Times Square Ball Goes Green
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20071231/ap_tr_ge/travel_brief_ball_drop_test_1
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Happy Sustainable New Year. ;-)./////excerpt:By COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press Writer
Mon Dec 31, 10:19 AM ET/////NEW YORK - The Times Square New Year's Eve ball is celebrating its centennial by going green./////The star of the world-famous holiday extravaganza was revamped this year with 9,576 energy-efficient bulbs that use about the same amount of electricity as ten toasters. Philips Lighting, which created the light-emitting diodes, or LED bulbs, specifically for the event, says they are smaller but more than twice as bright as last year's lights, which were a mix of more than 600 incandescent and halogen bulbs. And the new lights can create a more than 16 million colors making a kaleidoscope of hues against the 672 Waterford Crystal triangles./////"The ball at Times Square ? it's iconic," said Kaj den Daas, chairman of Philips Lighting North America. "The whole world looks up to New York's New Year's Eve. I'm proud to be able to save energy and show off this technology to the world with such a special event."/////end of excerpt.
Mon Dec 31, 10:19 AM ET/////NEW YORK - The Times Square New Year's Eve ball is celebrating its centennial by going green./////The star of the world-famous holiday extravaganza was revamped this year with 9,576 energy-efficient bulbs that use about the same amount of electricity as ten toasters. Philips Lighting, which created the light-emitting diodes, or LED bulbs, specifically for the event, says they are smaller but more than twice as bright as last year's lights, which were a mix of more than 600 incandescent and halogen bulbs. And the new lights can create a more than 16 million colors making a kaleidoscope of hues against the 672 Waterford Crystal triangles./////"The ball at Times Square ? it's iconic," said Kaj den Daas, chairman of Philips Lighting North America. "The whole world looks up to New York's New Year's Eve. I'm proud to be able to save energy and show off this technology to the world with such a special event."/////end of excerpt.
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