Illumination Ban for "City of Light"

The Energy & Environment minister of France Delphine Batho unveiled a proposal last week.

The content of the proposal was to apply a ban to all Paris shops, offices and public buildings to turn-off their indoor & outdoor lights between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. so, let the "City of Light" to go dark at night hours. 

Then the secondary phase of the plan is to apply the same to all France towns.

Paris

Of course, as there are supporters for this idea, there are many antagonists as well. Let’s take a look at the reactions:

LEDs Anatomy and How LEDs work?

There are two basic types of LEDs  :

*Indicator-type
*Illuminator-type

Indicator type LEDs are inexpensive, low-power and suitable for electronic devices, cars and computers.

Let’s meet up with LED !

LED Lighting is already in use of many different locations and applications.

But what do we know about LED?

                D : Useful light for both indoor and outdoor applications

C : Provide a full spectrum of colors, full range of white color

                                               D : Energy efficient when it is compared to conventional lighting

C : Reliably deliver useful light for many thousands of hours  after FL or incandescent   sources have failed                      

D : Dynamic color-changing effects, large video displays, light shows

                C : Long life-time, resist damage by vibration, operate efficiently in cold temperatures

D : Lower the total cost, depending on scale even achieve the payback in less than one year

Welcome Illuminations for 2013

Since we’ve just get through 31th of December and welcome a brand new year, why don’t we post some interesting stuff about new year celebrations???

Here are some good examples where cities gain souls with joyful and colorful illuminations. Let’s check them!

Hello!

Hello!

Human, city, architecture, innovation, technology, energy..

How big is the correlation between these and light & illumination? Don’t you have an idea? Let us give a few examples: