Incandescent light bulb demand is increasing as people stock up on them before they get gradually phased out. The US government is in the p...
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Can LED Bulbs Make Nuclear Plants Obsolete?
Businesses, voters, utilities and politicians will be asking that question–or an equivalent form of it—several times over the next two decad...
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LEDFloodLightsCo Celebrate The Art Of Light In Music
An article from The Washington Times called 'The new Illuminati: Art in lights and sounds' on the 24th of October 2013 revealed that...
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Nanoscale engineering boosts performance of quantum dot LEDs
Dramatic advances in the field of quantum dot light emitting diodes (QD-LEDs) could come from recent work by the Nanotechnology and Advance...
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Stage A Thunderstorm In Your Living Room With This Weird Lamp
People see things in clouds. We seem predisposed to find meaning in things, especially those things we can’t quite grasp or wholly experienc...
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NYC Is Replacing Its 250,000 Street Lights with LEDs
In recent years, we've watched with wonder as boring old yellow halogen car headlights have been replaced with futuristic, Tron-like LED...
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What's inside the Walmart 60W-replacement LED bulb?
Walmart made news recently with its announcement of a sub-$10 Great Value house-branded 60W-equivalent dimmable LED replacement bulb. As the...
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Patent Issued for LED Lighting Device
A patent by the inventor Huang, David (Taipei, TW), filed on August 5, 2010, was published online on October 15, 2013, according to news re...
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Nokero has sold 1 million solar light bulbs to developing countries
A video of the band Linkin Park — rocking in the glow of dozens of Nokero solar lights — plays as Nokero founder Steve Katsaros sips cham...
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Solid Apollo LED Offers a New, Wide Range of Lighting Control Systems
Solid Apollo LED has expanded its line of LED controllers to meet the needs of architects, designers, artist and homeowners by creating a be...
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Energy efficiency may come at the cost of consumer confidence
Although the initial deadline for the first phase of the European Union (EU) EcoDesign Regulation has passed (September 1, 2013), there is s...
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White light from near-UV and blue laser diodes and phosphors
University of California Santa Barbara has been exploring the use of laser diodes (LDs) in combination with phosphors as a means to produce...
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Chinese scientists invent world’s first wifi-emitting bulb
A group of Chinese scientists at Shanghai’s Fudan University have a bright idea : A lightbulb that produces its own Wi-Fi signal. Accordin...
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Bethesda firm leads you to the right LED bulbs
Light-emitting diodes — are emerging as a more appealing alternative to compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). These semiconductor-driven bulbs ...
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Toss traditional lightbulbs and save with CFLs, LEDs
Old-school lightbulbs are becoming history as tests show energy-saving bulbs are better than ever . With many homes using about 50 lightbulb...
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More efficient lighting with LEDs
LEDs (light-emitting diodes) are meanwhile a ubiquitous light source. They offer higher luminous efficiency paired with lower energy consump...
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New 300 Watt LED Street Light from Larson Electronics Produces over 25,000 Lumens
Industrial lighting specialists Larson Electronics have released a new LED street light designed to provide better performance and reliabili...
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Philips renews the street lighting system of Buenos Aires with LED technology
Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, has been selected by the government of the city of Buenos Aires to renew its street lighting s...
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Sports Arenas Pick Up LEDs
NHL franchise the Montreal Canadiens and MLB team the Seattle Mariners are two professional sports teams experimenting with LED lighting as...
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Cree adds dim-to-warm option in LMH2 LED module family
The LMH2 product line allows SSL makers to deliver a broad range of lumen packages in the same luminaire housing and now offer products tha...
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Mandatory use of LED bulbs pushed
A measure was filed at the (Philippines) House of Representatives proposing the mandatory use of Light Emitting Diode (LED) in all governme...
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LEDs move from outside lot to the showroom
More than a year ago, Bryant Motor Co. installed light fixtures with light-emitting diodes on its lots. Pleased with the performance and sav...
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Global market for packaged LEDs for lighting to nearly double in three years
Amid falling prices and rising consumer acceptance, light-emitting diode (LED) technology is taking over the lighting business, spurring a ...
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Porsche Macan teaser reveals unique quad-LEDs
Porsche has been hinting at lighting innovations in its production cars through recent concept reveals, including the stunning Porsche Panam...
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In Cuba, murky light thrown by energy-saving bulbs
In 2005, the government decided to switch out incandescent bulbs for energy-saving ones . The process really got underway nationwide in 2006...
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Revenue for Packaged LEDs for Lighting to Soar to $7.1B in 2016
Amid falling prices and rising consumer acceptance, light-emitting diode (LED) technology is taking over the lighting business, spurring a ...
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National Battery and Light Bulb Franchise Has Energetic Growth Plans in California
California's energy-efficiency policies might be designed to benefit the environment, but they're also creating demand and opportuni...
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Silver Screen and LEDs Join at Last
Projectors are amazing these days — the ones in corporate boardrooms, the ones in home theaters and the ones that fulfill both functions. Bu...
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Price of budget-friendly LEDs to drop further with Energy Star certification
The nostalgia-hating LED evangelists over at Durham, N.C.-based Cree aren’t just skilled at murdering chocolate Easter bunnies with incandes...
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MODERN FORMS Unveils Polar LED Luminaire featuring State of the Art LED Technology
The sleek design of Polar from MODERN FORMS epitomizes the use of modern materials with state of the art LED technology to create a refined ...
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RAB Lighting Inc. Introduces the LED Bollard Luminaire
RAB Lighting Inc. introduces the LED Bollard. The seriously heavy duty RAB LED bollards and matching architectural wall sconces will stand ...
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Light bulb buying guide
When Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), the incandescent bulb's days officially became numbered . ...
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How to navigate the increasingly confusing light bulb aisle
The other day I found myself at a loss in the light bulb aisle of my hardware store. I might as well have been shopping for a carburetor. Th...
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Colorful LED lights added to Las Olas tower
Fort Lauderdale's Las Olas City Centre office building is basking in a new multi-hued look . The 23-story tower — known for its roof-top...
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These Gizmos Turn Your iPhone Into an Adorable Lamp
Necessity is the mother of invention, but a screaming toddler also does wonders to get a parent’s creative juices flowing. London-based desi...
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Walmart Launches Affordable LED Lighting Line In U.S
The energy revolution is coming to the masses. Walmart announced that it is introducing its Great Value line of super efficient LED light b...
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BPW encourages business owners to switch to LED lighting at luncheon
The electric bill for the average commercial or industrial business is about 40 percent lighting. For warehouse and distribution centers, th...
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Automobile lighting: From lanterns to LEDs
From lanterns to light diodes--this, in a nutshell describes the course of development in automotive lighting over the past 100 years . What...
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Cree Extends Leadership with Higher Performance XLamp XP-G2 LEDs
Cree, Inc. sets a new industry benchmark with higher performance XLamp XP-G2 LEDs. The latest innovation boasts a seven percent increase in ...
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LED Lighting Comes in to the Cold
After years of promise, the technology and costs for light-emitting diodes, also known as solid state lighting, have reached the point wher...
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A new spin on old washing machine parts
When it comes to taking something old and making it new again, taking the less complicated route often yields the most dramatic results. Tak...
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End Markets Change the Supply Chain: LEDs
In the past several years, the light emitting diodes (LED) industry experienced the type of rapid growth in end user demand that significant...
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Pasta Shape Inspires Better LEDs
One problem in developing more efficient organic LED light bulbs and displays for TVs and phones is that much of the light is polarized in o...
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How LEDs Are Changing Design
Piercingly bright yet implausibly small, light-emitting diodes—or LEDs, to use their somewhat catchier nickname—are having an outsize infl...
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Ban-sang tableware lamp made with chopsticks, bowls and a spoon
Presented at maison et objet 2013 in paris, the table lamp entitled ‘ban-sang’ by designer dongho so is influenced by traditional korean ‘b...
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