Carbon Conservation & Energy Efficiency - Archive

How good is T5 fluorescent lighting?

T5 fluorescent lighting has been around for a while now, but is not yet widely used in the manufacturing or warehouse sectors. Paul Smith has compared T5s with metal halide, and is interested in how T5s compare in terms of their total environmental impact. As Paul writes, T5s strike faster, have good colour rendition, and … Read more →

energy efficient lighting, induction lighting, office lighting, T5, warehouse lighting

How we have kept our energy use 75% lower than a typical office of our size

This week marks exactly one year since we first moved into our current office of 267 m2. Readings of our electricity meter show energy consumption was 30.2 kWh/m2 for the year. Thats all our energy use – we don’t have a gas connection – and includes heating and cooling of the office. To put this … Read more →

energy conservation, office energy savings

UK local government effectively supports small business energy efficiency

Posted by Bruce Rowse in Energy Efficiency | Leadership - (1 Comments)

East Sussex council in the UK has been running a program to support business resource efficiency since 2003 called BETRE. The program offers free energy audits to businesses and small grants to help reduce waste, water and energy use. Its assisted 1,800 businesses save over one million pounds sterling. Australian councils wishing to help local … Read more →

Energy Efficiency, local government, small business

Can LED lights replace fluorescents?

Posted by Bruce Rowse in Carbon Conservation | Energy Efficiency | Lighting - (4 Comments)

LED lights are seen by many as the next big thing when it comes to lighting. But do they live up to their promise? Over the last few months we have been researching and testing LED tubes. These tubes are the same shape as a fluorescent tube, and have hundreds of LEDs on them. To … Read more →

fluorescent substitute, LED lighting, triphosphor