While many people out there have been moving toward a Greener lifestyle for years, the mainstream is finally starting to catch the “Green Wave.” One indicator of how mainstream Green is becoming was apparent on New Year’s Eve in Times Square. To ring in 2008, the organizers of the annual ball drop – Time Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment debuted a new and improved crystal ball.

Crafted by Waterford Crystal, Phillips Lighting and Focus Lighting, this new Times Square Ball has 9,576 energy-efficient LED lights that replace the old ball’s 600+ incandescent and halogen bulbs. Even with such a huge increase in the number of lights affixed to the ball, the new Times Square Ball can be powered with a fraction of the electricity used to power the old ball – yet emits twice as much light.

While the fact of the Times Square Ball going Green is not fully newsworthy on its own, it does represent a shift towards a more sustainable attitude in and around this country. When the largest American city makes a conscious (and highly publicized) decision to re-work the most prominent New Year’s icon in the world – and do so using energy-efficient technology, those with an eye toward the Green take notice.

Click here to view a video of the new Times Square Ball and learn about its new Greener technology.

Tags: Focus Lighting, Green Lighting, LED Lighting, New Year's Eve, New York City, Phillips Lighting, Times Square Ball, Waterford Crystal

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