Street Light
Running Late III .... Street Lights
After thinking and reading about running you want to start, you really do. You would start but you're just not sure what is the best way, so that becomes the sticking point. Because you don't want to tie the shoes and run out the door. You've done that a few times throughout the years and it didn't end well. This time you want to start the right way. Deep down you want to be a runner. You want it bad.
What makes some runners keep running for years while so many others start and stop, start and stop, until they finally just quit? One of the hardest things to convince a non runner of is the mental aspect of running. Almost everyone knows of the soreness, pain and blisters first hand. How can that be mental? Does this sound familiar: You finally decide to run. You set your goal at 2 miles. You go and somehow finish the whole 2 miles, and the next day you can barely walk. No amount of preaching will persuade you of the mental aspect of distance running.
Let's try it this way. First, of course, see your doctor. Always, no exceptions. Second, buy a pair of moderately priced running shoes. On your first day, set aside 30 minutes. Go out on the street in front of your house and start walking. Walk for about 5-10 minutes. Now, look at that street light in the distance. Street lights are good because of their spacing, but you can just as well use houses, poles, whatever. With your target in sight, start to run very slowly, not much faster than you were walking. At your street light finish line, start walking again. Walk 2 street lights, then start running again to the next one. Remember, run slowly. Try not to get out of breath. If you're huffing and puffing, you're going way too fast. So now you've got the routine. Walk 2 lights, run 1. Continue for 10-15 minutes. If you get tired, just stop the running portions and walk home. The whole session shouldn't last longer than 20 minutes. This is your emergence as a runner. You should repeat this exercise for a total of 3-4 times a week. After a couple of weeks, try extending the running from 1 light to 2. Gradual increases over a 6 week period will have you running more and walking less. Soreness, blisters and all the bad stuff should be at a minimum. Be patient. You've waited years to start running. The street lights will transform into quarter miles and the quarters into halves. Sooner than you think, you'll run an entire mile without stopping. I didn't say without effort. Running is always harder than walking. That's another reason we're so proud to call ourselves runners.
After the first mile, multiple miles will come. How many miles is up to you, because for you, running has now become mental. When will you be able to call yourself a runner? My friend, when you reach your first street light, you are a runner.
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The American Energy Efficient Lighting Tragedy
Energy efficient lighting alternatives have existed for years. The amount of carbon emissions that can be eliminated from the environment, through utilizing lighting efficiency, is enormous. Let’s consider street lighting as an example, 100-400 watt HID fixtures are commonly used as illumination for our Nation’s highways, roadways and alleyways. The consumption of these fixtures can be cut in half with the use of more efficient Induction lighting technology. In many cases the replacement of these fixtures will also improve the quality of light. There are millions of these inefficient lighting fixtures in the US. Replacing 5 million 100 watt Metal Halide street lighting with 80 watt Induction will yield the following approximate results:
963,600,000 kw usage reduction, at the conservative rate of 8¢ per KWH, results in $77,088,000 annual savings. This is the equivalent to removing 129,375 cars from the road or replenishing 183,975 acres of forest. It would also have a coal burning reduction of 315,196 tons per year. Mercury contamination will be reduced by 14,978,196 mg. per year. An Induction lamp has 4 to 5 times the life of a HID lamp. Again, using a conservative number of $100.00 per lamp change, Induction would save Americans approximately 2 billion dollars in maintenance cost over the next 20 years. A reduction of 5 million 400 watt HID to 150 watt Induction would have 3 times the impact. The aforementioned results are only the tip of the energy efficient iceberg floating beneath our fears to commit to new technologies.
Other areas such as Parking Lot lighting, Parking Garages and interior spaces can greatly benefit from this technology. The “instant on” quality of Induction lighting makes it an ideal candidate for numerous control options. Recent collaboration between Get Green Lighting Co and DimOnOff has produced the Smart-Bright System for existing Parking Lot applications. This intelligent Induction lighting system uses two lamps per fixture with the option of shutting off one lamp during late night hours when only security lighting is needed. For existing applications, many of which do not have the option of providing additional control feeds, the DimOnOFF powerline controls allows for the use of the duel controls option without costly reconstruction. Simply change the fixture, install the DimOnOff control panel and tie it into the existing electrical supply. Some simple programming is required and the astronomical time clock takes it from there.
In large Warehouse spaces Induction high bay lighting can be used to replace 400W HID fixtures. The 200 watt Induction high bay can efficiently and effectively replace these high consuming, environmentally damaging, light sources. Again, control options can be used such as motion detection in spaces seldom used. Another practice that might seem minor, but cost effective, is shutting the fixtures off at lunch time. The absence of re-strike downtime enables these fixtures to be turned on thus providing immediate illumination for safe occupation of work space.
Induction lighting is certainly not the only energy efficient lighting technology that can help reduce the Nation’s environmental impact. Compact fluorescents and LED’s will have a significant role in reducing our dependence on foreign resources. As a Nation, we need to take advantage of this energy source that is available now. It requires no digging nor is dependant on our relationship with other countries. It doesn’t require nuclear power, or the burning of coal, no off shore drilling expenses. All that is required is the insight to implement these preventive measures, resulting in triumph, not tragedy for generations to come.
Michael Hale
www.getgreenlighting.com
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Michael Hale
www.getgreenlighting.com