Category Archives for going green
Lighting and turtle breeding
Perth, 20th February 2010 This blog is long overdue and quite different from your average architectural lighting design project! Lighting Images has been involved over a period of about 2 years in exploring the environmental impact of lighting to the … Continue reading
Sustainability in sports lighting
Perth, 14th February 2010 First of all an update…we (Dutch) got our first Olympic gold medal in the 5000m speed skating ! Incidentally I read that of the 79 medals won by the Dutch in winter Olympics, 76 came from speed … Continue reading
BIPV
Singapore, 11th February 2010 Aren’t we continuously bombarded with technical jargon in our job? I am not so sure about Europe or the US, but Asia loves it abbreviations! BIPV or Building Integrated Photo Voltaic is the subject I actually … Continue reading
Recycling
Shanghai- Singapore, 9th February 2010 On my way to Singapore to work away the last bits and pieces of projects before the Chinese New Year shuts down this part of the world. Besides typing my blog (can we imagine life … Continue reading
Zero energy, zero maintenance
Shanghai, 4th February 2010 Is it possible to design towards zero energy and zero maintenance? In other words design a full project lighting installation that is 100% sustainable through renewable energy (wind, solar, etc) and has such life span that … Continue reading
Incandescent
Shanghai – Mumbai, 26th January 2010 Today is National Day in Australia as well as in India. As per coincidence I am on my way to Mumbai for some project coordination meetings. Ah, well… 🙂 While I am trying to … Continue reading
My low-carbon life
Shanghai, 19th January 2010 No I am not talking about my diet! I am referring to a new campaign that started in China to create awareness about carbon producing products and habits. Following the Copenhagen summit in Denmark recently China … Continue reading
World Expo Shanghai
Shanghai, 18th January 2010 China president Hu Jintao himself came to visit the site the last few days to make sure the World Expo is on track. The Expo is due to open to the public in Shanghai later (in … Continue reading
Taking the LEED
Singapore, 15th January 2010 Having your lighting design contribute to achieve a level of “green” classification is fast becoming a standard part of our activities. I would say that right now nearly 1/3 of our new projects require us to … Continue reading
Solar power
Perth, 2nd January 2010 This morning I took a slightly different and longer route on my “daily dose of daylight” walk to check out the residential neighborhood. Though still early in the morning the day seems to shape up to … Continue reading
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