Includes information about Borealis B10s such as spec sheets, comparisons, energy audits showing cost and energy savings. Other information about Borealis LED products
9. How is LED Lighting so Different in Construction, Yet Compatible with Standard Lighting ? Copyright American Technical Publishers, used with permission from Electrical Principles and Practices
22. Frosted wall sconce can use clear Borealis B-10 and clear sconce should use frosted B-10
23. Energy-Use Disclosure for Large Buildings – What is it? August 1, 2011 Seattle seeks to reduce energy use 20% by 2020, opted for mandatory reporting.
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27. Commercial Buildings account for almost 20% of U.S. greenhouse gases(!) Source: www.buildingrating.org
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41. LED 101 False Although some LASERs ARE Semi-conductors an LED is NOT a LASER. A LASER has a “coherent beam” (meaning similar wavelength and frequency.) Most LEDs have “incoherent” beams through a narrow spectrum beam.
43. LED 101 False LED Standards are REGIONAL and not yet coordinated—even though the markets are now Global. It is hence VERY easy to find LED products on the WEB that are manufactured to standards FAR below those we use at Borealis, which are the highest in the industry.
44. LED 101 True or False Narrow Spectrum Light is weaker than Wide Spectrum Light.
45. LED 101 False Narrow Spectrum Light is the light with the STRONGEST (peak) light output.
46. LED 101 True or False SSL stands for Solid State Lighting
47. LED 101 True SSL (Solid State Lighting) is an umbrella term for semiconductors used to convert electricity into light.
48. LED 101 How Do Dimmable LED Lights Work? By pulsing the LED with current, and varying the duty cycle of the current waveform, the LED rapidly transitions between on and off, and the relative times spent give the impression of being dimmed.
49. LED 101 Do LEDs Attract Insects? No they do not. Insects see entirely different spectrums of light and are attracted to ultraviolet light. A side note - flowers create "nectar guides", invisible to the human eye and ultraviolet light attracts insects to flowers for reproductive purposes. This is not to say that all bugs aren't attracted to LED lights, but most can't see the light that LEDs produce.
50. LED 101 What is 50,000 Hours? 50 1 5 CFL Borealis LED Incandescent bulb It is 50 times the life of a typical incandescent bulb and 5 times the lifetime of an average compact fluorescent lamp. In fact, if you ran one LED lamp for 6 hours per day every day, it would last for nearly 23 years. That is five presidential elections, a home remodeling or a full generation. You may never change another light bulb again.
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52. Got a Bill, figure out the cost per Kilowatt Hour