The Edison system of lighting was as beautifully conceived down to the very details, and as thoroughly worked out as if it had been tested for decades in various towns.

Once a squeaky, geeky misfit kid himself, his inventing career began at the age of 16, when he devised a dynamic lighting system that could respond to sound.

A combination of energy-efficient air conditioning, a rainwater harvesting system and low energy lighting can reduce a hotel's carbon footprint by 75 per cent compared to the average establishment.