Bright ideas lighting up Grand Central Terminal

September 18, 2008 By Michael Kofsky

New York's Grand Central Terminal may be a grand old National Historic Landmark, but thanks to some modern technology, it's becoming one the most energy efficient buildings in the city.



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  • DGBEACH - Sep 18, 2008
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    That's 60,000 mercury-laden bulbs that are going to be thrown into landfills within the next 5 years...stupid. LEDs could have done the job even more efficiently, and color matching would not have been an issue.
  • Soylent - Sep 19, 2008
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    LEDs could have done the job even more efficiently[...]


    Most LED-lights are still less efficient than flourescent lighting.

    They're far more expensive, but they last a long time. Since LEDs are still rapidly improving and it makes no sense to be stuck with current technology for such a long time.
  • DGBEACH - Sep 19, 2008
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    Early-adopters are the ones which traditionally have advanced technologies on this planet (where would we be if nobody had dared buy a Blackberry all-those years ago???).
    The FACT is that they consume less energy for the light they give off- which by definition means they are more efficient- I'm not making this stuff up...and they exist TODAY!
    The US DoE is about to implement a drive towards LED lighting, because it would cut America's energy consumption, making it less dependent on foreign oil...this will further stimulate research and development and put us closer to the goal of "extremely efficient lighting systems".


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