Congress in 2007 passed a law setting higher energy efficiency standards. That has led to the phasing out of the production of traditional incandescent bulbs. On New Year's Day 2013, 75-watt incandescent light bulbs, the now stigmatized ...
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America will conclude its three-year farewell to inefficient general-purpose incandescent light bulbs on December 31, 2013, the National Lighting Bureau advises. On the following day – January 1, 2014 – it will be a violation of ...
America will conclude its three-year farewell to inefficient general-purpose incandescent light bulbs on December 31, 2013, the National Lighting Bureau advises. On the following day – January 1, 2014 – it will be a violation of ...
Tags: Light Bulb, Lights, Lighting
Joe Oliver, Canada's minister of natural resources, recently announced a proposed amendment to Canada's energy efficiency standards for light bulbs, saying it will provide greater choice for consumers and align with standards in the United ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced the LMH2 LED module with sunset dimming, enabling a natural dimming profile - similar to incandescent lighting - that was previously unachievable with any ...
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Many home sellers are preparing to list their home on the market, either soon or in spring when the real estate market gets its annual spike. The real estate market’s up and down behavior makes it hard to determine if it will be a ...
Tags: LEDs, Incandescents
LED lighting, LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has earned ENERGY STAR qualification for its soft-white Cree LED Bulbs. ENERGY STAR qualification signifies that these Cree LED bulbs now qualify for incentive ...
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The bar has been raised with the latest Cree, Inc. innovation – the Cree® TW (TrueWhite®) Series LED Bulb. The revolutionary bulb emits natural LED light – setting a new standard with a Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 93. ...
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Simply screwing in one of nonprofit independent product-testing organization, Consumer Reports', top-rated LED lightbulbs could save consumers about US$ 125 in electricity over the bulb's life. January 1, 2014 marks the date when most ...
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LED lamp innovator Leapfrog Lighting announced its support of an industry push to improve quality standards, and urges LED manufacturers pay increased attention to overall optical performance, consistency and glare factors. At a time when ...
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Lightfair in Philadelphia this week bills itself as the world's largest commercial and architectural lighting trade show. But for the Consumer Reports staffers who test and report on energy-saving lightbulbs, Lightfair is our geeky go-to ...
Lumileds has announced chip-on-board LED arrays up to 6,000 lm Emphasising what is claims is the small size of the emissive areas, there are versions with illuminated diameters of 9, 13 or 15 mm. Called Luxeon CoB, nominal colour ...
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AT THE JUST concluded Lightfair International (LFI) 2013 trade show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the operative word was "BRIGHT." "We're in a lumens [brightness level] race," several exhibitors explained. All to prove that their ...
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Third quarter 2012, Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT) has submitted the ALTLED® A55 LED light bulb, with a 360° omnidirectional lighting, for Energy Star certification—approved in January 2013. For many consumers and ...
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Here's a small thing you can do today to help save the earth—change a lightbulb. If every household in the nation replaced just one lightbulb with a bulb that meets Energy Star standards, enough energy would be saved to light 3 ...