Category Archives for going green
Electricity
Perth 1st July 2013 Back in wintery Perth…cold at night but glorious weather (sunny and blue skies) during the day! While (whistle blower) Edward Snowdon is still holed up in Moscow awaiting his asylum request into Equador, US president Obama … Continue reading
Daylight
Bali 27th June 2013 Daylight is of course the cheapest form of lighting and it’s free, but incorporating daylight in the lighting design is not necessarily an easy task certainly in the tropics!. The subject of daylight came up during … Continue reading
Haze and (light) pollution
Singapore 17th June 2013 We live in an age where pollution, certainly in the big multi million people cities, is becoming a way of life rather than the exception. Today in Singapore we were hit by extreme haze that blows … Continue reading
ROI Warranty
Bali 3rd April 2013 Now here is an interesting approach to warranty. I met with several local lighting suppliers today to get a better feel on how to approach my specifications and long term maintenance recommendations. If my project is … Continue reading
Reversed education
Singapore 19th March 2013 Back to LED! It’s been a couple of blogs I have not mentioned LED’s I believe 🙂 Yesterday I met with one of the LED suppliers and had an interesting discussion. At least this one is … Continue reading
ROI
Perth-Singapore 11th March 2013 Calculating return on investment (ROI) is quite a daunting exercise. Over the last couple of days I have been putting together an ROI for replacing the conventional lighting in a hotel into sustainable lighting solution principally based … Continue reading
Towards zero energy
Perth 5th March2013 As you may have noticed I am a bit more relaxed with my blogging, but yesterday I had a legitimate reason not to blog, it turned out to be a public holiday on arrival here. With all … Continue reading
Generation Y
Kuala Lumpur- Singapore 1st March 2013 First congratulations to our Grace, who this afternoon delivered a healthy baby girl! Well done, and that considering she still came to the office this morning! Now that is dedication for you :). We … Continue reading
The global LED tsunami
Delhi 15th February 2013 I am in Delhi today and tomorrow to catch up with our office here and to visit some existing and new prospective clients. It is amazing how nearly all discussions, presentations today seem to revolve around … Continue reading
Concepteur Eclairage sand Frontieres
Singapore 15th January 2013 More and more I realise that most of the time we design for the higher end of the scale. Understandably as it is generally people with money who can afford the cost of hiring a professional … Continue reading
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