Smart Solid-State Light Sources Now Being Developed Not Only Have the Potential to Provide
The Scottish Optoelectronics Association
in partnership with
The British Council of Offices, Wireless Innovation and
The Carbon Trust:
Photonics – Tomorrow’s Lighting
“Photonics and Energy Saving”
“Saving 2 Billion barrels of oil a year[1]”
Workshop
Date: 23rd October, 2006
Venue: The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Registration from 14.00
Note: This workshop is preceded by a BCO lunchtime briefing which you can register for separately –the lunch cost is £30.00 plus VAT for BCO and SOA members and Wireless Innovation clients; £40.00 plus VAT for guests and non-menbers.
Venue: The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Registration from 12.00
Lunch from 12.30 to 14.00
Energy underpins virtually every aspect of our economy and day-to-day lives. However, the use of fossil fuels, which currently provide the bulk of our energy, releases greenhouse gases (such as carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere. Due to factors such as population growth and changes in lifestyle, the demand for energy has increased to levels where the burning of fossil fuels is releasing enough greenhouse gases into the atmosphere to begin to directly affect our climate system.
The UK Government says “To help lessen the effects of climate change, we must reduce the level of greenhouse gases emitted. This can be achieved by generating our energy from sources that emit low or even zero levels of greenhouse gases, such as renewable energy. We can also make sure that we use energy as efficiently as possible.”
Solid-state light sources now being developed not only have the potential to provide significant energy savings, but also offer new opportunities for applications that go well beyond the lighting provided by conventional incandescent and fluorescent sources. The ability to control basic light properties — including spectral power distribution, polarisation, and color temperature — will allow “smart” light sources to adjust to specific environments and requirements and to undertake entirely new functions that are not possible with incandescent or fluorescent lighting. Solid-state sources potentially could cut in half the 22 percent of electricity now consumed by lighting. Traffic lights using LEDs, for example, use only one-tenth the power of signals using incandescent lamps.
This workshop examines these technologies and the opportunities for Scotland to benefit from this exciting and growing area of technology.
Free of Charge – but numbers limited
To register for this workshop please contact:
SOA on 01506 497228
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Agenda:
14.30Introduction
14.40LED Lighting; ENFIS Gareth Jones, ENFIS
15.00One Minute Attendee Introductions
15.30LED Missions; David Jack, International Technology Promoter
16.00Break
16.30LED’s in Scotland (Frank Tooley, Photonix)
16.45LED applications (TBD)
17.00Building requirements, John Brophy, British Council of Offices
17.15Networking
18.00Close
Venue:
The Lighthouse
Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and The City
11 Mitchell Lane
Glasgow G1 3NU
Map:
By Tube/Underground:
From Buchanan Street underground, follow street signs to The Lighthouse.
By Rail:
Queen Street & Central Station are only five minutes walk away.
From Queen Street Station
Exit the station onto Great George Street and turn right toward Buchanan Street. When you reach Buchanan Street turn left and head towards Argyll Street. Keep to the right and look out for the USC store. When you reach the shop turn right into Mitchell Lane, which runs alongside it and The Lighthouse is on your left.
From Central Station
Exit the station onto Gordon Street and head right. Take the second right onto Mitchell Street, you will see the NCP Car Park on the right and The Lighthouse on the left. Take the first left onto Mitchell Lane and The Lighthouse is on your right.
Train times are available from National Rail Enquiries.
By Bus:
Buchanan Street Bus Station provides links from within Scotland to Glasgow - an up-to-date timetable is available from Stagecoach. From the rest of the UK an up-to-date timetable is available from Citylink.
By Air:
There is a regular bus service from Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports to Buchanan Street Bus Station and Queen Street Station. Trains from Prestwick Airport terminate at Central Station.
By Road:
From Glasgow Airport take the M8 and signs for the city centre. Cross Kingston Bridge, taking junction 19 for Bothwell Street. At the end of Bothwell Street turn left into Hope Street. Take the second right onto West George Street and then the first right onto Renfield Street Then take the second left onto Gordon Street - at the end of Gordon Street turn right into Mitchell Street and The Lighthouse is on your left, the NCP Car Park is on your right.
From Edinburgh take the M8, entering the city via junction 15 (following signs for Glasgow Cross & Cathedral). Take Cathedral Street direct to the city centre - here it becomes Bath Street where it crosses Buchanan Street From Bath Street take the second left into Renfield Street. At the bottom of Renfield Street turn left onto Gordon Street and then right into Mitchell Street where the Lighthouse is on your left and the NCP Car Park is on your right.
From England, follow the M6, which becomes the M74. On the south side of Glasgow take the M73 then almost immediately the M8 into the city centre (be careful not to take the Glasgow East or South cut-offs). Follow the instructions as per Edinburgh for The Lighthouse.
Parking:
Public Parking facilities are available on Mitchell Street.
[1]Photonics21: if light emitting diodes are introduced aggressively, at least 2 billion barrels of oil can be saved per year by 2010.