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Harvesting daylight

Email|Link Posted by mwelch December 5, 2007 08:21 AM

Nebraska-based Axis Technologies took a simple idea - that you don't need as much light when the sun is shining - and "came up with a product to improve efficiency and cut electrical costs at the same time." The Axis Daylight Harvesting Dimming Ballast allows fluorescent lights in commercial buildings to dim to specific levels based on the amount of sunlight in the room. Most office buildings spend 40 to 50 percent of the electrical bill on lighting and the cost to install the ballasts is paid back in energy savings. If your company wants to talk the green talk, this seems like a good way to actually walk the walk.