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Taming Television Energy Use
January 22, 2010
California continues to lead the way by setting efficiency standards that will encourage manufacturers to develop and market ever more efficient televisions nationwide.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-2-10c | Author: Mary Horsey
LEDs: An Incandescent Opportunity for Utilities
December 21, 2009
The first light-emitting diode (LED) screw-in replacement lamp that promises to outperform both incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescent lamps has made its debut.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-1-10a | Author: Mary Horsey
PV LED Lighting Effective but Expensive in Field Tests
November 23, 2009
Recent field testing of solar-powered outdoor light-emitting diode (LED) lighting shows that LED/photovoltaic (PV) technology could provide adequate light while reducing energy use and light pollution.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-12-09a | Author: Ira Krepchin
Wireless Lighting Controls Show Efficiency and Demand-Response Potential
October 22, 2009
Three easy-to-retrofit, advanced lighting control products have strong potential to provide lighting energy savings of at least 50 percent compared to installations without control capabilities, according to testing from the Pacific Gas and Electric Emerging Technologies program.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-11-09a | Author: Ira Krepchin
New Demand-Response Technology Could Offer Increased Flexibility at Lower Cost
October 22, 2009
A new web-based technology with simple plug-in installation could offer demand-response switching and load monitoring for residential, commercial, and industrial appliances.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-11-09b | Author: Essie Snell
Virtual Desktop Enables Low-Cost Energy Savings for Schools
October 22, 2009
A new twist on virtual computing provides an energy-savings opportunity for schools by using the excess capacity of existing desktop computers to create additional workstations.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-11-09c | Author: Mary Horsey
New Product List Rescues LED Programs from the Jaws of Deceit
October 1, 2009
A new product-certification initiative promises to help utilities identify appropriate light-emitting diode (LED) products for incentive programs.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-10-09a | Author: Ira Krepchin
Study Confirms Building Commissioning Cost-Effectiveness
October 1, 2009
A new study strengthens the argument that commissioning is the most cost-effective strategy for reducing energy costs in buildings.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-10-09b | Author: Essie Snell
New Lighting Standards: Say "Goodbye" to T12s
August 25, 2009
New national minimum energy-efficiency requirements for general purpose fluorescent lamps and incandescent reflector lamps promise big energy savings and will affect utility incentive programs.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-9-09a | Author: Ira Krepchin
Solar Power Optimizers Step Out of the Shade
August 25, 2009
A pair of products that hit the market in May 2009 promise to reduce photovoltaic system vulnerability to shade, enhance array design flexibility, reduce installation costs, and offer other benefits.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-9-09c | Author: Dan Greenberg
Cost-Cutting Technique Puts Refrigerant Charge in the Palm of Your Hand
July 29, 2009
A breakthrough temperature-based technique for determining and adjusting refrigerant charge levels in air conditioners has the potential to reduce the costs of maintaining equipment efficiency.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-8-09e | Author: Mary Horsey
Special Report from LightFair
Advances in LEDs, Fluorescents, and Lighting Controls
June 25, 2009
Light-emitting diode (LED) products that use new cooling strategies to increase efficiency and lifetime were just one innovation presented at the 2009 LightFair International Trade Show and Conference.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-7-09a | Author: Ira Krepchin
New Wireless Sensor Network Mines Energy Information
June 25, 2009
A new Internet Protocol–based, low-power wireless building energy management tool is easily and quickly installed and avoids the expense of a wired installation.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-7-09b | Author: John Sustar
Ill Wind Blows on Small Turbine Performance
June 1, 2009
In the wake of new federal tax credits for small wind turbines, two recent studies have revealed that many on-site small turbines with rated outputs of 10 kilowatts or less don’t perform as well as expected.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-6-09b | Author: John Sustar
Will Green Plug Wipe Out Wall Warts?
April 22, 2009
A new universal power supply technology promises to reduce plug load energy consumption, decrease trash, and rescue consumers from the ever-increasing tangle of individual power supplies, or “wall warts.”
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-5-09a | Author: Jarett Zuboy
New Software Uncovers Best VSD Investments
April 1, 2009
A recently released free software application could make it easier to identify the best applications for variable-speed drives (VSDs) in facilities with lots of pumps and fans.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-4-09a | Author: Dan Greenberg
The EVs Are Coming! (Are You Ready?)
April 1, 2009
Despite the recession, efforts to develop electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are charging ahead.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-4-09b | Author: Jarett Zuboy
New Software for Efficient Building Design
March 1, 2009
A new free software program can help you design more efficient buildings by providing simulation data as early as the conceptual design phase–instead of at the design’s end, as is typical.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-3-09a | Author: Jessica Rivas
A Lighting Gateway to Demand Response
March 1, 2009
A new lighting control product promises to simplify the inclusion of lighting into demand-response programs for buildings that have building automation systems.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-3-09b | Author: Ira Krepchin
Task/Ambient Lighting: Stylish, Portable, and Efficient
February 1, 2009
A new desk lamp combines task and ambient lighting in one product to provide an efficient and aesthetic lighting solution for small offices, hotel rooms, lobbies, and waiting rooms.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-2-09a | Author: Ira Krepchin
A Simple Fix for a Common Economizer Problem
December 1, 2008
In response to laboratory tests that suggested its products were contributing to widespread air-side economizer underperformance, Honeywell, the world’s largest air conditioning controls manufacturers, recently released a new and improved air temperature sensor.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-12-08a | Author: John Sustar
Safety First for Metal Halide Lamps
November 15, 2008
Metal halide lamps usually fail safely, but on the rare occasions that they don’t, the results can be disastrous. For example, in 2001 a fire caused by a metal halide lamp gutted about 80 percent of a 990,000-square-foot warehouse in Mount Joy, Iowa.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-11-08b | Author: Ira Krepchin
Look Ma, No Mercury!
Electron-Stimulated Luminescence: A Bulb for the Future?
November 15, 2008
An alternative to the incandescent lamp, now under development, uses no mercury and promises better efficacy and longer life—although it’s not quite up to compact fluorescent lamp or light-emitting diode standards for some applications.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-11-08e | Author: Ira Krepchin
Can Dimming Ballasts Enable a Brighter Future?
October 1, 2008
A new dimming ballast for linear fluorescent lights will soon be available at a cost low enough to enable a host of lighting control capabilities that save energy, reduce demand, and provide better lighting satisfaction.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-10-08a | Author: Ira Krepchin
The Latest on Lighting
Tech News, July 2008 — Tech Insights
July 1, 2008
Several lighting innovations were highlighted at the 2008 LIGHTFAIR International Trade Show and Conference. The most significant ones that will likely impact the market in the near term include new controls, light sources, and software.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-7-08e | Author: Ira Krepchin
Driving the Grid Green: Vehicle-to-Grid Goes for a Test Drive
Tech News, April 2008 — Emerging Tech
April 1, 2008
The vehicle-to-grid concept envisions a day when electric drive vehicles (EDVs, including plug-in hybrids and pure electric vehicles) connect to the grid continuously while parked for the sole purpose of maintaining grid reliability.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-4-08e | Author: Dan Greenberg
HVAC Equipment Service Lifetimes Now Available
Tech News, March 2008
March 1, 2008
A new online database that provides service lifetimes and maintenance costs for HVAC equipment can help utilities design programs and help users select equipment.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-3-08a | Author: Jessica Rivas
Nanosolar Commences Low-Cost PV production
Tech News, March 2008 — Emerging Tech
March 1, 2008
In December 2007, Nanosolar announced its first commercial production and sale of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules from its low-cost production line.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-3-08d | Author: Dan Greenberg
OLED TVs Hit the Market
Tech News, March 2008 — Emerging Tech
March 1, 2008
The organic light-emitting diode (OLED)—a carbon-based solid-state lighting technology—offers a lot of potential benefits for display applications, but its use has so far been limited to mostly small-screen displays of up to 3 inches.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-3-08e | Author: John Sustar
Utilities Unite to Save Energy and Water
Tech News, February 2008
February 1, 2008
Two programs are currently underway that exemplify the benefits of energy and water utilities working together to achieve savings. As we previously explored in Tech News (December 2007), the embedded energy in water is significant and generally untargeted by conservation programs.
Content type: Tech News | Document ID: TAS-TN-2-08b | Author: Jessica Rivas
