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Five years later and Gatlinburg City’s bright idea is paying off. The city for it ‘Gatlinburg Winter Magic’ lights program for the 2008-09 season made a full switch to LED bulbs from incandescent. They have hit a new milestone, after making the $180,000 switch and saw significant savings up front. Public Relations manager for the Read more...

New regulations issued by the Israeli Education Ministry states that CCTV cameras will no longer be installed in kindergartens, and no longer allowed in classrooms or gyms in schools. A ministry document also states that the installation of the CCTV cameras is an addition to on duty teachers during recess not a replacement. The decision will be Read more...

A church received an early Christmas miracle after being given £23,000 to install a new central heating system. Cornerstone Church, in Lord’s Stile Lane, Bromley Cross, was given a grant coming up to Christmas by the Biffa Awards, which is a multi million fund that awards grants to environmental and community projects across the UK. The church Read more...

Over the past few years, the U.S. Department of the Interior has been testing the effectiveness of electrical transformers which use vegetable oil against electrical transformers which use mineral oil in an attempt to boost power production while lowering the threat toxic spills of and fires. From using this green technology which has helped Read more...

Millions are going to be spent on the car parks near Guildford, including the induction of a new pay by phone service.  From next year, motorists who use sites such as Bedford Road, Leapale Road, Farnham Road car park Guildford will see the improvements; however no changes to tariffs for 2014/15 will be made. The only increases that will be Read more...

A warehousing and distribution giant in East Staffordshire has undergone a massive revamp which can see the company cutting its energy bills by thousands of pounder a year. Bosses at Amethyst Group Limited, based in Fradley Park, revealed that they had linked up Mace, Burton based electrical contractor, in a bid to install electrical and Read more...

Organised criminals have now started using cherry pickers and hoist to access copper, which can fetch them up to €5,000 per tone on the scrap market. Over the past 3 weeks, there have been a total of 12 power cables stolen which Gardai are currently investigating. ESB experts have said that the criminals behind these thefts were putting other Read more...

New figures have shown that the biggest outgoing problem facing families for the first time are their Energy and Housing bills. It was recorded that in 2012, the average household was spending a total of £489 a week, which is down from £526 almost a decade ago before the recession hit the UK. Families have now started to cut back on Read more...

A survey which was constructed last week for areas flooded by the latest tidal surge has now been completed, with approximately 45 commercial premises affected and 220 residential properties. Recovery operations today are entering a sixth day, with officers working hard to provide advice, guidance and support to residents, with street cleansing Read more...

According to the latest Optoelectronic Components report from IHS Inc, there has started to be an increase in the number of small high growth opportunities that could prove a lucrative option for a number of suppliers; however it is still LEDswho continue to dominate the optoelectronic components market. At the moment, LEDs currently Read more...