awesome."
So, it was reminiscing of the acacia, ash and pepper-treed streets of my previous hometown (Aberdeen) in the Karoo that I set off with my girlfriend down the oak avenues of Greyton, late on a Friday night.
Hand in hand, we wandered the dirt tracks, accompanied by soft green verges, post and rail fences and the tinkling of the stream on our right. With trails of steam surrounding his head, a friendly horse whinnied a greeting to us as we passed. But it was the sky and its firmament of stars, seen through the network of naked oak-tree branches, that got most of our attention. Even leafless, these ponderous old giants evoke a stout vitality and a brooding sense of wisdom.
It seems that oaks were planted in Greyton as early as 1795 by Martin Theunissen, owner of the farm Weltevrede. Apparently he received the saplings from the neighbouring mission village of Genadendal, who in turn received them from the Castle in Cape Town to decorate their "werf". With oak trees planted along the road all the way up to his front door, it is thought that Theunissen probably copied the example set by the Cloetes of Groot Constantia.
The next morning, we woke with a bang. Well, technically we were already awake, but probably not fully compos mentis when I decided to light the gas fire to ward off the chill. The plan was to thaw out in front of the hearth with a cup of coffee before unleashing ourselves on Greyton's extensive and eclectic range of shops and eateries.
I'd followed the instructions carefully, but after twiddling the relevant knobs, nothing happened. I was giving the lighting procedure a third try, when "Whum!", the fire exploded into life with the force of a napalm bomb and my heart lodged firmly in my throat. I made a mental note to have one less cappuccino on our high-street excursion.
One of the first shops we visited was A Little Bizarre - trinkets and treasures it advertised. We came away with some exotic eastern stockings, some beautiful costume jewellery and armloads of incense. Next was The Inside Story, with antiques, collectables, décor items and artworks. We got talking to the owner, Carol Gibbs, veteran shopkeeper, artist and raconteur, and were fascinated by her stories of her recent travels to the East. She said she'd decided one day: "I'm not getting any younger, I'm going to blow my pension and travel India." And, judging from the glint in her eye and her effervescent demeanor, she made the right decision.
Paul Leger's Snob's Guide to Budget Getaways talks of the Oak and Vigne restaurant as "the flavour of the day amongst the Greyton trendset". He may be right, but I think of it as a charming place to sit under the oaks and watch the passing parade on a summer's day; or to lunch on fine food in front of the fire inside during winter.
Choosing the latter, we snuggled up near the fire and drank cappuccinos with whisky, a perfect way to unwind after a morning of browsing and shopping in this one-of-a-kind Overberg village.
Some think Greyton is too chichi for a country village, that it's lost its authenticity. I call it the very best of both worlds.
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