Essays on CFL

Brightlight is constructing a boutique hotel with 200 guest rooms, and a lighting system that would best suit the rooms has to be decided. Given a choice between conventional incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs), CFLs are the best option as they have longer lives, consume less energy and are cost effective.

Incandescent bulbs contain a tungsten filament which, when heated to high temperature glows and emits light. But, most of the electricity is wasted as heat and only a part is converted into light. Whereas in CFLs, vaporized mercury emits ultraviolet radiation, this in turn excites fluorescent phosphor coating in the bulb ...

Toronto is the largest city in Canada, with an estimated population of above 2.6 million people. The city is also one of the most multicultural cities in the world with about 49 percent of the inhabitants claiming their ethnic origins to different parts of the world including the Middle East, Asia, Europe, other parts of America, and a few from the African continent. In 2010, the median household income in the city was $58,000. The household with incomes above $150,000 was 12.6 percent and that above 100,000 percent was 26 percent. The average personal income of the ...

Environmental sustainability is a perpetual phenomenon in the business world. Myriads of multinational corporations are embracing the idea of business conduct in the environmentally friendly way. This sustainability initiative aims at the reducing emissions, renewable energy and creating sustainable operations in the conduct. An imperative yet costly method of operation, some of the businesses across the world only have the blueprint that stipulate their method of initiating the endeavor. However Wal-Mart, a business icon across the globe, has unrelentingly taken upon environmental sustainability measures. These measures stem out from the parent company to the other retail stores across the globe. Zero ...

Electrical Engineering and Environmental Engineering

Introduction Purpose The purpose of this report is to recommend that best way to save energy used for lighting by evaluating the best time to turn off a light based on the type of lighting used.

Problem

Energy costs are important to lower in order to save on the family budget as well as to decrease the amount of pollution entering the environment. Turning of the lights when a room is not in use has always been a good way of saving energy when incandescent lighting was in general use. A variety of lighting designs are available in contemporary times. Those ...

Nothing beats the joy of coming to terms with one’s identity. However, defining one’s identity is always a challenge, especially in the face of cultural restrictions. It also becomes more challenging when there are stereotypes that restrict chances of personal growth. In an attempt to overcome these challenges, and define their identity, some people may be forced to break ranks with their past. Although culture and stereotypes influence people’s way of life, the ability to define one’s identity lies with self. Culture has a great impact on how people define their growth. Through the beautiful poem “ ...

Injuries in Sports

Background In basket ball, the ankle and the knee stand out as some of the most commonly injured body parts perhaps due to the fact that the sport involves a lot of running and jumping which renders the sport one of the most dangerous. While running or jumping, the knee and the ankle are served with the responsibility of supporting a characteristic enormous amount of load. In this light, it is valid to say that the success of any athlete involved in basketball as a sport is overly dependent on his ability to avoid overloading the knee and the ankle, Common ...

1.Why was there no business succession plan at Lakkard? Business succession planning is an important process, which is essential for preparing future company leaders from internal human resources. The main obstacle to a successful succession planning in the majority of companies, however, is the unwillingness of the older generation to give up their leadership position and to put the future of the organization into the hands of younger successors. Unfortunately, CFL followed this pattern and did not realize the need to prepare his son for taking over Lakkard. Whether it was short-sightedness or a conscious decision to maintain leadership, it ...

Q. Why was there no business succession plan at Lakkard?

There was no succession plan at Lakkard because of a series of factors that were not acted on to achieve a legal succession plan. There are 10 factors all forming the Succession Matrix; “owner motivation and perspective, personal financial planning, business structuring, business performance, strategic planning, leadership and management continuity, management synergy and teamwork, successor preparation, family dynamics, and family governance” (Rawls group). In looking at the business owner motivation and perspective, CFL did not fully understand the responsibilities that he had with the various stakeholders involved in the Lakkard Leather Company. While he fully understood those of suppliers and ...