Cleantech illuminates green building
Silicon Valley is now home to a booming cleantech industry that is focusing on green building innovations.
This video was syndicated with permission from Future360 .
This is a fast overview of several innovative lighting solutions for green building. Host Sarah Backhouse and cleantech evangelist John Picard visit Lunera, Soladigm, Cypress Envirosystems and Enlighted to see what new solutions each is contributing to the green building industry.
image: Soladigm
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I think it is a wonderful idea to mandate some sort of more efficent lighting by 2015. I am concerned about a few things though. This product is more expensive than regular lighting right now so how can we make sure that the common person and small business will start using this type of lighting when the majority of people are most concerned about their budget. Also I can't seem to find much research on the life cycle costs of this type of lighting. Once we have these things nailed down I believe this will become a much more viable solution to lighting for everyone.
LED technology is most likely the best non-natural light in terms of energy consumption. The only problem with most natural skylights and similar solutions is that they work against the heating and cooling energy conservation. We are an Energy Star compliant home builder in the Mid-Atlantic US. I can tell you that these energy saving options are what home buyers are looking for. You can take a look at our available features for building you green home at http://XtremeGreenHomes.com or more information at Homes By Vanderbuilt
LED is very profitable for us, I appreciate this step of Govt. We should use LED to save our environment and to reduce our power bills. Nice information you have posted here.
LED is very profitable for us, I appreciate this step of Govt. We should use LED to save our environment and to reduce our power bills. Nice information you have posted here.
This is a great idea! LED lights may be more expensive than other alternatives light sources; however, in the long run they are more cost-effective in two ways: first, they are a lot more energy efficient than flourecent lights; and second they last a lot longer. This justifies the initial cost, in my opinion.
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