Harmful Electronic Equipment

Imagine an electronic-city with everything auto controlled.

A city where we own the comfort of working in an environment that customizes itself according to our needs. It's all possible in current scenario with high-technology equipments. But before we dream about it, we should understand the cost that we pay to attain such a hi-tech luxury.

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
―Albert Einstein

We, as humans, have innovated infinite things for the comfort of mankind. But we happen to forget to reuse, recycle or reduce the use of hazardous materials that hold harmful effects on our planet.

Do you know that:

• Approximately 20 to 50 million metric tons of e-waste are disposed worldwide every year.
• The Cell phones and many other electronic items contain high amounts of precious metals like gold or silver.
• Americans dump phones containing over $60 million in gold/silver every year that goes in-vain.

Not just this, the truth is that only 12.5% of e-waste is currently being recycled out of all. The electronic items that are considered to be most hazardous include:

1. Televisions, Computer monitors that contain cathode ray tubes
2. LCD desktop monitors, LCD televisions, Plasma televisions, Portable DVD players with LCD screens.
3. Printed circuit boards (image behind table— a thin plate on which chips and other electronic components are placed)
4. Mobile Phone etc
5. Radio-active products
6. Printed circuit boards
7. Mercury switches
8. Batteries
9. Light generators (e.g., lamps)
10. Capacitors and resistors
11. Sensors and connectors

Though the list is long, but it's high time to understand the cause and effect rule of nature.

 

  Reduce. Re-use. Recycling is the solution

The most effective solution to this rapidly growing e-waste is to re-use these products, as most of the electronic devices contain different kind of materials that include metal. These elements can be recovered to repair or customize other products for future. Hence, to protect out planet and carry forward the same gift to the future generation we should follow the mantra — Reduce, Re-use, Recycle. 

The use of paper: Minimizing and Recycling

Save paper and environment, as paper is too valuable to be wasted. As per the statistics, there is around 1 million tonnes of paper that is being used everyday, and 93% of it come from the trees. That paper is known as virgin paper. It accounts about half of the municipal solid waste as well. Reduce the usage of paper, the amount of getting it trashed will automatically be reduced. They say 'one who preserves, gets served', so it's high time you should realize and save the optimum. Thus, think green and save environment, this will fetch you save some money as well.

Saving paper reduces the amount of energy and pollution substances associated in the making of it. The manufacturing, transporting, recycling of paper and paper products is a tough job. To produce one ton of paper requires 2-3 times the weight of trees. Simultaneously, making paper from recycled content rather than virgin fibers creates 74 % less air pollution and 35 % less water pollution.

The paper usage in many parts of the world is at zenith. If you can't take action now for the environment, you'll be too late to find its whereabouts.

 Tips for minimizing the paper use:

• For printing, copying, writing and drawing, try to use both sides of the sheet.
• You can reuse the paper that's already printed on one side by manually feeding it into copiers and printers. The reuse of paper can be done for centralized documents like drafts and short-lived items such as meeting agendas or temporary signs, etc.
• Technology is at its verge. E-mail can be used to share documents and ideas.
• Change your bills to ‘paperless’ and pay them online or by phone. Most companies will make this easy for you to do it, since an Email is a lot cheaper than postage.
• Transfer the data via electronic media rather than printing a paper, it reduces office paper waste as well.
• Method of efficient copying —Don’t use a bigger piece of paper than your need.
• You can use two-way or send-and-return envelopes. The ones which get delivered can be accepted with a response even.
• Reuse old paper for notepads. It can be cut into custom sizes and simply bound with a staple or glue.
• The documents that are drafted can be viewed and edited on-screen.
• Nowadays everybody has an access to the Internet, Google docs can be used for the editing, viewing and sharing purposes. This will consume less time as everything will be done online.
• Be frugal about magazine, newspapers subscriptions etc. Many newspapers have online versions download the App in this android-friendly environment.

LED-Lighting the world with design

Gone are the times when people used to buy big tube lights which covered half of the wall with heavy chokes. The starter used to manipulate its working system, even after its adjustment the tube-light use to flash off. With the change in time and advancement in technology, Ecolite has brought the new and effective designer LED lights that are not only energy efficient but are designer and trendy as well. Looking back to the past one can imagine the long cylindrical image of the heavy tube-lights, but here, one can see the transformed sphere that has given shape to LED lights. They are not only stylish but profitable and environmental friendly as well. Ecolite LED's give you at least 12 years of reliable use on around 12-hour duty cycle of the energy it emits.

 

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Ecolite has en-lighted the world with powerful design by giving power saving mode. It is a comprehensive optical solution that has captured the whole market. The mixture of extravagant looks and advanced technology has nurtured the product in every sense. Ecolite LED's are highly customizable as they can be upgraded with the technology. For instance; LED provides you with the natural light, visibility and traffic sensors; with a single clap you can switch on and off your light. The control system can also manipulate its light intensity as per the surroundings. The light fixed outside your home will automatically switch off during the day time if left lighted accidentally, whereas during night the light sensors become powerful and get bright with the natural conditions.

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LED lights have different color temperatures as well. The color temperature is dwelled while keeping the indoor and outdoor atmosphere in mind. Ecolite not only designs your house but your society and roads as well. The cool and warm temperatures of colors are accumulated while keeping the warmer urban variants, pedestrian walkaways, local areas and residential areas in mind.

Ecolite is capable of reaching through the expectations; LED's give in their full output and are instantly lit up when once switched on. The old flashing problem doesn't exist now! It's rapid 'quick-switch' lightens your room without taking long. LED technology is perfect for the indoor and outdoor lamping and moreover, it cut downs your maintenance cost. LED lights are full-fledged, experimented and reliable, making the ambiance exquisite.

LEDs- The Next Generation Infrastructure

Eco-efficient technology has become one of the major contrives of this era, and with the introduction and progress in utilization of LEDs, the tables have turned in the world of lighting. Incandescent bulbs and now even CFLs too are being replaced by the LED lights, which are estimated to be the prodigy in the next generation infrastructure. 

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LED lighting market is experiencing a rapid growth, as the researches are being conducted, which are leading to finer and better quality LED lights. LED (Light Emitting Diodes) lights are energy efficient and are money saving alternative to Incandescent bulbs and CFLs and they limit the electricity bill and moreover, have a longer shelf life. With six years of research behind them, LED lights have already taken over various design applications like traffic lights, store signs, in-house and out-house lighting, street lighting etc.

When discussing light, quality is the key and therefore it is important for LEDs to be of high quality in terms of performance. LED lighting installation has led to innovation and taken the art of illumination to a new direction. LEDs are bright and they do not burn out or fade away that easy, and are ideal for various lighting applications, as they have a design flexibility which can be varied dynamically from control of light to colour and distribution of light.

With the market flooded with cost effective LED lights and solutions, they can be found anywhere and everywhere-be it televisions, cell phones, computers, laptops, lamps or in automobiles. Their brightness, variety and durability are readily making them the favourite alternatives in both personal and professional domains. LED lighting is estimated to penetrate the market by approximately 61% until 2020. LEDs have a bright future as they are innovatively disruptive and have a potential of replacing CFLs and Incandescent light bulbs economically as well.

To know more about LED lights and products, visit: http://www.ecolitetechnologies.co.in/

The Socio-Economic Benefits of LED Street Lighting

There is no denying fact that the world is encircled with the mass of technology. In that wide bracket, one of the emerging technological effects witnessed so far is that of LED lightning. Proliferating the appropriate use of the latest technology, today LED is considered most appropriate for night lightning; besides, efficient in terms of the consumption of energy. You'd be surprised to know that you are already familiar with LED lightning. Yes! Look around in your room, all the lights that you see in the power button of your computer or video game or remote of your television are the low-powered LED lights only. As far as a high power LED light is concerned, it's strong enough to illuminate the whole room. Brighter than that of an incandescent bulb of similar brightness, LED light consumes only one-fourth of the electricity used by the latter. 

Not only curtailing the utility bills, LED subsides the pressure on renewable sources of energy as well. Abreast, the vigorous and seamless endeavors undertaken towards energy-efficiency projects have also contributed in socio-economic benefits. For instance, LED Street Lightning has come-up as an important plan to light up both rural and urban landscapes through roads, flyovers, parks etc. Moreover, the plan also serves refugee camps, in case of disaster management condition. Hence, working over the economic grounds, LED lightning has met the societal safety side by side.

Thus, focusing on the growing infrastructure, it ensures public safety, especially at night. Now, you must be wondering how can 'more' economic growth and the safety of society be achieved under the same umbrella? Well, if you meticulously study the social issues like burglary, theft, rapes or any extortion etc, you'd notice that most of the times, crimes under that head take place at night. Thus, highlighting the streets with low costly lightning, many such social and economic issues will be abated. Indeed, LED street lightning would indubitably improve social activities and increase the execution of economic activities, which get stopped either because of the poor quality of street lights or absence of the same.

In a nutshell, from promoting economic activities and enhancing safety measures for the society, LED street lightning in the long run will ensure a positive effect of technology on both the economic and social front of any country.

Re-Invent your space with LED eco-friendly lights and fixtures!

Have your home lights become really dull and sombre? Do you plan to give your home a vivacious lively and remarkable transformation? OR does a special occasion or festivity require a perk up to lighten and brighten the spirit of the event? Be it anything, the right kind of light is all you need to set the mood right! And what’s more appropriate then LED lights, bulbs and fixtures that allow you a variety to choose from beside going green and allowing you to do your bit for the environment.

With the steady innovations in the field of LED light and fixtures, these illuminating products and LED modules are great for art work applications. The diverse portfolio of the different modules of LED lights equips you with endless possibilities when it comes to creatively adorning your space. Whether to be used as a single light or a string of lights, these modules can be used to accentuate any piece of art work.

LED Strip lights are another set of great products for art work and mixed media applications. Use to side light stained glass work, or use to reverse halo a canvas or framed piece, they can easily perk up the look of any piece of art or decorative at your home or office. LED light bulbs and fixtures that are doing the rounds in the market are the best alternative for going green alongside making your home, office or any other space get ready for a refreshing and illuminating makeover!

There are plenty of creative options and energy saving solutions for those using LED light bulbs and fixtures in their art work and mixed media applications. The most crucial advantage of the LED lights is that it gives you a plethora of options to make your pick from. Their type ranges from modules for decorative that are single or multi stringed to strip lights that offer excellent combination of water resistant and water proof fixtures, from LED light bulbs, Wall washers or outdoor light fixtures to color changing or single color dimming control with flashing and fading effects.

Be it electric shades of any color or the myriad types of fixtures that you can choose from, LED Lights are an innovative way of re-inventing your space.  

Things you didn't know about LED

LED lights are the new 'in' thing! They are used in our houses, in clubs and pubs and on the streets. It is cost effective, has a long life, consumes less energy and is eco-friendly. Yes, we all are aware of these facts. This blog is not about the things that you have been reading since forever. If you want to read things that you didn't know about LED before, then, this is the place for you.

1. The first visible-spectrum LED was invented by Nick Holonyak, Jr., while working for GE in 1962. Since then, the technology has swiftly progressed and costs have dropped staggeringly, making LEDs a feasible lighting solution.

2. In 2012, about 49 million LEDs were installed in the U.S. -- saving about $675 million in annual energy costs.

3. LEDs contain no mercury, and a recent Energy Department study determined that LEDs have a much smaller environmental impact than incandescent bulbs. They also have an edge over compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) that’s expected to grow over the next few years as LED technology continues its steady improvement.

4. Good-quality LED bulbs can have a useful life of 25,000 hours or more, which means, they can last more than 25 times longer than the traditional light bulbs. It has a life of more than three years if run 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

5. A light-emitting diode, or LED, is a type of solid-state lighting that uses a semiconductor to convert electricity into light. Today’s LED bulbs can be six-seven times more energy efficient than conventional incandescent lights and cut energy use by more than 80 percent.

6. From traffic lights and vehicle brake lights to TVs and display cases, LEDs are used in a wide range of applications because of their unique characteristics, which include compact size, low maintenance, resistance to breakage and the ability to focus the light in a single direction.