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Wrong-Way Driver Flashing Beacons in Nevada
January 11, 2019

New Alert Systems in Nevada Help Prevent Wrong-Way Driver Situations Before They Become Dangerous

Location: Reno, Nevada Project size: 46 systems, each using Carmanah light bars Client: Nevada Department of Transportation Overview Imagine it’s late at night, and you’ve been driving for hours to a new city. You’re exhausted. You turn onto a highway on-ramp and pass a car that seems to swerve out of your way. What’s going on? Then you […]
January 10, 2019

Carmanah Starts the New Year at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 2019 Annual Meeting

Event: Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC Conference Dates: January 13 – 15, 2019 Booth: #437 Hours: Sunday, January 13: 4–7 PM Monday, January 14: 9 AM – 4 PM Tuesday, January 15: 9 AM – 4 PM We’re starting off the new year in Washington, DC, […]
January 10, 2019

Carmanah Supports Vision Zero

  What is Vision Zero? In the U.S. alone, 40,000 people are killed in traffic crashes each year. In the past, the school of thought said traffic-related deaths are inevitable, and perfecting human behavior is the way to prevent collisions. Vision Zero a global movement toward eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries, while also increasing […]
January 08, 2019

EverGen Featured in Electrical Business Magazine

    Electrical Business magazine includes story on smart IoT solutions for lighting Thanks to high demand and lower costs, more cities are turning to IoT solutions for lighting, providing data for effective monitoring and reporting. Learn how Carmanah’s Sol outdoor lighting and Globalstar’s monitoring technology work together to become a complete solution in this article […]
December 12, 2018

Carmanah Announces Agreement to Sell Assets to SPX Corporation

  VICTORIA, BC, CANADA (December 12, 2018) Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX:CMH) (the “Company” or “Carmanah”), announced today that it has entered into a purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) regarding the sale of a significant portion of the assets of the Company to SPX Corporation (“SPX”) for USD $77.0 million.  The assets being sold include all of […]
November 27, 2018

New York Redevelopment Project Adds Solar Lights

  Solar lighting takes center stage in Newburgh, New York Newburgh, New York, is a city about 60 miles north of New York City, along the Hudson River. Here, the non-profit organization Safe Harbors of the Hudson developed a mixed-use housing and arts redevelopment project out of a deteriorating hotel, providing not only a home but […]
November 21, 2018

What Is Traffic Calming?

  Traffic calming and Vision Zero work together for safer streets   About 1.25 million people die around the world per year in traffic violence, according to the Vision Zero Network, a leading advocacy group striving for zero traffic fatalities and serious injuries. In the United States, that number is about 35,000, according to the National […]
November 20, 2018

What Is Traffic Calming?

Traffic calming is the use of physical road design and/or other measures to slow vehicles as they move through urban, commercial, and residential neighborhoods. It makes humans a priority over cars—a mental flip for many people who are used to the notion that streets are built for personal vehicles to travel on, and to do […]
November 19, 2018

LED Color Temperature Warms Up

  Finding a replacement for the blue-white light of high-intensity LEDs Many communities embraced the advent of LED street lights to replace the incumbent high-pressure sodium lights that dominate our roads; after all, they are much more efficient than their predecessors. However, early adoption may have also come at a cost to the health and […]
November 14, 2018

Carmanah Reports Third Quarter 2018 Results

Carmanah Technologies Corporation (TSX: CMH) (“the Company” or “Carmanah”) today reported its third quarter financial results for the period ended September 30, 2018.  Currency amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted and are for Carmanah’s continuing operations which exclude the operating results from the Company’s Power Division segment which was divested by way of two separate transactions in 2017. In the third quarter of 2018, Carmanah generated overall revenues of USD $12.9 million, down USD $1.6 million or 11.3% over the third quarter of 2017 revenues of USD $14.5 million.  Of overall revenues, the Company’s Signals segment declined USD $2.1 million or 15.1% in the quarter while the Company’s Illumination segment increased by USD $0.5 million or 68.3% on a comparative basis. The third quarter 2018 Signals segment revenue varied as follows: ·         The Company’s Germany based Sabik Offshore division incurred a decrease in revenues primarily due to offshore wind project delays in Europe.