MetLife, Inc. recently took out an energy savings policy with GE Lighting (NYSE: GE)—upgrading to Evolve™ LED outdoor lighting in parking lots at 10 office locations and switching to more energy-efficient T8 fluorescent indoor ...
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It's taken a while for the humble LED to gain a foothold in the broader consumer market—blame artisanal culture or simple force of habit, people love their cream-colored incandescent bulbs. But as the New York Times devoted 1600 words ...
NanoPoint™ enables fast, practical design qualification and highly sensitive process monitoring by leveraging critical patterns KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) announced NanoPoint™, a new family of patented technologies ...
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GE Lighting has entered a joint-development agreement with Cooledge Lighting Inc. to develop a customized GE Lightech LED power-supply driver as a key component in Cooledge's first full range of LED light sheet solutions for fixture ...
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Acuity Brands unveiled a new LED lighting system concept during LIGHTFAIR International 2013 in Philadelphia. Acuity Brands also announced expanded access to its eldoLED Driver portfolio. The Aera system uses wall-recessed LED luminaires to ...
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EPIC publishes European photonics database 26 Apr 2013 Industry survey pegs European photonics market at close to €66?billion in 2012. A new survey of the European photonics ecosystem estimates it to have been worth nearly ...
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Last night, the lighting designers behind 10 projects in nine different countries, were announced as winners of the 30th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards. Described by the IALD as "the most diverse group of projects in ...
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Seoul Semiconductor(SSC), a global LED manufacturer , announced its qulification for UL WTDP which reduces the time it takes to get the UL Mark for products targeted to overseas markets by allowing the company to perform testing in its own ...
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US-based LED firm Cree reported US$348.9 million in revenues for the third quarter of its fiscal year 2013, ended March 31, 2013. The figure showed an on-quarter increase of 1% and an on-year increase of 23%. Cree noted that third-quarter ...
The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is forecast to grow a factor of 18 during the next 10 years, energized by demand from power supplies, photovoltaic (PV) inverters and industrial ...
The worldwide market for solar storage is forecast to grow rapidly to reach US$19 billion in 2017, from less than US$200 million in 2012, according to IHS. Following the introduction of an energy storage subsidy in Germany, global ...
Norway-based Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has reported first quarter 2013 revenues of NOK1,278 million (US$217 million), down 24% compared to revenues in the fourth quarter of 2012. REC experienced improved demand for solar panels ...
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Acute or chronic sleep deprivation resulting in increased feelings of fatigue is one of the leading causes of workplace incidents and related injuries. More incidents and performance failures, such as automobile accidents, occur in the ...
LED TVs will account for 100% of Samsung and 90% of LG's TV products in 2013. Direct-lit LED TVs have lower production costs compared to side-lit LED TVs, which is beneficial in increasing LED TV penetration rate. Samsung's 40-inch ...
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Bridgelux is selling its gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) technology and related assets to Toshiba Toshiba’s white LED package The two companies also announced they will ramp up a factory in Japan to make LEDs based ...
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