The US Department of Energy continues to test the Philips Lighting LED retrofit lamp that won the L Prize with no failures reported over more than 20,000 hours of operation. The US Department of Energy(DOE)has released another update ...
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Cree, parent company of Ruud Lighting, 9201 Washington Ave., has introduced a new LED light. On Nov. 2, Cree and Best Buy jointly announced the new Insignia bulb, powered by a Cree element, and manufactured and exclusively sold by Best Buy. ...
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Some Lowe's home improvement retailers have begun to sell Osram Sylvania's 100W-equivalent A-21 LED retrofit lamp that is rated for 25,000 hrs of life. Beginning at Lightfair International (LFI) earlier this year, it became clear that the ...
The last of the discount Halloween candy is being put away and stores and customers are getting ready for the holidays. There are many holiday light options and it may get a little confusing. You have the large C9 and C7 bulbs, ...
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission today announced a recall of 161,000 smoothtop electric ranges manufactured by LG Electronics. Burners on the ranges can fail to turn off properly and the temperature setting can increase ...
Best Buy's Insignia LEDs cost less than half what similar bulbs cost two years ago, and smartphone-controlled bulbs are becoming available. At first blush, expensive LED light bulbs zre an unlikely technology to succeed with consumers. ...
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When it comes to light bulbs, Silicon Valley consumers can now go green and support a local company at the same time. But it will cost them. Switch Lighting, a San Jose company that designs LED light bulbs, announced Wednesday that its ...
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What do you do with your old fluorescent light bulbs?How are fluorescent bulbs different than other light bulbs?Why would fluorescent light bulbs leave landfills in a bad situation? Fluorescent light bulbs contain a hidden inner ...
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American manufacturing companies are marching on Moscow. At a time when tepid growth at home, a slowing Chinese economy and recession in much of Western Europe is dogging Corporate America, Russia is getting newfound attention as a growth ...
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While we've seen great improvements in LED lighting over the past few years, there is still a lack of very bright replacement bulbs. It's easy to go out to Home Depot and pick up an LED bulb that is as bright as a 40W or 60W incandescent, ...
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Between all of the interesting shapes and sizes and decoding the letter names, deciding which lightbulb to buy is a lot tougher these days. This constantly cycling lightbulb lab Consumer Reports tests both compact fluorescent and LED ...
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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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A company in Texas is suing Apple over alleged infringement of patents that cover pulse-width modulation control of LEDs. Elsewhere, Cooper has filed another lawsuit against Cree and Ruud, and Relume has filed suits against ...
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It's lights out for the standard 100-watt incandescent light bulb after new national energy-efficiency laws took effect Monday. Consumers in Beaufort County, however, may have already noticed a shortage of the particular pear-shaped bulbs ...
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Gardner-White Furniture, the Detroit-based, 100-year-old retail furniture chain, announced the opening of a new flagship store and warehouse. Located near Great Lakes Crossing at 4445 N. Atlantic Boulevard, in Auburn Hills, the 455,000 ...
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