Much like the Progressive Automotive X Prize, the Department of Energy has its own challenge for the Lighting Industry. For the possibilities of gaining virtually free marketing relationships with utility companies and a substantial market share, major manufacturers and start-ups are competing at three levels: (1) replace the 60 watt incandescent bulb with one that uses less than 10 watts of electricity, (2) replace the halogen bulb with one using less than 11 watts and (3) a 21st Century lamp. Stay lit for news of these developments.

In the backdrop of many American lives is an awareness of global warming, rising gas prices and a national recession. All these factors push us towards achieving a more energy-efficient future.  While numerous companies are developing clean energy solutions, the average energy consumer can start immediately in one’s own home.  Beyond adapting simple energy-saving habits like turning the lights off in unoccupied rooms or keeping the thermostat at eighty degrees, the consumer can save energy and money by installing new technologies in their home environments.

For the last couple of years, Monte Carlo Ceiling Fan Company has been developing the Direct Current (DC) motor for ceiling fans. The DC motor for ceiling fans is a new innovative design that is considered to be revolutionary. Today, the standard is an Alternating Current (AC) motor that uses a steel aluminum rotor and copper windings which depend on an electrical current to start and continually feed its electromagnetic rotation. The DC difference arises from the use of industrial strength magnets to create a magnetic field that performs most of the work after the initial electrical charge.  DC fans are also engineered with integral electronic drivers that (a) convert AC to DC. (b) controls the fan’s speed by reducing input voltage and (c) coordinates and aligns the magnets with the coils.

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