| An animated display - broadcasting on 104.1 FM 60,000 computer controlled lights on 188 different channels, synchronized to music. |
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| The Display will come back to life on Saturday, November 29th, 2008 To get on our email list for notification regarding Opening Night 2008, email us at the address below. Thanks for a great 2007 season! Once again, we shattered our previous Food Drive record. This is even more impressive given that in general, food donations are down this year. We gave you the lights, you gave us the food, nobody got hurt. Perfect! Final food drive total: $45,924.61 A new record! For those interested in our electrical consumption/production, the Severns home lowered their December electric bill from $433.57 in 2006 to $315.31 in 2007. That's a 38% improvement! Reasons? Solar production was nearly the same: 503 kWh in 07 vs. 499 kWh in 06. There were 3 major items that lowered our power consumption. 1) CFL's and LED lighting throughout the house. 2) LEDs in the display: American Flag, Reindeer Pond, Rose Bushes, Food Barrels 3) Energy efficient display programming. We reprogrammed out Late Night 10-11 PM Program for lower power consumption. We did a lot of slow color fades and lowered the intensity levels of many of the lighting elements. Also, during the main program we set a lot of the lights (like the icicles) at 80% power. To the human eye, 80% looks like 100%. With all of these savings, we will end up with a $300-$400 dollar surplus at our "True-up" date in July. That' over 2,500 kWh hours that we will "donate" to the California Grid. I need to get that electric car! Charts can be found on our Solar Power page. |
| 1164 & 1168 Tangerine Way Sunnyvale, CA |
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Dave Severns
Andy Pease
Kelsey Severns
Andy Pease
Kelsey Severns