We haven't gone green yet to the CFL's though.
CFL's aren't nearly as "green" as you might think. Due to the mercury in the fluorescent spiral, they can be a pain to dispose of.
That's why CFL's are for green-wannabes. If you want to really be green, go LED. I'm not just talking the ghost light. You're 10k and 20k TV/Film fresnels, replace them with equivalent LED's. If you don't, then someone else will do it first, and then they'll be able to say they're greener than you.
Isn't it funny how green-ness is soon acquiring the same competitiveness of those people that compete with themselves to see how much they can improve their gas mileage?
/end hijaak
That's why CFL's are for green-wannabes. If you want to really be green, go LED. I'm not just talking the ghost light. You're 10k and 20k TV/Film fresnels, replace them with equivalent LED's. If you don't, then someone else will do it first, and then they'll be able to say they're greener than you.
Isn't it funny how green-ness is soon acquiring the same competitiveness of those people that compete with themselves to see how much they can improve their gas mileage?
/end hijaak
If only the technology to price ratio made that even somewhat reasonable.
Yes I have been thinking the same thing tho I much prefer the idea of a stupid lil light on a stick and wheels Ya know. It gives character but seeing as or theatre is always trying to be "more professional" I would imagine I'll end up using ^^^.Maybe I'm in the minority, but I hate ghostlights (the bulb-on-a-stand kind). It's just another piece of crap to keep around backstage.
I much prefer a floodlight in a catwalk or on the grid. At one venue, we use the fluorescent grid lights as a ghost light. There are (I think) 8 80w fluorescent fixtures. In the other space we leave the fluorescents on in the wings, and two 400w HID floodlights on in one of the cats. It's nice, doesn't really use a huge amound of energy. The stage (at least the one wing) is used all the time for access to an elevator, so it's used all day long.
Yes, more power consumption. But, nobody has to wheel the **** thing out every night (sometimes a problem with raked decks, etc) or find a place in a very cramped backstage to store it. We've had to store Genie lifts in the air on occasion.
My $.02.
--Sean
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