Articles tagged:LED

Posted: Sat Dec 10 5:57 a.m. by Dianne Marsh

The number of events held in southeast Michigan during the recent Global Entrepreneurship Week impressed me. I’m even more impressed with the results of the entrepreneurial spirit in our region. Between Michigan Emerging and the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, many businesses were represented, from large to small, from students to ...

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Posted: Wed Nov 30 2:59 p.m. by Julie Baker News producer
Readers submit photos of the first real snowfall of the year

At least some AnnArbor.com readers are excited about the first real snowfall of the year. We asked to see your winter wonderlands this morning, and many of you obliged.

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Posted: Wed Nov 30 2:36 p.m. by Kyle Meinke Michigan football reporter
Michigan's Brady Hoke earns 3rd coach of the year award in 4 years

Michigan football coach Brady Hoke was named Wednesday the Big Ten’s coach of the year by the league's media and earned the inaugural Hayes-Schembechler trophy from the coaches after guiding the Wolverines to a 10-2 record.

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Posted: Wed Dec 15 5:54 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

The brand new Penny Seats Theatre Company - which plans to begin staging accessible, affordable outdoor works in August 2011 - aims to raise $4,000 for rent, licensing fees, and other operational costs. To this end, PSTC has begun a campaign to fund its inaugural season, using arts funding website ...

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Posted: Tue Dec 7 2:17 p.m. by Shoham Geva

Shoham Geva is a sophomore at Skyline High School enrolled as a first-year student in the Communication, Media, and Public Policy magnet, with a strong interest in journalism. She is writing this column to showcase the CMPP magnet. This is the third of her columns on the program. "Lights, Camera ...

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Posted: Fri Jun 4 6 a.m. by Jessica Webster
Everyone has a favorite guacamole recipe - what's yours?

Avocados. They are the true reason I could never be a real locavore. Avocados are just fatty enough to be satisfying and just healthy enough to make me feel good about eating them. They're good for your skin and hair and can help lower your bad cholesterol levels and raise ...

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Posted: Fri Apr 16 3 p.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
On the agenda: LED street lights, parking plan and more to come before Ann Arbor City Council

Ann Arbor officials have reached a deal with DTE Energy to convert 58 conventional streetlights in the city to energy efficient LEDs — or light-emitting diodes. The Ann Arbor City Council is being asked on Monday to approve a $41,267 contract with DTE for an LED pilot project estimated to ...

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Posted: Fri Jan 15 6 a.m. by Tina Reed
City of Ann Arbor converting more streetlights to LED

A look at some Ann Arbor streetlights that have been converted to LEDs in front of a downtown restaurant sign. The City of Ann Arbor is converting more city streetlights to light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, in the next year after seeing at least $10,000 in energy savings in 2009 from ...

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Posted: Mon Dec 21 10:43 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
LED traffic lights blamed for dozens of accidents and at least one death

The Associated Press reports cities around the country that have installed energy-efficient traffic lights are discovering their downside: The LED bulbs don't burn hot enough to melt snow and can become crusted over in a storm.

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