Earth Hour: Saturday March 28 at 8:30pm

http://www.earthhour.org/home/

Did you switch your lights off for an hour at 8:30pm during Earth Hour 2009?

Duke Energy, Chapel Hill Collaborate to Advance LED Technology in Lighting

http://www.duke-energy.com/news/releases/2009032501.asp

Light Model poster at DATS 2009

This poster was displayed at the Design, Art, and Technlogy Symposium at High Point University that took place on March 5th & 6th. The poster includes light models by the students in the interior lighting design class from Spring 2008 and 2009. Keep up the good work!

Daylight Saving Time

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/health/10real.html?em

This NYT article talks about the imapct of daylight saving time on health.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2009/03/its_time_for_double_daylight_s.html

This Washington Post article provides a balanced view of daylight saving time, and an agument for double DST!

LEDs, lamp life, and energy

NYT has been running a series of articles on LEDS. Here are some pertinent to our discussions yesterday, during the field trip to Vanstory.

How Long Did You Say That Bulb Would Last?

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/how-long-did-you-say-that-bulb-will-last/

This article takes a look at the claim by LED manufacturers that LED lamps last 25,000-50,000 hours. What does it mean and how does it compare to other lamps?

Do Energy-Saving LED Lamps Save Energy?

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/do-energy-saving-led-lamps-save-energy/

This article presents the following questions: If LEDs are more efficient to use because they consume less power, is the process of manufacturing LEDs also as energy efficient compared to other lamps?

LED’s Good Housekeeping Seal

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/leds-good-housekeeping-seal/

This article talks about the certification "future" of LEDs.

Austine Wood Comarow's installations with polarized light!

http://www.austine.com/

Reinvent Wheel? Blue Room. Defusing a Bomb? Red Room.

The color red can make people’s work more accurate, but blue can make people more creative, a study suggests.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/science/06color.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink