Avraham Mor's Blog

People are afraid of Smart Meters

Avraham Mor — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:24:04 +0000

See this posting… People are afraid of their new smart meters.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/12/smart-meter-protest-blockades-road-forces-pge-trucks-to-retreat.php

Smart Lighting for 2011

Avraham Mor — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:34:06 +0000

Check out this article about smart lighting for the future… This is the future of Lighting!!!!

http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/23/leds-smart-lighting-2011/

Computer Tricks

Avraham Mor — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:50:48 +0000

So the last few days I have been dealing with Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Vista. I’m happy to say I’m back to working order… but I just found a really usefull link I wanted to share with all of those Windows Vista Users. If you follow these directions you will gain about 3GB of harddrive space.
For users who have Vista with SP2, the “compcln.exe” is found in the System32 folder can help you to greatly reduce the size of your WinSxS folder (running this tool will make it impossible to remove updates and service packs, so make sure you are happy with your updates or you will be reinstalling Windows). To use the file do the following:
1. Open My Computer
2. Double click C:\ (or the drive letter Windows is installed on)
3. Double click the Windows folder
4. Double Click the System32 folder

Lighting for Tomorrows 2010 Awards Announced

Avraham Mor — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:30:27 +0000

The LFT (Lighting for Tomorrows) awards were announced today. Some very cool products are on the list. One of my favorite is the Philips Endura LED lamp. I plan to put these lamps all over my home.
http://www.lightingfortomorrow.org/
http://www.lightingfortomorrow.org/2010/winners/ssl_philips_endura.shtml

End of Summer Update

Avraham Mor — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:40:24 +0000

Well it’s been a wonderful summer. Sailing, training, and searching for business. I have updated the speaking engagements page, I hope to see you out this fall at some of these engagements. You will also find me at LDI, IALD, IES, and GreenBuild conferences this fall. We will be exhibiting at GreenBuild this year!

Stay tuned form more lighting, LED, and design updates from arround the world.

Death of the Incandecent Lamp

Avraham Mor — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:40:35 +0000

Interesting article from the Boston Globe:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/08/01/the_incandescent_bulb_an_obituary/

LA residents and LEDs

Avraham Mor — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:02:27 +0000

LA Times reporting on LED streetlights and peoples reactions

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0602-ledlites-20100602,0,1153038.story

DOE Publishes Recommendations for Testing and Reporting LED Luminaire Lifetime

Avraham Mor — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:15:08 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a new guide, LED Luminaire Lifetime: Recommendations for Testing and Reporting. Developed by a working group created by DOE and the Next Generation Lighting Industry Alliance, the publication is available in PDF format on the DOE website at http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/publications/pdfs/ssl/led_luminaire-lifetime-guide.pdf.

The working group is under the guidance of the DOE SSL Quality Advocates program and is composed of a diverse group of experts in reliability, lighting, and LED technology. Their recommendations are a follow-up to an earlier publication, Reporting LED Luminaire Product Performance, which focuses on initial performance criteria and product consistency, and laid the groundwork for the Lighting Facts^CM label.

Many thanks to this group for their hard work on an extremely complex topic. Their recommendations are an important first step toward consistent, industry-wide understanding of LED luminaire lifetime, and will assist standards organizations in their work.

To view the guidelines, or to learn more about the DOE SSL Quality Advocates program, visit www.ssl.energy.gov/advocates.html.

Next Generation Luminaires 2009

Avraham Mor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:12:53 +0000

NGL has released the 2009 listing of commercial LED products you should know about. To learn more about the program visit www.ngldc.org.

Download you copy of the catalog here http://avmister.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/ngl09_catalog_final_web.pdf.

Smarter LED Lights

Avraham Mor — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:26:24 +0000

I’m quoted in the following interesting article. I’m looking forward to when this technology is avalable on the market!

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/24791/?a=f