GlacialLight LED Lights: For a Better Tomorrow,Today

LED lighting is already being widely used throughout the world, specially it has been more useful in the automobile industry. Now an Indian based division of GlacialTech Inc has brought this technology into the next level by bringing this amazingly clear Glasciallight's LED bulbs to our everyday life.

GlacialTech Inc has been popular for making innovative LED related products, trying to build an environmentally friendly future. They have introduced various kinds of products related to LED technology such as the GL-BR30 LED lights which can be used inside houses, buildings or office rooms as a replacement for halogen bulbs. These bulbs has been proven effective and unarguably these LED lights are much more energy-efficient and brighter than any other lighting system in the world.

Recently world famous Porsche automobiles company has given us a better example of the effectiveness of these bulbs by applying then for their showroom in Florida, USA. Customers and staff have began to notice an improved visibility with the LEDs shining bright, natural-looking light with no perceptible flickering.

The age of halogen bulbs are already over, as a result people are already seeking for better solutions to get rid of those energy wasting light bulbs. The halogen and CFL bulbs truly are better solution to this matter, but it also has some downsizes such as warm-up times in cold environments and exposure to harmful radiations.

That is why GlacialLight LED bulbs fits in as the perfect replacement, it takes all those problems away while giving the high quality bright light along with energy efficiency as it only takes about 11W of power to light up these bulbs. Need less to say GlacialLight LED bulbs are the perfect solution for a better and much greener tomorrow, today.

In order to support mass adoption of solid state lighting, a shift to larger diameter sapphire substrate size must occur. Manufacturing efficiencies and cost reductions inherent in the large diameter platform set the stage for scaling up of the entire LED supply chain to meet the growing demand for LED chips. This presentation will review why a large diameter wafer is essential to driving down costs and increasing yields to support aggressive cost targets of SSL, and will address trends that are on the horizon.

As a vertically integrated supplier of sapphire substrates and products for the LED industry, Rubicon leads sapphire wafer producers in the production of high quality, high yield, large diameter wafers. To date, Rubicon has shipped more than 230,000 large diameter wafers, produced from the raw material, through cutting and finishing polished wafers.

Let the light into your life with an airy new home

Boasting spacious, versatile living accommodation that is naturally light and immaculately presented, 2 Florin Drive occupies a corner plot in a popular, modern development.

Built in June 2010, the property's NHBC certificate is valid until the end of June 2020 and has been lived in by just one set of owners, who finished the house with a number of added extras.

Many rooms enjoy dual-aspect outlooks, while the same style and colour of carpet has been used throughout, with the exception of the kitchen, family room and utility, which have floor tiles, and all four bedrooms have been fitted with television points, with three also equipped for telephone use.

Space is generous on both levels, with rooms flexible in terms of use, and everywhere is light and airy.

One such part of the house is the lounge with its bay window to one side and French doors out to the garden. Equipped with a multimedia point for Sky, television, telephone and internet, this room also has the option of using either a gas or electric fire, with space and points available for both within the surround.

A very welcoming part of the house, the hall provides access to all ground-floor rooms, features a window within the return point of the staircase, and has a storage cupboard under the stairs that has been fitted with a light.

Enjoying a side bay window and further window to the front, the dining room is impressively sized and provides lots of entertaining space.

There is also a downstairs cloakroom containing a toilet and wash basin, and a very versatile study with side window and telephone point, making it equally suitable for use as a playroom or hobby room.

Once inside the property, the size and finish of accommodation on offer begin to reveal themselves, such as in the kitchen, where a square arch leads into the family room.

Another part of the house to be flooded with natural daylight, the kitchen has two front-facing windows complemented by French doors in the family room, floor tiles throughout that extend into the separate utility, integrated appliances that include a dishwasher, fridge and freezer, and space for a range style oven.

Blue LED plinth lights add a special touch to the room, there is a plumbed filter drinking water tap and an extensive range of storage cupboards and drawers, with an integrated wine rack, television and telephone points.

Being of an open-plan design allows the family room, which has a television point and garden views, to flow into the kitchen, creating a large space where everyone can be together.

Not only does this room contain a corner bath, it also has a separate shower cubicle, toilet and wash basin, with rear window, heated towel rail, partly tiled walls and an extractor fan.

The second bedroom, also a spacious double, features dual-aspect outlooks to both side elevations, has a double fitted wardrobe and en suite comprising a shower cubicle, wash basin and toilet, heated towel rail and extractor fan.

Both en suites and the main bathroom all have shaving points and there are LED downlighters in all three as well.

The bathroom itself has a window to the front and features a bath, separate shower cubicle, wash basin, toilet and heated towel rail.

OAP died in fire because she didn't know how to change light bulbs

A RECLUSIVE pensioner who used candles because she didn't know how to change a light bulb ended up dying in a bedroom fire sparked by a tea light.

An inquest heard yesterday how 79-year-old Margaret Davis managed to crawl to the first-floor landing of her home in Stoneyfields Avenue, Baddeley Green, before succumbing to fumes.

The retired nurse and mother-of-two had moved to the semi-detached property after divorcing, in the early 1980s.

She lived alone, rarely letting people inside and being "very awkward" towards relatives and neighbours.

Ex-husband John Davis said she had suffered from an obsessive-compulsive disorder, which came to rule her daily life.

He told the inquest: "She had got a fear of germs and bugs and particularly cancer.

"She washed her hands all the time."

Although they remained friends, he was never allowed beyond her front door for fear he would "contaminate" the place.

Mrs Davis also refused to have a washing machine, fridge and TV in her house as they would take up space.

Instead, it became packed with plastic bags, which included large quantities of tea lights.

Mr Davis, from Endon, said: "She didn't know how to change light bulbs and that led to her using candles. I told her many, many times how silly and dangerous they were. But she made her own mind up about what was best for her."

The pensioner's next-door neighbour, Terry Ball, had been the first to spot the fire. After initially discounting a strange noise as a firework, he smelled burning and went outside to investigate.

After ringing the emergency services, he and his wife began banging on Mrs Davis's doors and windows and shouted through the letterbox.

But they got no reply and firefighters had to force their way into the house.

Mr Ball said: "I then saw flames from the front bedroom. I thought the whole house, our house, was going up. Glass was showering on the front lawn. The bedroom lit up with flames."

Fire investigation officer Peter Smith told the inquest it had been a relatively small fire, which was started by the naked flame of a tea light.

Fed by plastic bags and other combustible items in the room, the fire travelled up through the mattress of Mrs Davis's bed.

A post-mortem examination subsequently revealed she died from inhaling fire fumes. There were also numerous burns to her upper body and face.

North Staffordshire coroner Ian Smith, pictured, recorded a verdict of accidental death.

New light on Millennium Stadium saves 70 per cent of energy

The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff has joined forces with SWALEC to complete a major LED lighting project to further reduce energy consumption at the home of Welsh sport.

Over 450 LED light fittings have been installed to replace the old fluorescent lighting at the stadium, bringing the greatest energy savings of any lighting source on the market and expected to reduce energy consumption by 70%.

"The new and improved system has the advantage of providing the finest lighting quality with all the benefits of being environmentally safe and recyclable and this is exactly the kind of change we need to be making to fulfil our goals for sustainability," said Facilities Manager Darren Crossman.

Stadium Manager Gerry Toms said, "While there is always the initial cost attached to a project of this scale to consider, the LED installation promises a range of benefits for the future in reducing our carbon footprint and lowering the cost of lighting the stadium. "

The project will also help to ensure that our twelve year old stadium continues to age gracefully, with the vibrant lighting providing a brighter and colourful ambience for the one million plus visitors to Wales's national stadium each year."

Tthe ongoing maintenance and replacement needs will substantially reduce costs for the stadium.

I read an article years ago saying that LED light fixtures provide significant energy savings over compact fluorescent bulbs, with a nice white spectrum. With a minimum of research, I dropped $700 on Cree, a dominant player in the technology, and ended up losing money.

A compelling product is rarely enough. LED bulbs are indeed very efficient, requiring relatively little power to put out strong light. But for now, they remain rather costly, and that's keeping many people from buying them, even if the long-term economic argument makes sense.

Such bulbs are selling for around $20 to $30 apiece these days. That doesn't mean they're doomed, though. As long as their manufacturers have staying power, as demand grows and production scales up, costs will come down.

But as with any investment, you need to be sure the company is healthy, well-managed and in a good competitive position. You don't want it to run out of money or have a rival eat its lunch.

Eagle project lights up Sutter's Delta Medical Center's rooftop

The mock letters were ready for a test. However, when they were placed on the roof of Sutter Delta Medical Center, Sebastian Salmeron realized there was a problem.

The letters were too wide and the full "Season's Greetings" sign wouldn't fit.

Normally, when a Boy Scout is working on his Eagle Scout project, he doesn't have to worry about fonts. That wasn't the case for Salmeron, who grew up in Antioch and now lives in Concord. Salmeron decided his project would be creating a new "Season's Greetings" sign for the hospital in Antioch.

"I had a practice piece of plywood," said the 17-year old Salmeron. "And it was 4-by-4. We measured it and there wasn't enough room for all the letters. I had to scale them down. When I changed them I had to change the height too because on the computer when you change the width it changes width and height."

The size of the letters was probably the biggest obstacle in the project for Salmeron. He set up a power-point on a projector and traced each letter on a screen, then cut the individual letters out of plywood.

Salmeron began working on the sign in February and finished up just after Thanksgiving -- just in time for the sign to go up and greet patients and visitors at Sutter Delta, as well as drivers on Lone Tree Way.

The sign is 43 feet across and each section weighs about 70 pounds.

Salmeron put in more than 100 hours on the project and got help from workers at the hospital as well as 16 fellow Boy Scouts. Salmeron will achieve Eagle Scout rank once he finishes two more merit badges.

The old sign, which lasted 20 years, was too rotted to use three years ago and the hospital had gone without the holiday greetings since. The new sign, like the old one, is made of plywood, but this time the wood was treated to withstand the elements. Salmeron said he hopes the new sign lasts longer than the old one.

The sign includes lights which are on a timer -- it is lighted from 5:30 to 10 p.m. every day.

"Weather took its toll on the 20-year-old sign, so we had no choice but to take it down," Tim Bouslog, Sutter Delta's materials and facility director, said in a news release. "I am extremely impressed with Sebastian. This was not an easy project to tackle, and, instantly, as soon as we turned on the lights, we received so many compliments from patients, visitors and passers-by, who have thanked us and told us how nice it is to see holiday cheer."

Salmeron said he always enjoyed Christmas lights and chose the project because he wanted to do something that would last.

"I wanted to make a difference," he said. "Building a sign that would be up there for awhile because people would see it because its on a busy street. It was a challenge, too."

Salmeron was born in Walnut Creek. He is currently a senior at De La Salle High School where he has participated in water polo, volleyball and track and field. He also plays soccer. He would like to become a doctor. For now, he's a sign doctor, saving a local landmark for all to enjoy.

"When I first started I thought it was going to be easy because I thought there was going to be a template and I could copy it," he said. "In the end, it was actually really difficult. You have to take a lot of time and build each letter individually."