lighting the way: norway's auto-dimming street lamps get brighter only as traffic approaches and then return to 20% power - and will help reduce country's carbon footprint - solar street lights for sale
Automatic has been installed in Norway
Street lights in parts of China have darkened in hopes of reducing their carbon footprint. Along a five-
A mile-long highway near Hall, Norway is outside Oslo, and when there are no cars, bicycles or pedestrians in the area, the led lights dim to 20%. When a car -
Or a cyclist or pedestrian.
By connecting to the radar sensor on the street lamp, the lamp becomes 100, allowing people to fully see the scene ahead.
After the car passes, the lights return to 20 cents to save energy when no lights are needed. The five-
Energy a mile long
Save 2,100 kWh per week, equivalent to about 21 hours of ironing or 4 hours of watching TV on a plasma screen.
The use of LED lights helps reduce carbon dioxide emissions compared to halogen lamps and fluorescent light sources.
While it is not clear what the installation costs are, the government will break even in just four years.
According to youuber Bjørn Nyland, 5 years. Light-
Related energy-saving projects have emerged across Norway, and similar car lights were installed in the western part of the state last year.
In Oslo, energy consumption has fallen sharply since the installation of the "smart lighting" system in late 2000.
China is also moving toward environmental projects in other areas.
On 2015, the Norwegian Parliament ordered the establishment of a $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund based on the country's huge offshore oil and gas industry revenue, stripped from companies with turnover or activities accounting for more than 30%.
Norway's prime minister, Erner Solberg, said Norway would support an initiative launched by French President Emmanuel Macron at the meeting to demand a stricter environment for sovereign wealth funds --
The related corporate governance of the companies they invest in.
According to a draft document, the group is referred to as the working group on a planet sovereign wealth fund, which includes funds from New Zealand, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Norway and Abu Dhabi.
The Norwegian fund has asked big companies to provide details on how they measure their CO2 footprint and how they plan to reduce their CO2 emissions.
Institutional investors need to price climate risks to secure returns, she said.
Given that Norway's economy is based on oil and gas, the Norwegian fund proposes to remove oil and gas companies from the benchmark index to get rid of hydrocarbons.
That means investment companies like Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Chevron and Exxon will be cut.
The government is in the process of reviewing, and Solberg reiterated her government's intention to advise Parliament
The move must be voted. next year.
The Conservatives of Solberg
Government-led rules and rely on two smaller environments-
A friendly party that has won support for its policies.