Nestled in the Laurentian mountains, Saint-Sauveur is a quaint ski resort town with tons of characters. Whatever the season, Saint-Sauveur attracts tourists with its many charms, whether it be hiking, biking, golfing, shopping and of course skiing. Always bustling with activities the town is proud of the special flavor it has to offer.Maintaining its charm is very important to this municipality and being forward thinking they also wanted innovative technologies that offered energy-efficient outdoor lighting. That is why when they decided to revitalize the downtown core choosing LED lighting solutions was a no brainer. [...]
AUTHOR: Monique Cousineau | CATEGORY: Design
February 7, 2013
Ski Resort Town of Saint-Sauveur Converts to LED with MetroScape
AUTHOR: Monique Cousineau | CATEGORY: Miscellaneous
October 4, 2012
The First International Dark Sky Reserve in the World Celebrates 5th Anniversary.
The International Dark Sky Reserve (IDSR) in Mt Megantic Quebec just celebrated its 5th anniversary. On September 21, 2007, the region of Mt Megantic was officially designated the first International Dark Sky Reserve in the world!The Mt. Magantic International Dark Sky Reserve covers an area of almost 5,500 km2 .It is centered on the Observatory within the provincial park and has a radius of 50 km. The Reserve also includes the City of Sherbrooke, 60 km away. Mont Megantic is located in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, about a 3 hours’ drive east from Montreal.[...]
AUTHOR: | CATEGORY: Sustainable Development
June 14, 2012
Novae’s 2012 Ecodesign Contest
Last week Philips Lumec received the great news that two of their products, UrbanScape and MetroScape were finalists in Novae’s 2012 Ecodesign Contest. The mission of the Novae competition is to highlight and reward the best initiatives in ecodesign across the province of Quebec.
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June 7, 2012
Something Old, Something New
Today, I want to share with the story of two clients from the province of Quebec (Canada) who had different needs in outdoor lighting, but they both had one very important point in common, they wanted to be different. They wished to stand out. Those two clients were working on residential development projects. For the outdoor lighting of these two urban projects, our lighting solutions MetroScape and UrbanScape were chosen.[...]
AUTHOR: Monique Cousineau | CATEGORY: Sustainable Development
November 10, 2011
The Effect Of Artificial Light On Birds And Wildlife
The impact of artificial light on birds and wildlife is a subject not too often talked about even though it represents a real concern for environmentalists. Back in 2007, Tiffany Saleh, an Environmental Studies graduate student at the University of Montana, wrote the following concerning the effects of artificial light on wildlife: “The effects of [...]
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