Category Archives for going green
Lights in winter
Singapore 24th June 2011 To end the week a little story about Melbourne’s Lights in Winter an annual event organised in June and July for Federartion Square. Similar to events like Vivid Sydney earlier last month and I-Light Singapore late … Continue reading
Solar bottle light
Singapore 10th June 2011 Sometimes people come up with simple yet “powerful” ideas. Recently I read that students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed a cheap and easily reproducible solar light bulb by using a simple bottle. The … Continue reading
Earth Check
Singapore 7th June 2011 When I recently attended the Hospitality Architecture and Design conference (HAD) I came to know about an organisation called Earth Check. I probably should have known about this company long ago but I didn’t. Their website … Continue reading
Electricity
Singapore 1st June 2011 The stories about electricity scarcity keeps filling the news, specifically in high demand areas such as populated countries like China, India and Japan, I blogged about it not long ago. Today I read that China is … Continue reading
LED…again
Singapore 24th May 2011 As lighting designers we are only at the beginning of really understanding the “physics” of LED lighting and its effects when applied in space, at least I do. With the technology continuously changing, improving, it is … Continue reading
Green lighting design
Singapore 6th May 2011 With “cooling-off” day in Singapore today (introduced by the ruling party for the day before poling day) no political activity is allowed. With no political party rallies or canvassing of public the city is relatively quiet … Continue reading
Day lighting
Germany, 19th April 2011 It got late last night…travelling can be tiring even though exciting :). Yesterday I visited was Siteco, leaders in day lighting systems, one of the other exciting concepts that I am greatly interested in. Siteco (born … Continue reading
Earth Hour Singapore
Singapore, 28th March 2011 I don’t know about you but Monday to me is always a mixed back of emotions. The excitement of a new week’s work (I love what I do!) and the sadness of another weekend passed. It’s … Continue reading
Earth Hour 2011
Singapore, 25-26th March 2011 Yes I am taking it more relaxed this season, I went out last night and did not really felt like blogging when I came back :). It seems like today is more appropriate anyways as tonight … Continue reading
Size matters
Perth, 1st March 2011 If you want to see something sizeably impressive, a passenger cruise ship like the Queen Elizabeth certainly is. If you have never been close to such monster ships you can hardly imagine. They carry more than … Continue reading
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