Bright Light Designs is a lighting consulting company in Boynton Beach, Florida also serving South Florida from Palm Beach to Ft. Lauderdale and Miami. Lighting Designer, Marcia Exelrud, has many years of experience with most of the projects incorporating energy-efficient lighting. The key is to have a pleasant appearance with non-traditional lighting sources like Compact Fluorescent bulbs and lights that have been improving in the past years. Energy efficient lighting can be applied to a creative process analyzing the architecture, environment, landscape composition and technology.

Bright Light Designs specializes in architectural lighting, landscape lighting, historical buildings, commercial lighting, residential lighting, water features and energy efficient lighting.
 
Bright Light designs in a member of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) and the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

For more information including a portfolio of projects, please visit BrightLightDesigns.net.

July 28, 2010 – Schneider Electric of France is running 2-page ads headlined, “A watt saved is a watt shared.”  Schneider helps companies around the world save energies in the buildings and processes.  Saving energy provides the quickest return on investment compared to developing new sources of energy.  It also makes use of current technology and does not depend on technological breakthroughs.  Their ad is full of important and intelligent information and doesn’t just tout their achievements as many other ads do for their corporate advertisers.  Interesting, they have a chart plotting “per capita income versus energy use around the world.”  Canada noses out the USA in energy use despite having a lower per capita income.  On the chart, the lowest per capita incomes with the least energy use are Argentina, Brazil and China.  That will not last for many years and may not even be accurate today as the data are from 2006 and Brazil and China have been growing rapidly.  Check out their free resources at http://www.Schneider-Electric.com/share and http://www.Schneider-Electric.com/EnergyUniversity.  Then come back to GreenEnergyForEarth.com and leave your comments.

July 27, 2010 – Tyler Kepner reports in The New York Times on the famous Fenway Park Citgo sign.  “Federal Heath Sign Company began the process of replacing more than 9,000 feet of lights on the double-sided, 60-by-60-foot Boston landmark, which first said “Cities Service” when it was installed above 660 Beacon Street in 1940. LED lights replaced neon when the sign was last updated in 2004, and the new lights are said to be far more advanced.

“The lights will be a little bit more vibrant, because the technology has changed and it was kind of hard to keep up with it,” Foley said. “The old LEDs weren’t working right anymore, and some of them were discontinued, so they had a problem. That’s why they’re doing it all over. Every LED is going to be changed.”

The sign is usually dark only from midnight to 6 a.m. The lights turn off when it is sunny but sometimes stay on all day in overcast weather. The new sign will use less energy, and Foley said he would now have to manage only 32 circuit-breakers, about a third of the old total.”  Read the whole story in The New York  Times.

July 27, 2010 – Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: SOLF), a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic (”PV”) cells and modules in China, announced it has entered into two contracts to supply 12MW PV modules to projects in Italy.  The first contract was signed with GranSolarGhella, SrL to supply 6MW PV modules to southern Italy, to be delivered in the second half of 2010. The second contract was signed with T.R.Z. Tozzi Renewable Energy S.p.A. to supply 6MW PV modules to central Italy, to be delivered during the third quarter of 2010.

Dr. Peter Xie, President of Solarfun, commented, “We are pleased to have expanded our business in many major solar markets and have become one of the leading module suppliers in the industry.  Our products are known for their high quality and reliability, and our customer service is first-class. In 2010, we have further diversified our customer base by successfully penetrating into Italy, France and the United States markets through winning projects.”

“Italy is the third largest solar power generation market in Europe and we’re excited to have already begun a number of installations in the country,” said Andreas Liebheit, VP and Managing Director Europe, Middle East and Africa, Solarfun. “We continue winning new customers outside of Germany, entering into new markets through satisfied customer service, innovative technology and reliable quality.”

July 27, 2010 – Join energy business leaders, government policymakers, financiers, NGOs and global thought leaders at the Global Clean Energy Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, September 30 – October 1, 2010.  This meeting is convened by the International Herald Tribune and Diario Economico.  Get details and  register at http://www.IHTCleanEnergy.com.  Please leave your comments here if you will be attending.

July 27, 2010 – President Barack Obama was in Holland, Michigan last week.  It used to be that presidents went to Michigan to visit automobile  manufactures.  No longer.  Obama visited Compact Power’s new battery plant under construction.  Of course, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm was also present.  There is $2.4 billion in federal money available for advanced batteries from the American Reinvestment & Recovery Act.  The Department of Energy predicts that the US share of batteries for vehicles will be 20% by 2012 and 40% by 2015.  It is now 2%. Please leave your comments here.

July 26, 2010 – Most, but not all, hybrid vehicles  or electric vehicles cost more upfront than their comparable gasoline-fueled vehicles.  But what is the 5-year cost comparison?  Do you get enough savings in tax credits and fuel costs to make up for it over 5 years?  It is tough enough to calculate lease costs from different dealers for the same car.  Here is a GreenCar Calculator at Kiplinger.com/tools to help you evaluate your purchase decision.  Make an informed decision before you buy.

Power Mix Alternative Energy Expo

takes place on Sunday, August 15 from 3:00pm – 7:00pm at

Margo Studios
1354 Margo St
Los Angeles 90015

$10 pre-register and $15 day at the door

Power Mix  is  a cutting edge alternative energy expo with a gathering of alternative energy industry leaders, movers and shakers, decision makers, investors, artists, designers, economists, environmentalists and friends of the earth! The  event will strengthen the Alternative Energy Community in the Los Angeles Area, introduce alternative power solutions, and offer strategic business networking opportunities.

Exhibitors:

Pasadena Art Center, Center for Student Experience
www.artcenter.edu

California High Speed Rail (Rail LA)
www.railla.com

G2 Gallery Artists
www.theg2gallery.com

PowerForce Lithium Batteries
www.powerforceusa.com

EF9 Energy Systems, “Power from the Sky”
www.ef9energysystems.com

Skeuter, “Lithium Powered Motorcycles”
www.skeuter.com

Stay tuned for more exhibitors…

Register online and pay $10 at the door or pay $15 the day of. Ticket price includes a plus one, light refreshments and entrance to the event. Registering online is encouraged due to limited space. Please feel free to bring informational materials and business cards for networking opportunities.

Parking is available but please carpool or take public transport when possible. Check out Ride Amigos for carpool options, www.rideamigos.com and www.metro.net for bus and train schedules.
For more information and RSVP please contact Elisa Brown at elisa@powerforceusa.com or call 310.463.7930.

Brought to you by: LA ECO SALON and MARGO STUDIOS

www.facebook.com/laecosalon

Fore more information, please visit Power Mix.

July 23, 2010 – It seems that the weathermen made a bigger scare than Tropical Depression Bonnie. TV weathermen love bad news.  It keeps viewers watching the TV and the commercials even when the predictions are way overblown.  BP ducks a bullet.

July 23, 2010 – Tropical Storm Bonnie, the second storm of the 2010 season, is headed to the Gulf of Mexico after first hitting the Florida Keys.  BP has already transferred most personnel out of the storm’s path.  Do you expect any damage to the efforts to prevent further oil leakage?  What will be the effect on oil  prices? Please leave your comments here.