Prepare yourselves, JimOnLight.com readers, I'm about to ramble.I just read a very disappointing article by Mike Elk at the Huffington Post. I guess at this point in the scope of American manufacturing, money handling, crooked business practices, and corporations rear-ending the population out of everything we've saved in past years that I shouldn't be surprised.Oh, but I am. I am surprised, and I'm starting to get a little more than frustrated with all of the lies and corporate BS.Jeff Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, a major player in lighting and sustainable electricity generation, has been leading the charge over ... Read More»
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Jim on Light is written by Jim Hutchison, Chief Design Consultant of Alive Lighting. Jim has several years of experience in the Entertainment Lighting industry. Jim is a member of USA Local 829.
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Why Did You Do That, General Electric and Jeff Immelt?
July 24th, 2009 by Jim
Posted in Alternative Energy, General Electric, Industrial, Industry News, Industry Professionals, Lighting Manufacturing, Lighting and The Economy, Lighting and the Stock Market, Policy and Legislation, Political HooHaa, Random Rambles, Sustainability, electricity
Posted in Alternative Energy, General Electric, Industrial, Industry News, Industry Professionals, Lighting Manufacturing, Lighting and The Economy, Lighting and the Stock Market, Policy and Legislation, Political HooHaa, Random Rambles, Sustainability, electricity
A Bit of an “In Your Face” to White LEDs
I just read an article at LEDs Magazine from a lighting designer who had some very frank things to say about the white LED manufacturing industry. I've only added an exerpt, but it's not a very long article.Check this out: As an exhibition designer and lighting specifier I have been a keen advocate of white LED lighting in exhibitions, but recently I have had to reconsider this decision. There is an urgent need for the white LED lighting industry to develop a more transparent and meaningful framework for the specification and performance rating of white LED-based lamps. If this is ... Read More»
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320,000 Kilowatt Hours Wasted Per Minute
Posted in Environmentally Friendly Design, Lamps and Sources, Light Art, Lighting Discussion, electricity
Chris Jordan, an artist from Seattle who produces a lot of commentary work on consumerism, has produced a series of work called Running the Numbers. In this work is a painting called Light Bulbs, which makes commentary on the 320,000 kilowatt-hours wasted by the United States every minute through things most of us probably don't think of often - computers in stand-by, poorly engineered wiring, leaving the lights on, etc.The work is huge, as in size - 72" X 96" (six feet by nine feet), and includes 320,000 images of a light bulb to represent each wasted kWh.Actual detail size:A ... Read More»
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