Category Archives for lighting and the economy
Today’s sneaky economy
Singapore 15th April 2013 When you travel as I do you get confronted with all the inconveniences of travel as well, delays, detours, additional charges en costs… as I was travelling back to Singapore yesterday I had plenty of time … Continue reading
Numbers
Perth 12th April 2013 I don’t know how my colleagues work but I would assume that budget planning is part and parcel of the lighting design services. It’s all nice and good to create a beautiful lighting design but it … Continue reading
Majet again!
Jakarta 5th April 2013 As I write my blog I have just spent another two hours in the car on my way to the airport for my flight back to Singapore. Another mega “majet” (traffic jam)…I barely managed to check … Continue reading
Cheap for cheap sake
Bali 4th April 2013 My discussions with local suppliers here in Bali brought up another interesting approach to lighting sales. One of the suppliers I interviewed openly professed the strategy to buy cheap. Never mind if it fails, rots away … Continue reading
Life Endangering Diodes (LEDs)
Singapore 27th March 2013 Or should I say Life Endangering Duds. Maybe some of you may have some better acronyms… Fact is that in recent months more and more life endangering situations have surfaced in regards to the safe and … Continue reading
Progress of work
Singapore 12th March 2013 Back in Singapore again and the first thing on my mind today was a project meeting with my team this morning. I have been away a lot so it was good to go through the projects … 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
Decisions
Singapore 26-27th February 2013 Yes I did not blog yesterday…Life is all about decisions, decisions, and yesterday evening, as I was about to start writing my blog, I got an unexpected visit of a dear friend, the decision was easy…the … 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
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