Amidst much media buzz about efficient new lighting technologies and a general uproar about government light bulb "bans" worldwide, the most fundamental rule for saving energy on lighting seems to be fading: Make only as much of the right ...
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According to an industry consulting firm, LEDs will displace all other forms of residential light sources in just six years. The conclusion from Navigant Consulting means LEDs are definitely a disruptive technology in that it will ...
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It didn't get much attention, but this week marked the 50th anniversary of the invention of the first visible light-emitting diode, or LED, a technology that is well on its way to transforming the lighting industry. It was on Oct. 9, ...
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UL(Underwriters Laboratories),a world leader in advancing safety,announced the enhancement of UL LightSmart in the latest version,1.3.The popular app helps users see the many benefits gained through LED and other more energy-efficient ...
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V. Sealing the Deal: Federal Standards In January 2012, a federal standard became effective that requires all light bulbs sold in the United States to be 28 percent more efficient than a normal incandescent light bulb, and to continue to ...
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Fifty years ago today, 33-year-old GE scientist Dr. Nick Holonyak, Jr., invented the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode (LED), a device that GE colleagues at the time called "the magic one" because its light, unlike ...
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III. Bringing the Market to the Product At the same time the CFL was being developed into a marketable product, the energy efficiency industry was developing into a formidable market force. Many states had adopted legislative and ...
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This is the first in a three-part series of the behind-the-scenes story of the compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL). A Brighter Idea: The Untold Story of the CFL, originally featured in the October 2012 issue of Electricity Journal, is a ...
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Hazardous metal waste can affect brain and nervous system if not disposed of properly The city is likely to be chosen for a project on disposal of "fused" compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs that contain mercury - a hazardous metal that ...
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Photo: Courtesy The Vintage Technology Association Nick Holonyak was sure the LED would replace the incandescent light bulb when he presented it to GE executives 50 years ago. While the incandescent is still king in homes across the ...
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In the US, much of the legislation that was written in 2007 which would make the incandescent obsolete because they do not meet the energy efficiency standards was recently overturned in December 2011. What's left is efficiency standards ...
Making the right choices for lighting in a commercial building can be very difficult, particularly when you have to balance the demands of the building occupiers with the need to reduce the amount of energy which is being used. In theory ...
An environment group has cautioned the public against the improper disposal of compact fluorescent lamps as these energy efficient lighting facilities can be highly toxic due to its mercury content and therefore hazardous to health and ...
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NTL awarded the first prize at a glittering ceremony NTL Electronics India Limited, the Rs. 557 Cr (US$ 110 million) Lighting Electronics major from India and one of the nation’s largest player in the lighting electronics, has ...
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AkzoNobel of Amsterdam,The Netherlands is to boost capacity at one of its US sites in order to meet increasing demand from the semiconductor industry,particularly for the production of light-emitting diodes. The investment-at its ...
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