Consider a smart LED lighting retrofit on a city street. Aside from the benefits that the municipal government could receive from lower ele...
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December 2013
Many consumers in the dark about rising lighting standards
The most commonly used household light bulbs are set to be phased out in just a few days, but a majority of consumers are unaware of the im...
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PSNH downplays city savings of converting to LED street lights
Public Service of New Hampshire is downplaying the savings that Manchester might realize by converting to efficient LED (light-emitting dio...
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New Vishay Intertechnology LED Family Handles Drive Currents to 70 mA
A new family of LEDs in a PLCC-2 package that can handle higher drive currents and thus produce improved luminous intensity is the newest p...
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LED traffic signal lamps last longer, save money in Hampton Roads cities
Not long ago, if you opened the red, yellow or green lens of a traffic signal light in Newport News or Hampton, you would find a 135-watt in...
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LED holiday lights really are quite efficient
Strands of lights are ubiquitous this time of year — tangled in leafless trees, framing windows, sparkling their way to Santa’s sled. They a...
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Know your LEDs: Light-Emitting Diode Bulbs Set to Go Mainstream in Households Globally
If you’re not up to speed on LED bulbs, the time to get smart is now . Light-emitting diode bulbs are set to become household words in the U...
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LED pioneer sets sights on clean energy
You might not know what "lattice-matched heterojunctions" are, but if you stopped at a new stoplight, played a DVD or used a laser...
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Light bulb ban set to take effect
New rules mean that traditional 40 and 60-watt incandescent bulbs won’t be made after the start of the year, despite efforts by tea party t...
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Lighting up the night
As anyone with an ounce of nocturnal awareness has surely noticed a profound street light change is underway throughout Napa. A week ago Mon...
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Philips unveils the SlimStyle LED Bulb
Consumers looking for new lights in wake of the looming phase-out of 40- and 60-watt incandescents are going to have a new option next month...
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Shine on, you crazy light bulb
Thomas Edison had a really good run; for 134 years we lived under the golden glow of his incandescent bulb. The problem is that his bulbs ar...
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New law leads to light bulb hoarders
Stephanie Leggett refuses to be caught in the dark next year when the next phase of 2007 energy legislation takes effect. Leggett, owner of ...
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LEDs won't light up bill
When it comes to holiday lights, do you like a dazzling display and don't care that it makes the electric meter spin like crazy, or woul...
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Now That’s a Smart Light Bulb!
You know all of those “smart” LED bulbs like Philips Hue with their wireless technology and apps for controlling brightness and color? Not a...
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Future grows dimmer for classic light bulb
US Federal rules taking effect Jan. 1 ban the manufacture of incandescent bulbs using 40 watts of power or more, the third phase of energy e...
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GaN-on-Si taking over LEDs
The penetration of gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) wafers into the LED market is forecast to increase at a CAGR of 69% from 2013 to 2...
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NAVIGATE Jacket Uses LEDs, Haptic Feedback To Help Direct Its Wearer
Trusting your phone to navigate you through a heavily-populated city is something we’re sure many of us have done as we try our best to foll...
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Next generation UVB and UVC illumination sources
NIKKISO CO., LTD., a world leader in the development and commercialization of deep UV LEDs, has announced that it has initiated shipments ...
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Philips Lumileds signs up with MechaTronix for partner LED coolers
With the launch of the newest generation Philips Lumileds Luxeon Chip-On-Board (COB) LED modules there was an immediate need for a wide rang...
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Novel LEDs pave the way to cheaper displays
Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Regensburg have developed a novel type of organic light-emitting diode (OLED). These lights ar...
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LEDs begin to outshine traditional bulbs in holiday light displays
One of the hot tickets this holiday season appears to be Christmas lights that use light-emitting diodes rather than more conventional bulb...
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Patent Issued for Linear LED Lamp
A patent by the inventors Negley, Gerry van de Ven, Antony Paul; Pickard, Paul filed on December 8, 2010, was published online on November 1...
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Industry experts: Lighting authority should use LEDs on Detroit streets
That's what industry experts and some Detroit officials are saying about the chance that the -Public Lighting Authority could opt to use...
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Review: Philips Hue Personal Wireless Lighting Starter Pack
The Philips Hue Wireless Light Bulb promises full control of its functions over Wi-Fi, including per-light brightness and color settings, r...
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How a Light Bulb Can Help You Sleep Better
Can exposure to light make you feel good, boost your resistance to disease, and make you more alert during the day and better able to sleep ...
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Holiday decor shoppers opting for more LED lights, live trees
Julie and Kevin started their Christmas ornament shopping Saturday thinking they might buy a Moravian star. Instead, Kevin walked out of Sta...
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Solid Apollo LED Introduces a New Type of LED Strip Light
There are many applications including restaurant lighting, high-end retail lighting, and hospitality lighting where color-changing RGB LED a...
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US LEDs & High Efficiency Lighting Market
US demand for high efficiency lighting is forecast to increase more than 10 percent annually to $11.7 billion in 2017, supported by technol...
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The World's First Full Line of LEDs Guaranteed for Life - Never Change a Light Bulb Again
Energy Saving Solutions, a national supplier of energy-efficient LED and induction lighting technology to business and government, announced...
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