Lawn & Landscape Mag covers solar-powered street lighting
Oct/080
Swan Lake Park is one of the first public parks in the United States to specify solar-powered streetlights for a landscape application. The economic benefits were obvious to Swan Lake, but according to Lawn & Landscape magazine landscape contractors shouldn’t overlook solar-power lighting as a business opportunity either.
Contained in one of four hamlets in Liberty Township, N.Y., Swan Lake Park is one of the first of its kind in the country to use solar-powered LED lighting technology for commercial outdoor applications. The new lighting was part of a beautification project promoted by the Liberty Community Development Corp., which is funded by the local government, as well as the locally based Gerry Foundation. The effort also was part of a solar street light demonstration project co-funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
Six 14-foot-tall, solar-powered LED streetlights installed along a pathway at Swan Lake Park were supplied by Framingham, Mass.-based SolarOne Solutions. The fixtures use round strings of small LEDs powered by photovoltaic cells. A computer regulates the system to ensure that the lights are always on.
Energy Management Canada about Maritime Academy
Oct/080
The Canadian magazine, Energy Management just published the story about Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s installation of solar-powered pathway lights.
Capt. Allen Hansen championed the alternative energy project and is vice-president of operations at the school.
We now have a beautifully lit walkway students are using extensively, day and night.
We searched for a solution that was visible to visitors and didn’t add to the footprint of the Academy. And it is visible enough, that people who visit point out to us that, ‘hey you’ve got photovoltaic lights, don’t you’.
So we can share that story with them.The SolarOne lighting really has met all of our requirements. They’re attractive, they provide a good light for our students in the areas we wanted, and they haven’t added to the expense of operations on the campus.
Con-way Freight shop floor
Oct/080
Successful Dealer magazine published a short piece about Con-Way Freight using polished concrete flooring. Before the new flooring went in, the truck repair shop was replacing the floors about every three years just from normal wear and tear, and so Con-Way was looking for a more long-term solution.
Ed Arciniaga, construction manager for Con-Way, worked with QuestMark Flooring to create it’s polished concrete floor.
According to Arciniaga, “The floor looks great and is easy to maintain. And all we are doing is using the floor scrubber to keep it clean.”
The floor is in the 5,000-sq.-ft. maintenance facility and was completed in few days.
The story is in Successful Dealer magazine at bottom of the website page.