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Would you use a light rated to 100,000 hours or 11.4 continuous years? This is a lifespan five times longer than HID. Imagine the cost savings in energy and replacement. This is a possibility with induction lighting.

Induction lighting may be new to some of our readers; it is not a new concept. It’s hard to imagine but induction lighting has been around since the 1800’s when Nicola Tesla lit 200 lamps without wires from 25 miles away.

Induction lighting is similar to fluorescent lights in that it uses gases to produce white light. Where the similarities end and the savings begin is in the manner to which the gases are “engaged”. Fluorescent lights use electrodes to engage the gases and thus produce the light. The electrodes erode over time. Induction lighting produces light when energy is transmitted by magnetic field (electromagnetic induction). It is through this process that induction lighting gets its name.

Induction light bulbs contain an antenna. The antenna receives electric power from the ballast. The ballast generates a high frequency such as 13.6 MHz, 2.5 MHz, or 250 kHz. A circuit in the ballast produces a voltage on the coil located in the light bulb. The coil discharges the gas. When light is produced, the voltage is reduced to the normal level. There is no electrical connection inside the bulb. Energy is transferred through the glass.

For a video on how induction lights are made, click here .

Advantages of Induction Lighting
Along with its longevity, induction light provides a wealth of additional benefits. Used in tunnels, warehouses and other low lit areas, it provides additional safety and security with its natural light.

Induction lighting provides a great advantage to buildings and areas were replacement and maintenance of lights can be difficult. This can include high ceiling areas such as lobbies, street lighting, parking lots, industrial buildings, cafeterias, gymnasiums, signage, tunnels, bridges, roadways, public spaces, and any area where lighting is needed 24/7.

Induction lights are dimmable. In addition, induction lamps can be integrated with motion sensors. There are a couple of advantages to using motion sensors with induction lighting. There is no delay in switching on/off. In addition, repeated on/off in high traffic areas will not affect the longevity of the light as it may with an electrode charged fluorescent.

A few other specifications of induction lighting are listed below:

* Long Life - 100,000 hours
* Color rendering - 85 CRI
* Color Temperature - 2,700K-6,500K
* Energy Efficient - 85+ Lumens per Watt
* Lumen maintenance - 70% of its light output at 100,000 hours
* Maintenance costs - go at least 10 years with out a change out
* Instant on Capability - Can be used with photocell or motion sensor with instant strike and restrike (Metal Halides take up to 8 mins to restart).
* High Output - 70W to 400W
* No flickering, strobing, or noise
* Minimal Color shifting
* Starting temperatures as low as -40° F

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Savings and comparison’s to traditional lighting

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Sunny Doench and Brad Newman from 28Zen where present at GoGreen Expo and interviewd Gerald for a special GoGreen webisode.

28zen Episode 110 - The Green Lighting Experts from zentainment on Vimeo.

For our commitment to the environment and energy efficient solutions and products, Architectural Detail Group has become an Energy Star Partner:

“Environmental responsibility is everyone’s responsibility - and today I’m pleased that Architectural Detail Group is taking this motto to heart,” said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. “By making smart energy choices, Architectural Detail Group is helping improve our nation’s energy and environmental outlook.”

ENERGY STAR was introduced by EPA in 1992 as a voluntary, market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency. Today, the ENERGY STAR label can be found on more than 50 different kinds of products, new homes and commercial and industrial buildings. Products and buildings that have earned the ENERGY STAR designation prevent greenhouse gas emissions by meeting strict energy-efficiency specifications set by the government. In 2007, Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved about $16 billion on their energy bills while reducing the greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of 27 million vehicles.

For more information about ENERGY STAR, visit www.energystar.gov or call toll-free 1-888-STAR-YES.

By now we all know that Eco-Friendly, Energy Savings and Sustainability are all contemporary verbiage used to excite and bring you into the commercialization of Saving Dollars. With Earth Day coming up this April 22nd, we thought it would be an appropriate time to let you know about induction lighting systems as another way you can conserve energy and save significant additional money off energy bills, because we do care.
Technically speaking, an induction lighting system is viable and significantly more eco-friendly lighting solution that uses innovative technology in a system composed of three different components that work together to combine the principles of induction and gas discharge to deliver over 100,000 hours of white light. This system is historic, conceived by Tesla and now available for cost savings, yet, contemporary and innovational with today’s technology. According to Dave Miller, patent holder, “Induction lighting is based on technology that is fundamentally different from conventional gas sources or incandescent lamps. Instead of electrodes used in gas discharge lamps or the glowing filament of incandescent, light generation is by means of induction- the transmission of energy by way of a magnetic field – combined with a gas discharge.”

Not only that, an induction lighting systems also offer the following energy saving and maintenance benefits:

• There are no filaments or electrodes as in conventional lamps that are exposed to the effects of heat, vibration malfunction, or high electrical potential, and as a result are subject to deterioration of performance and finally to failure.
• Because the induced magnetic field can easily pass through the glass wall of the lamp bulb, no throughput wires are needed as in incandescent or discharge lamps, where the glass/metal junction is another vulnerable failure ar
• The high frequency power supply to the primary coil at 2.65 MHz – well outside normal broadcast and communication radio bands – ensures highly efficient energy transmission between the induction coil and the gas and metal vapor filling of the lamp bulb. Radiated energy levels close to an induction lighting system are no higher than from a distant radio transmitter while the UV radiated power is no more than that of a standard fluorescent lamp of the same power.

 

By the by, the economical benefits are significant: ADG also just completed a study that found for a big box store’s domestic chain, over a 12-year period we would create a savings opportunity of approximately $300,000,000 and 815,300 KW saved per year per big box, for 407,650,000 kWh throughout its locations in the U.S. The ROI (your Return on Investment) is increased when considering the savings in maintenance costs. The additional savings average’s increase will vary up to 11%. Eco-Friendly Bulb change out will occur at an average of 100,000 hours vs. the typical10,000 hour average to those ugly compact fluorescent. Also, every watt reduced in your lighting system results in a one-third watt reduction in your A/C load, while A/C is running.

Trying an induction lighting system is just one of many to help celebrate Earth Day this year. ADG urges you to think about your environmental impact this April 22nd, even if it’s a simple an act as turning off the light when you’re not in the room.

Chart/ Savings Calculator by Gerald Olesker

This is an open response to the Trustees of Lincolnwood and the opportunity that they are missing with the street light improvements.

An $8.12 million dollar Tax use lighting upgrade plan is fantastic. BUT, the Trustees with all due respect have been feed some misinformation. Now, I may be a Californian, born and raised in the land of Golden opportunity, however, a part of my roots came from Chicago. I also may have a huge bias towards Green and Sustainable lighting programs since I am the CEO of a small Eco Lighting Products Company with 17+ years of experience.

President Elect Obama and congressional leaders have discussed structuring infrastructure deals that may require spending in the “green jobs” arena providing funds for energy efficiency project. And, yes a recent exhibit at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, CA, even reflects back to an era of government backed jobs. The Sunday, November 9th, Los Angeles Times front page even reads Economists see revival of an old fix, Public works projects once dismissed as too slow, are on the table again. Obama backs the FDR-era ideas.

It does no take a rocket scientist, or in our case an enthusiastic employee and lighting engineer at ADG Eco Lighting Products to recognize that P.E. Obama and Green leaders are right, That the folks at public works departments around our nation have given us structure and sub structure since we live and interact in the built environment. It does take one or two individuals at Public Utility companies to quash the idea that Green and Sustainable street lighting is not efficient. This is a self serving prognosis some power companies give to the lay-people or agencies and engineers that do not understand the implications of sustainability. They do understand that the bottom line – yes the public utilities bottom line - is being affected by the so called mandates of “Green our country up”.

Now, in plain English, for everyone who reads this comment back to Kathy Routliffe’s article Lincolnwood OK-D 5 year plan to Improve Street Lights. The advocates for the use of metal halide street lights are wrong. Based on our recent studies this is why we respond in this manner; recently a developer asked me to examine the possibilities of using our Induction Lighting Products and our Decorative Street Lights for a new community that is being built. I was put in contact with the pleasant folks of the Los Angeles County Street Lighting Division who were gracious enough to hear ADG Eco Lighting Products reasons as to Why Induction Lights would work.. First off they would save 50% of the energy used against metal halide (which are for some reason considered Green) For those of you who do not know what Induction Lights are the brief explanation is they are a phosphorus coated bulb that produce light though Magnetic Resonance. It is a 120 year old technology.

Well, to my surprise Los Angeles County Street Light Division is under Contract with Southern California Edison to provide, maintain and place street lights. Great, I sent them to review our site at www.adgEcoLightingProducts.com (this is to inform all about what, why and how come SCE disregarded induction lights completely). So the team at SCE was nice enough to hear me out via phone conference. And when we were done, they said “Induction just does not calculate out”. This is the same tone and response that the good people of Lincolnwood have just received from the Gewalt Hamilton representatives. Now I do not know the specifics of their argument, I do hear and see the writing on the walls. The cost of replacing street lights while it may be a hefty bill, it can be off-set with an approximate 3 year ROI and 15 year high yield return through the use of Miller induction Lights. Why would the Trustees of the city want to use the Induction Light technology to reduce consumption 50%? This would actually put millions of dollars back into the City General fund, while reducing the bottom line at the power company, and it meets the standards that our President Elect Obama is referencing, and that the Bush Government mandated that we not use incandescent light sources any more. Our county is shouting, give us jobs, give us savings and give us opportunity, while we should divest in foreign oil consumption. So utilizing Induction Lights in many applications is part of the resolution I will continue to claim this until I have helped save our nation 1 watt at a time.

Induction lights, at least from my biased perspective, meet all of the requirements of energy savings, and deferred maintence by 10 times that of many existing street lights, therefore, providing additional tax dollars to be spent in other service areas. They provide a safer and cleaner and all around applicability that the rest of the world has used for years. And if you need confirmation, check out our beautiful Golden Gate Bride at night. It has been lit with induction bulbs for quite some time.

With respect and admiration to the Lincolnwood Trustees, All those that have given them advise and the people of its communities,

Gerald Olesker

CEO/ founder Architectural Detail Group, inc & ADG Eco Lighting Products are part of a partnership group enhancing the built environment’s needs through positive relationships.

In our first newsletter of the year, we extolled the virtues of green lighting. But you probably still have questions about the different kinds of sustainable bulb options that are available. Whether you want to replace bulbs in existing light fixtures, chandeliers, sconces or lanterns or start over with ADG’s decorative lighting fixtures the choice is yours as how to begin.
Among the best quick green energy investments a consumer can make is the replacement of traditional light bulbs with an energy efficient bulb. But preferably not Compact Florescent Lights (CFLs). These curly-cue shaped light bulbs give off the same amount of light as a traditional light bulb, and expend dramatically less energy, so replacing old light bulbs with new CFLs can save you money on your electric bill but are filled with toxic chemicals, still produce waste that should be carted off as electronic waste and not in your regular trash bin.
So what should we all do to help spare the environment some of the burden of power production? We have solutions that will last 50,000 to 100,000 hours as compared to CFL that go about 11,000 hours. These bulbs are 5 times that of CFL and 20 to 50 times life of regular incandescent. They also produce little heat, are easy to screw into existing fixtures and look relatively similar to a regular old Edison light bulb and Tesla would be proud. LED light bulbs, (Light Emitting Diodes) are another light source that pulls significantly less power, and produces brightness. LED bulbs about 10 times more energy efficient than CFLS, but they are quite a bit more expensive to purchase upfront. And deferred maintenance and your energy bill will prove that replacing incandescent with LED will brighten your home and save you money. Even the White House Christmas tree now uses LED technology.
A couple other techniques for greening your lighting include the use of Solar lights for outdoor areas, or if you are doing a remodel you may consider including features such as solar power, sky lights or strategically placed windows which can offer enough light during the day can give you a 0-wat lighting scheme on sunny days. ADG can help you make the decision of what kind of green lighting options will work best for your space. Contact us today for a consultation.
Click here LED Presentation compressed.pps (1.30 mb) to see the many ways a traditional fixture should be using LED or energy efficient bulbs. Some of these projects have been designed from the initial inception of sustainable solutions and others are on their way to being replaced

US Department of energy on LED lamping click here

Technical Aspects of how LED works by the State of NY. click here

Green Insurance since you are replacing your home with Green energy alternatives and on the track to low carbon footprint and just being conscientious about the environment.