LED streetlights have appeared in my village, one of the first pieces in the jigsaw which will depict a truly low carbon future, as seen from my doorstep. They come not so long after the first electric car was spotted here. While electric cars are still a better-off person’s indulgence, that essential street light above your… Continue reading
Posts tagged LED
Cool lighting – How the Philips Hue LED made it to the Apple store
Apple stores are some of the most enticing retail outlets in the High Street and shopping mall. They sell what is surely the world’s most seductive range of technological items affordable by the general public. You may just like to wander in for the cheerful white light buzz, or for the infectious enthusiasm of so… Continue reading →
Light up, shine on – is this the LED’s breakthrough moment
The Hay Festival is an appropriate place for a lightbulb moment. I was at a talk where green guru Julia Hailes was talking about converting her old farmhouse and making it as environmentally efficient and green as possible. I wrote down lots of things (not very efficiently, on my smartphone) but one slide caught my… Continue reading →