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    Run With the Wind
      The idea of running greenhouse supplemental lighting off-grid is attractive
    to commercial greenhouse operations for two reasons:  lowering power
    expenses and avoiding local power company usage restrictions.
    Unfortunately the cost of alternative power solutions, whether wind
    generators or solar panels, has been prohibitive. Mariah Power, in Reno,
    Nevada, is changing that.
      The Windspire's patented home wind turbine technology delivers 1200
    watts of power in a small, sleek package that operates efficiently in any area
    with average annual wind speeds of 11 mph. With just a 2 foot radius and 30
    foot height, the Windspire is below typical residential and urban zoning
    restrictions. The propeller-free design is both safe and quiet.  The Windspire
    comes complete with a high efficiency generator, integrated inverter, hinged
    monopole, and wireless performance monitor. A professional installer can
    complete installation in a matter of hours.
       An ideal solution for powering supplemental led grow lights. Instead of
    merely reducing the cost of operating a commercial LED grow light system,
    adding the Mariah Power Windspire can completely free a greenhouse's
    grow lighting component from the power grid.
      The low power requirements of an LED grow light are an excellent match
    for alternative power sources like wind and solar power. Other types of
    supplemental grow lighting do not lend themselves to small-scale power
    generators such as the Windspire. Combining LGM low-power LED grow
    lights with the Windspire home wind turbine from Mariah Power leverages
    two innovative technologies to their full potential. (visit www.mariahpower.com for
    more information.)
                                         
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    Kids Love LEDs Too
      Having problems getting the attention of your kids?  Try plugging in an
    LED Grow Master LED grow light.  Upon introducing it recently to my 7 year
    old cousin she promptly dropped to the ground and curled up into a little ball
    on the floor.  I couldn't figure it out until she piped up- "I'm a seed."  She
    wanted me to make her grow.
        LED grow lights provide a safe option for introducing gardening to
    children at home or in the classroom.  The low wattage design allows for a
    light source without shock, burn, and fire risks.  Our led grow lights do not
    contain, lead, mercury, or glass parts.  As a teaching tool the bars have
    great potential.  
       LED lighting provides a platform to teach children about photosynthesis,
    evaporation, propagation, biodiversity, decomposition and a wide variety of
    other topics with hands-on experience.  The bars can be mounted easily
    over tables, desks, or bookshelves to put a garden in every classroom.
       Plants provide a context for understanding seasonality and life cycles
    while creating an opportunity to teach life skills such as gardening and
    cooking.  Kids can work cooperatively on real tasks while creating a beautiful
    space to connect them to their school or home.
        LED Grow Master would like to take the garden to the classroom.  For
    each bar donated to an elementary school, LED Grow Master will match your
    donation throughout 2008.   Donations can be made through our website by
    simply entering the name and shipping address of your school of choice into
    the "comments" section of the shopping cart.   If you are able to meet us half
    way- the kids will grow in more ways than one.--AL
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    Plants, Light, and LEDs   Part 1
     Plants are truly remarkable creatures.  Like Rumpelstiltskin using his
    spinning wheel to turn straw into gold, plants harness the power of the sun
    to transform water, soil, and air into the building blocks of life.  Over
    thousands of years we have learned to use plants for our own purposes,
    growing them in specialized environments built just for them.  We've even
    gone so far as to create our own light generators to free our plant growing
    efforts from the need for sunlight.
      Does that mean we now have perfect plant growing environments?  
    Unfortunately, the answer is no.  No matter how advanced our plant growing
    technology becomes, from soilless growing systems to greenhouses and
    automated plant tending, there are always issues whenever we try to replace
    sunlight with light generated by man-made lamps.  
       Which colors do plants use most, and can we leave out the others?  How
    much light do plants really need for growing?  How can we measure the
    amount of light to find out if we have enough?  If we use lamps instead of
    sunlight, and don't change anything else, will our plants grow the same?  
        Some of these questions may seem to have obvious answers, and others
    might be things you haven't really thought about.  But in fact the answers to
    these types of questions are not obvious and in some cases science has yet
    to completely solve the riddle.  In this series we will try to provide the best
    available answers in a straightforward manner.--CEO SolarOasis
April 1, 2008             Volume 3,  Issue 4
In This Issue

Run With the Wind

Kids Love LEDs Too

Plants, Light, and LEDs
Part 1























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