News tagged with street lighting

Light pollution transforming insect communities

(Phys.org) -- Street lighting is transforming communities of insects and other invertebrates, according to research by the University of Exeter. Published today in the journal Biology Letters, the study shows ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Generating electricity from vibrations in road surface works

A pilot research project into vibration energy on the N34 provincial motorway near Hardenberg in the eastern Netherlands has shown that vibration energy as a local energy source is a sustainable alternative ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Philips develops efficient solar powered LED street lighting

Philips has developed what is said to be the world’s most efficient and cost effective solar powered LED street lighting solution per km of road.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 8

Night lights affect songbirds' mating life

In today's increasingly urbanized world, the lights in many places are always on, and according to a report published online on September 16 in of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, that's having a real ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stop traffic crashes: Switch on the lights

Street lighting provides a simple, low cost means of stemming the global epidemic of road traffic death and injury. Low income countries should consider installing more lights, and high income countries should think carefully ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NXP demonstrates groundbreaking solar street lighting solution at CES 2012

NXP Semiconductors announced that it has developed an innovative, sustainable and highly efficient solar-powered street lighting solution, together with Philips Lighting. The groundbreaking Solar Gen2 solution, which NXP ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1