September 01, 2004

Flashy Upgrade to Nav Lights via GPS

Just when you think you've heard all the possible uses for GPS receivers - like the multibillion-dollar precise navigation technology for measuring your distance from the cup on a golf course, or to direct robotic lawnmowers - along comes another GPS idea that seems, at first, like a bit of a head scratcher.
August 26, 2004

Cover Story – Illuminating Options

Ground Support MagazineSummer 2004 (Download in .PDF Format) "Cover Story: Illuminating Options" Carmanah Offers Solar-Powered LED Solutions for Airport and Obstruction Lighting. Getting down and dirty with airport lighting usually means digging trenches for cables and creating a power infrastructure with generators, but Carmanah technologies Inc.
August 25, 2004

Solar LED Runway Lights Purchased by US Air Force Base in Afghanistan

The US Air Force has placed an additional order for 100 units of Carmanah's solar LED runway lights to be installed at an air base in Afghanistan. Carmanah's 700 Series Threshold Lights have already been in use at this base for more than 8 months now, operating to the satisfaction of base operations.
August 24, 2004

Carmanah LED Edge-lit Signs to be Installed by City of Camarillo, CA

Village at the Park, a project by D.R. Horton Inc., is a major development located in the City of Camarillo, California. When completed, the 330 acre development will consist of 914 homes, mixed-use buildings, and commercial facilities spanning 330 acres. Several major arterial roads in the city run through the development, and so part of the conditions for the project included illuminated street-name signs at the new major intersections. The City of Camarillo has illuminated signs throughout the city that are lit using fluorescent tubes.
August 22, 2004

Sorry, Wrong (House) Number

Good house numbers are hard to find. No doubt you're running into this problem if you're seeking new numerals for your freshly painted abode. Or craving a little va-va-voom to update your home's exterior. Or trying to make your home easier to find for firefighters, paramedics and even the pizza guy. But the usual suspects are forever filling shelf space: black plastic curved in '70s-style script, brass that becomes a mere gold glint in the sun's glare and country-craft paint-it-yourself wood.
August 22, 2004

Ready to Bet on Alternative Energy? Well, Think Again

WHEN oil prices rise, public interest in alternative energy often does, too. Tapping into renewable sources of power like wind, solar power and hydrogen, which are inexhaustible but far from inexpensive, seems to make more commercial sense when crude oil costs $47 a barrel. But the logic is evidently escaping Wall Street.
August 22, 2004

Additional Order of Barricade Lights by Memphis International, T

Memphis International (MCSAA) has placed a second order for Carmanah's solar-powered LED barricade lights to be used on additional runway reconstruction projects. Carmanah is pleased to work with Memphis International, the primary hub for Fed Ex Postal Service and one of the most active public and commercial airport hubs on the east coast of North America.
August 20, 2004

Carmanah LED Internally Illuminated Signs Selected by Greenwich, Connecticut

Steamboat Road is a busy collector in Greenwich, Connecticut, and the town traffic engineers recently selected it as their first installation location for Carmanah's LED illuminated street name Signs. Greenwich's primary driver for purchasing illuminated signs was to improving driver safety.
August 17, 2004

Students from the Children’s Beach House “Look Back at Lewes” from Harbor of Refuge Light,

The first group of students from the Children's Beach House stand on the upper deck of Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse. For the past four weeks, two groups of students participating in summer residential camp activities at the Children's Beach House in Lewes have enjoyed the opportunity to look out over the bay and observe Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse standing sentinel at the entrance to Lewes Harbor.
August 17, 2004

World’s First Self-contained, GPS-Synchronized Solar LED Marine Light Unvieled by Carmanah Technologies Inc.

Victoria, BC, Canada - August 17, 2004 - Carmanah Technologies Inc.(TSX Venture: CMH), the award-winning leader in solar-powered LED lighting solutions, is pleased to announce the release of the world's first completely unitized, GPS-synchronized marine light - a three nautical mile navigation light that coordinates with GPS time signals to allow any number of units installed anywhere in the world to flash in perfect unison. "For many applications, GPS-synchronized lighting makes marine navigation easier by offering improved visibility and clearer delineation of waterways and navigational hazards," said Carmanah's CEO, Art Aylesworth.