serious impact on the environment‚ ecology and society. Outdoor lighting is designed with a purpose. External lighting is considered as functional lighting. However‚ over-lit outdoor lamps including traffic lamps and advertisement spotlights have led to 377 complaints to various government departments in 2009 (Mingpao‚ 2010). The problem of light pollution have arouse much concerns. Are there any government policies that regulate the lighting at night and protect the dark sky of Hong Kong? This paper
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A Case Study on Pricing Strategy Schwinn Bicycles J. Paul Peter (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Inside a plain brown building in Boulder‚ Colorado‚ is a shrine to an American icon; the Schwinn Bicycle. Some mud-caked from daily use‚ some shiny museum pieces – dozens of bikes stand atop file cabinets and lean against cubicles. Amid the spokes and handlebars‚ a group of zealots is working to pull off the turnaround of the century in the bike business. Brimming with energy‚ they are determined
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An energy efficient pedestrian aware Smart Street Lighting system ¨ Reinhard Mullner and Andreas Riener Institute for Pervasive Computing‚ Johannes Kepler University Linz‚ Linz‚ Austria Abstract Purpose – Conventional street lighting systems in areas with a low frequency of passersby are online most of the night without purpose. The consequence is that a large amount of power is wasted meaninglessly. With the broad availability of flexible-lighting technology like light-emitting diode lamps and everywhere
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Evaluating performance of bicycle sharing system in Wuhan‚ China Zhang‚ Ying March‚ 2011 SUPERVISORS: 1st supervisor: Ir. M.J.G. Brussel 2nd supervisor: Prof. Dr. Huang Zhengdong Evaluating performance of bicycle sharing system in Wuhan‚ China Zhang‚ Ying Enshcede‚ The Netherlands‚ March‚ 2011 Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation of University of Twente in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Geo-information
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About Automotive Lighting Automotive lighting‚ an indispensable component of automobiles is vital to passenger safety‚ comfort‚ and styling. It includes lighting and signaling devices fitted on the exterior and interior of the vehicle. While the primary use of automotive lighting is to provide visibility to the driver‚ improve vehicle conspicuity and alert the presence and position of the vehicle to others‚ it has established ground in the aesthetics of the vehicle. There have been constant developments
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Penni-Anne Craft’s DQ 3 topic regarding bicycle bells. I What’s the point? A. The argument is addressing the issue of D.C. revoking a law requiring cyclist to have bells on their bikes which many see as dangerous. B. The conclusion was that the District’s Bicycle Advisory Council needed to justify their choices or to create more laws to protect cyclists. II What are the reasons? What is the evidence? A. P1: Not having a law to enforce bells on bicycles in D.C. is reckless. P2: There are to
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Revolights continue to take a leap by improving their products. In 2011‚ Revolights started by selling bicycles lights that need to be fixed to their tyres. After winning Core’s 77 Design Award in 2012‚ Revolights continue to evolve by selling their own bikes in 2013 a second generation product‚ named Revolight City that has bike lights permanently build into them by partnering together with Mission Bike Company which eliminates the process of customers installing the bike lights themselves. In
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Smart Bicycle Light T.K. HAREENDRAN JULY 2012: With this circuit built‚ boxed up and installed in your bicycle‚ you can look forward to safely riding your cool bicycle at night. The circuit ensures that the bicycle lights remain ‘on’ for a little while after the bicycle has come to a standstill. The circuit is 6V‚ 3W dynamo compatible and its working is very simple and straightforward. When the bicycle dynamo is idle‚ it connects the light source to the reservoir battery pack until the dynamo
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The following is SWOT analysis is based on the case study provided of Brompton Bicycle. Brompton Bicycle has a number of strengths‚ with one of them being a fact that they are a premium bicycle brand with British heritage. They are one of only two major frame manufacturers still based in the UK‚ and they have been in full production since 1988‚ designing and building their bikes in a factory in West London. Their strength is also company philosophy that their bikes are not ‘a commodity product’
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leaked that PBSC was experiencing financial difficulties with its Montreal operations. The contract was worth several millions of dollars and was crucial to Bixi. The leak had the potential to jeopardize the chances of PBSC-Alta to win the contract. BICYCLE SHARING SYSTEMS AROUND THE GLOBE In 2011‚ bike-sharing services was a booming industry (exhibit 1). From 213 bike-sharing systems in operation in 14 countries across Europe in 2008‚ by this point there were 375 bike-sharing systems in operation across
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