Energy Focus, Inc. , an LED lighting company based in Solon, Ohio USA, announced that its fluorescent replacement technology has achieved qualification for use on the US Navy fleet. The company has now added its IntelliTube(TM) technology to its 27 other navy qualified LED lighting products to replace the bulk of the lighting aboard ships across the U.S. fleet.
"With the Navy's qualification of IntelliTube(TM), Energy Focus's intelligent plug and play LED lamps can now replace the existing linear fluorescent tube lamps used in most of the Navy's light fixtures," said Roger Buelow, Energy Focus CTO. "IntelliTube's proprietary 'brain', a tiny microprocessor that allows the circuit to detect and actively reconfigure itself, is the secret behind the IntelliTube's ability to be used in the entire gamut of existing fluorescent sockets by simply plugging it in."
"I am delighted that IntelliTube has passed the Navy's rigorous First Article Testing and that Energy Focus' products are now available to the entire Navy Fleet - far beyond those ships included in the $23 million Navy supply contract that was awarded to us in 2011," said Joe Kaveski, Energy Focus CEO. "Supplying IntelliTube to the US Navy is a tremendous business opportunity for Energy Focus," Mr. Kaveski continued, "but more importantly the Navy can immediately begin to benefit from the significant energy savings gained through Energy Focus' LED lighting by simply changing the light bulbs installed on every Navy vessel."
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