New York reform urban lighting: lighting a little bit higher energy efficiency

Past, New York city all night and now the city brilliantly illuminated; bright lights become faint, showing signs of energy saving and environmental protection. Past New York, each building lights on; now, New York city night on the contour of sparse distribution some shining buildings, only the top of the lights for decoration. At the same time, in some buildings, the motion sensor will ensure that unmanned work office, warehouse and restaurant lights off; the dimmer soft ceiling bright lights; city after falling asleep, the timer ensure buildings gradually dimmed. Cheap electricity, the original lighting technology, high-rise buildings are lit every night, this era has passed. Now, the rising cost of energy, environmental protection, tighter building regulations and advanced lighting systems make the city lights imperceptibly changing, Manhattan ancient night shine more gentle light. The city may never sleep, but some buildings need to rest. Seen from the top of The Empire State Building in New York, in the street lights and street lights, the distance between office and residential buildings is so harmonious. Randy cyber heat RS lighting design company (Randy Sabedra) said: the edifice of each layer of night lights is a thing of the past. You don't have to rely on the floor to light up the building, it just needs a light at the top. The company is working on a new map of New York's iconic lighting. New York city night profile has several dark. During the Second World War and the energy crisis of the 70s of last century, the New Yorkers thought it was patriotic to turn off the lights. But when the time comes again, thrift is gone. International dark sky Association (IDA) said that the building boom of the past ten years, electronic billboards in Times Square growing and there are no traffic lights shields keep New York made the most serious light pollution city in the United states. According to a 9 point night of the association dark score system, the main city of New York, Houston, Las Vegas's score was 9 points, and the typical suburban sky level is 5. The person in charge of the Susan Harder IDA New York branch (Susan Harder) said: the light has not yet entered the government's consideration. The city will always have a landmark, but we don't need so much light. According to "New York Times" reported that the New York state legislature in June 08 through legislation, new requirements for outdoor lighting must have a shield to reduce the glare and waste. The bill's sponsor, Manhattan Democrat Linda (Linda B. Rosenthal), said the bill is expected to be approved by the New York senate. New York city the night sky is not completely black, Ms. Rosenthal said, but now is 2008, we must consider the problem of energy. In many ways, the business community ahead of politicians. Some of the city's skyscrapers have begun to use the latest cutting-edge technologies that are attractive to environmentalists and those who are keen to reduce energy costs. Owners have found that it is a good selling point to implement more stringent energy efficiency standards for new buildings and buildings, especially for those who need to pay their own electricity. Lightolier manager Meg Smith (Meg Smith), said: This is the difference, we are more aware of what we are doing, the lighting industry has become more advanced. The company focuses on the development of lighting equipment and controls. With New York city electricity demand growth and global competition to promote the increase in energy prices, the use of solar technology and reduce the cost of electricity at night consumption is declining, these techniques include motion sensors, software driven timer etc.. America's largest lighting equipment manufacturer Acuity brand lighting company in New York sales department director Mark Roche (Mark Roush) said that in general two years to recover the investment in equipment, but shortly before it takes 5 years. This includes the New York government agencies and public utility companies preferential policies, the government tried to reduce electricity consumption, reduce the pressure on the grid, delayed the construction of expensive power plants and substations. In the famous elite media company, 91 thousand square feet of New York City Office, two floors of the four top lighting area, so at a time, and not all spaces are light or dark. The office is equipped with a motion sensor, and the lights turn off automatically after the staff leaves at night. The cleaners leave at 8, but some of the editors work late, when the timer in the small closet closes the rest of the lights at 11 a.m. and opens at about 6 a.m.. Johnson vice president of global energy and sustainable development of equipment company Clay Ness Le (Clay Nessler) for the Long Island CITIGROUP TOWER designed for more complex systems, can cooperate with the cleaning staff. This will help productivity and efficiency, he said. The Associated Press in Manhattan headquarters, the floor area of more than two acres of segmentation, allow groups of employees to adjust the light according to their preferences, only a few people to avoid the presence of Everbright open lamp. These regional divisions require more initial investment because of the need to install more lines, sockets and other devices, but Lightolier's Smith said the company designed the system can reduce energy consumption by 28%. Advanced lighting system is mainly installed in new buildings or renovation of the building, so many years later, New York city night scene will gradually change. However, more and more owners in the signing of the lease, requiring the tenant to pay the electricity bill, many tenants choose their own