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April 2012 Newsletter
SodaBottle

 PLASTIC SODA BOTTLE BECOMES A LIGHT SOURCE

 

Free Light Source Anyone?

 

 

A new, inexpensive, energy-efficient light source:  the two-liter soda bottle.  No electricity required.  When sunlight hits the roof and top of the bottle, light is refracted within the water and produces light within the space.  The output of this thrifty fixture is equivalent to that of a 50 watt incandescent lamp.  Here's the recipe:

 

2-liter soda bottle

A little less than 2-liters of clean water

3-Tablespoons bleach

1 Film canister

Sunlight

 

Fill the soda bottle with clean water and bleach.  Place the film canister over the cap.  Insert soda bottle into a hole in the roof. 

 

VOILĄ, an inexpensive, no-energy light fixture! 

 

Check out the video to see how it works.
 
In This Issue   

   

AEDG Spotlight

 

Did you know that AEDG has been involved in several data center projects?  Click here to read about some of our recent work!

 

AEDG hires THREE new employees!

 

 Keep an eye out for introductions in our next newsletter.

 

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  • Age effects eye site in many ways.  Here are a couple examples:
    • Pupil becomes smaller and less responsive to light, adjusting more slowly to glare and changes in light levels
    • Retina's ability to detect color contrast and brightness decreases
  • How good lighting can improve vision
    • Increased light levels  - People in their 60s need about two to three times the amount of light for specific tasks as they did throughout their 20s
    • Good Lamp Color
      • Install lamps with a CRI or color rendering index of 85-100 to give objects an appearance of having a more true color
      • Use lamps with a warmer Correlated Color Temperature (2700 degrees Kelvin), like that of an incandescent lamp
    • Control systems - allow for controllability of light levels throughout a space so eye has to do less work adjusting to different light levels as it moves from space to space
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