Lighting

Journal of Poor Homebuilding v.6

June 15, 2012
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    *Sigh* Recessed lights…so sleek and discreet. So modern and sometimes, so lousy. This is one of a string of recessed lights in a ranch house. They were all of the same flavor: Insulation contact but unsealed, letting air flow through unimpeded. This particular recessed light was about two feet from the vented soffit, [...]

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Replace Incandescent Bulbs to Save on Air Conditioning

April 17, 2012
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  We’re in the midst of the first paradigm shift in electric lighting since … well, since forever. It’s been over 200 years since incandescent lights were first conceived and over 130 years since Joseph Swan and Edison nailed the particulars. In the intervening more than a century? Nothing much has changed in the lighting [...]

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Color Temperature – Why You Need To Know

March 5, 2012
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  Ack, I had one more lighting article kicking around…and here it is. Color temperature is one of those topics everyone will be familiar with, but not understand. And you don’t really need to understand it, but if you’re discussing lighting and light quality, then color temperature will come up. The radiation mechanics and what [...]

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Knob and Tube Wiring and Insulation

March 2, 2012
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  Folks often call about energy audits part of the way through their thinking on a project. Sometimes the big project decisions have already been made; homeowners are just looking for final guidance. On more than a couple occasions, those plans to blow cellulose over an attic flat are brought up short by live knob [...]

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Organic LEDs or OLED

February 25, 2012
Organic LEDs or OLED

    Ha, one last lighting post…for now. I almost didn’t write this article, but organic LEDs came up in most of the lighting and LED articles as the next ‘next big deal’ in lighting. Organic LEDs or OLEDs have a breathy sci-fi air about them, like carbon nanotubes or space elevators. They’re the sort [...]

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