CALLING REINFORCEMENTS

Performance contracts and outside consultants help municipalities fund and repair infrastructure. When officials with the city of Mount Vernon, IN, offered Chuck Gray the position of water superintendent, Gray’s first instinct was to walk away. That might have seemed...

LED STREET SMARTS

Street lighting turns to LEDs for longevity and efficiency Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been appearing in traffic signals and vehicle headlights for years and are poised to affect another source of light we use to navigate our cities and towns. Municipal street...

LIGHTING THE WAY FORWARD. END OF THE T12 ERA

By now, the electrical industry is well aware that national energy standards have eliminated the manufacture and import of fluorescent magnetic ballasts for 4- and 8-foot standard and energy-saving T12 lamps, with few exceptions. On July 14, 2012, Department of Energy...

LIGHTING AL FRESCO

Comments Fewer options exist for exterior lights than are available for interior, believes John Noel, president and founder of Energy & Environment LLC, an Atlanta, GA-based company focused on energy audits and retrofits for increased energy efficiency. “You have...