oh thats what that is..
I must admit I've driven by this many times in Crystal City and wondered what it was. I assumed it had something to do with monitoring the sound levels from flights into National. This image and description from Arlington County's extensive web site (here). Visit their site - they have an impressive collection of public art.
Arlington County presents an environmental public artwork in three locations in Arlington County, created by artists Jack Sanders, Robert Gay, and Butch Anthony. The installations, entitled CO2LED, were erected in June at the traffic island at Ft. Myer Drive, North Lynn Street, and North Fairfax Drive, and at the "southern gateway" to Crystal City at the intersection of Route 1 and Crystal Drive. The art in Rosslyn will be on display through Labor Day, and is presented in coordination with the second annual Planet Arlington World Music Festival, held on September 1, 2007 at the Netherlands Carillon/Iwo Jima Memorial grounds. See the artists' CO2LED website for more photographs and information.
CO2LED is designed to promote the use of alternative energy sources and recycling, as part of Arlington's environmental initiative, FreshAIRE (Arlington Initiative to Reduce Emissions). At each site, the artists will erect hundreds of solar-powered LEDs (light-emitting diodes) secured to rods topped with reused plastic bottles. They will create a soft, undulating cloud of light. A native American prairie grass, little bluestem, will be planted beneath the poles. At the exhibition's conclusion, the plants will be transplanted to sites throughout the County, and all project materials will be recycled.
Each installation will demonstrate that using energy-efficient, solar-powered LEDs instead of conventional incandescent bulbs can reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), a global warming gas. Being solar-powered, CO2LED will produce long-lasting illumination that is free of toxic by-products. The team collaborated with local solar-power supplier Jody Solell of Solar Electrics. CO2LED was developed in conjunction with Planet Arlington, a year-round cultural programming initiative designed to explore issues of immigration, globalization and the environment via the arts. It is sponsored by Arlington Cultural Affairs.
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Arlington County presents an environmental public artwork in three locations in Arlington County, created by artists Jack Sanders, Robert Gay, and Butch Anthony. The installations, entitled CO2LED, were erected in June at the traffic island at Ft. Myer Drive, North Lynn Street, and North Fairfax Drive, and at the "southern gateway" to Crystal City at the intersection of Route 1 and Crystal Drive. The art in Rosslyn will be on display through Labor Day, and is presented in coordination with the second annual Planet Arlington World Music Festival, held on September 1, 2007 at the Netherlands Carillon/Iwo Jima Memorial grounds. See the artists' CO2LED website for more photographs and information.
CO2LED is designed to promote the use of alternative energy sources and recycling, as part of Arlington's environmental initiative, FreshAIRE (Arlington Initiative to Reduce Emissions). At each site, the artists will erect hundreds of solar-powered LEDs (light-emitting diodes) secured to rods topped with reused plastic bottles. They will create a soft, undulating cloud of light. A native American prairie grass, little bluestem, will be planted beneath the poles. At the exhibition's conclusion, the plants will be transplanted to sites throughout the County, and all project materials will be recycled.
Each installation will demonstrate that using energy-efficient, solar-powered LEDs instead of conventional incandescent bulbs can reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), a global warming gas. Being solar-powered, CO2LED will produce long-lasting illumination that is free of toxic by-products. The team collaborated with local solar-power supplier Jody Solell of Solar Electrics. CO2LED was developed in conjunction with Planet Arlington, a year-round cultural programming initiative designed to explore issues of immigration, globalization and the environment via the arts. It is sponsored by Arlington Cultural Affairs.
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