Success Stories
Hollis DPW Complex Outdoor Lighting
The SSET implemented a lighting design to replace all outdoor lights at the Hollis Department of Public Works (DPW) with photovoltaic (solar) solutions. Not only are we contributing to sustainable energy, but the new system will save money for the town and taxpayers!
Beacon Energy gratiously donated all materials for the DPW project. A local organization donated $500 and this covered the cost of installation.
Throughout the project, the SSET:
- Calculated requirements:
1850 watts
110,000 lumens
- Selected the type of bulb (high pressure sodium versus compact florescent) and wattage of the each bulb. Searched various vendor web sites: GE, Sylvania, etc.
- Calculated the total lumens the bulbs need to provide. The lumens from the design are equal to or greater than the lumens from the current lighting system.
Check out these web sites:
- Atlantis Solar: http://atlantissolar.com/commercial.html
- DMX LED Lights: http://www.dmxledlights.com/OutdoorLighting/
- DX3 Enterprises Ltd: http://www.dx3ltd.com/lighting/led-street-lights/comparison
- Elliot Sound Products (ESP): http://sound.westhost.com/lamps/led-lighting.html
- Everlast Lighting: http://everlastlight.com/
- Lumen Method Calculations: http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/~bsapplec/lumen.htm
- Spectrum Lighting: http://spectrumlighting.com.au/led_flood_lighting.php
- Street Lighting Analysis: http://www.appropedia.org/Street_lighting_Analysis
- Verdia Technologies: http://www.verdiatechnologies.com/solar-street-lighting.html
In addition, check out the Pacific Gas and Electronic Company Emerging Technologies Program Application Assessment Report at http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/publications/pdfs/ssl/emerging_tech_report_led_streetlighting.pdf
Hollis Old Home Days Booth
The SSET participated in Hollis Old Home Days with a booth demonstrating sustainable energy: solar, wind, and hydro. Fortunate to have a sunny day (though we prepared with a solar storage battery), we showed visitors how sustainable energy works. Two solar panels mounted on the booth collected energy to power a motor used to spin a water wheel that, in turn, produced electricity measured on a voltmeter. We also offered visitors the opportunity to test their personal wind power. By blowing onto a fan, each contestant could light up to 5 LEDs and win an SSET fabric wristband made of recycled plastic bottles.
SSET Logo
Working with a NH graphic artist, we learned the elements of a successful visual identity. We brainstormed for several weeks to design the SSET logo. We created several ideas and found that the logo we selected (shown above) meets the 12 essential criteria of a good logo design:
- Unique, creative, interesting.
- Not too abstract for audience.
- Positive impression.
- Appropriate.
- Moves eyes up and/or right.
- Comes together as tight unit.
- Figure/ground relationship.
- Avoids trapped white space.
- Reproduces at a half-inch height.
- Reproduces in black-and-white.
- Bold enough to stand out.
- Easily recognized and recalled.
Our logo includes three primary features.
What we do (working toward sustainable energy solutions):
For whom we work:
Who we are:
SSET Web Site
After learning the basics of web design using Adobe Dreamweaver, we:
- Determined the overall layout of our team web site.
- Defined colors and backgrounds.
- Discussed and assigned responsibilities for all components (pages, buttons, content, etc.).
- Brainstormed to select a web address.
Each SSET member is responsible for a web feature. You are viewing the results of our teamwork!