Apartment living is becoming increasingly popular with more people moving into urban areas for work and school. While spacious units can occasionally be found, most are definitely on the smaller side and can feel claustrophobic and…
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As the new season ushers in warmer weather, we all look forward to spending more time outdoors. It only makes sense that now is the ideal time to get your garden summer-ready.
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A secure home requires proper placement and installation of outdoor lighting. Illuminating the exterior of your home with high-performance, well-placed security lighting will make intruders think twice about trying to enter your property.
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72W LED Panel Light Fitting 6000K When designing an office, elements like the floor plan, desks, and computers are often given the most thought. Lighting, on the other hand, gets the least attention, yet it is listed as one of…
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Pineda (D135SN) You can transform your interior with changes like a fresh coat of paint, new floor tiles, and modern appliances. But if your lighting is old your home still won’t have an updated look about it. Downlights…
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With more people moving into urban environments, compact living is becoming increasingly common. City dwellers are all too familiar with the space restraints that go hand in hand with living in tiny apartments, especially where the bathroom…
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Making small changes to your interior decor is always a great way to usher in a new season. Take your home from cool and breezy to warm and snug in four easy steps: 1. SAVE MONEY Shorter days and longer nights mean that your…
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Several devices that generate electricity from the movement of waves are about to begin large-scale testing in Hawaii. In a shipyard in Portland, Oregon, a massive new energy generating device is nearly complete. In mid-May, it will…
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50 ways to save electricity and money around the house By using energy wisely, you’ll help to keep your monthly utility costs down - this is called demand-side management. In addition to the cost implications, the growing…
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World’s First Antarctic Expedition Powered Solely By Renewable Energy In November, 2017, father and son Robert and Barney Swan became the part of the first team in history to walk to the South Pole powered entirely by renewable…
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Back to school lighting The bell has rung and classes have begun. That’s right, the school year has started which means your child will need a comfortable spot at home to do homework, work on assignments, and read books.…
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IT’S NO LONGER surprising to encounter 100-foot pinwheels spinning in the breeze as you drive down the highway. But don’t get too comfortable with that view. A Spanish company called Vortex Bladeless is proposing a radical new way to…
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On display or on the go, our speaker lanterns offer a spectrum of colors and dynamic color modes that give you the capability to elevate an ordinary space to an extraordinary experience. Choose from a spectacular range of color LEDs that…
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Lighting can totally make or break a room, and it can be easier to change out than you think, even in a rental. Take it from me—I've swapped out three fixtures in my space and brought in my own special bulbs for the recessed cans in my…
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Photo: Glenn Moncrieff and Planet Labs Inc The Kalahari Desert's Kathu Solar Park will start commercial operation next year. This concentrated solar power plant is due to pump 100MW into South Africa's electricity…
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Harvesting renewable energy from the sun and outer space at the same time This image shows the apparatus that is proving the efficacy of a double-layered rooftop panel. The top layer uses the standard semiconductor materials that…
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Today’s hottest solar tech is all about supporting old-fashioned silicon panels. Back in 2008, when the US was deploying less than 300 megawatts a year of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, and the boom in solar was but a gleam in…
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A new energy storage system is using a crane and concrete blocks to address one of the biggest issues of renewable energy while cutting expenses by half compared to existing technologies. A Czech-Canadian scientist, Vaclav Smil …
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When winter comes around to Mzansi each year, we find ourselves dealing with cold as well as the high electricity bill because of all of our efforts to stay warm. With all of the costs the average South African is dealing with now, a…
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Three Phase String inverter 40-50kW Canadian Solar‘s grid-tied, transformer-less string inverters help to accelerate the use of three-phase string architecture for commercial rooftop and small ground-mount applications. An NRTL approved,…
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You might look at an overhead power line and see an engineering problem. After all, those transmission towers are impressively huge. But if you’ve ever seen those cables, you probably noticed they seem to hang fairly low. Why they hang low…
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New research done in Singapore shows that slightly raising indoor temperatures and equipping office workers with smart fans saves significantly on overall office building energy costs while maintaining employee comfort. The research was…
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Troubleshooting of electric motors Insulation resistance testing is performed when troubleshooting electric motors and related equipment. IEEE Standard 43-2000, Recommended Practice for Testing Insulation Resistance of Rotating Machines,…
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