To promote the commercialization of LED lighting, South Korea's Knowledge Economy Ministry announced in 2006 a "15/30" plan, which means to achieve 30% LED lighting commercialization by 2015. The ministry later announced a "20/60" plan in ...
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LED lights are more energy efficient than fluorescents, but they're also more expensive. And for commercial buildings, a higher upfront cost — even if it makes a return on investment over time — can be hard to overcome. By ...
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Electric utilities are increasingly sponsoring programs that promote energy-efficient lighting. From upstream incentives to consumer rebates, these programs are saving utility customers – and their power providers – a ...
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Once the lonely crusade of astronomers, the dark-sky movement is finding increasingly vocal support in the lighting community; and is gaining regulatory traction with the sustainability and conservation movements. Plants and animals, ...
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Streetlights across a the borough of Westminster are to be fitted with remote monitoring CMS (Central Management System) technology, which can be controlled from an iPad. This will alert technicians to any problems as soon as they arise. ...
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Nexxus Lighting, Inc. has executed a distributor agreement with PolyBrite International. Under the agreement, Nexxus will offer all of PolyBrite's Borealis LED lighting solutions to Nexxus customers. PolyBrite International, based in ...
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A modern, sleeker halogen casing, coupled with a smaller and more-compact PIR detector head, makes Timeguard's energy-efficient range of automatic halogen floodlights attractive enough for use in a wide range of applications. That's ...
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The UK's first Code Level 4 Self Build Show Home - built by leading self-build specialists, Kingspan Potton - has been fitted with lighting and wiring accessory products from the Scolmore Group. The brand new "Wickhambrook" Show Barn at ...
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There can't be many hotels with a history that spans literally thousands of years but Littlecote House, part of the Warner Group of Hotels, has played host to occupying Romans, a Tudor tryst, a Civil War army and, now, a fabulous ...
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Philips will deepen cuts at a lighting factory in Belgium and eliminate an additional 218 jobs in response to falling demand for conventional lamps and the rise of LED. The job cuts are on top of 136 reductions announced in June, ...
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The provider of commercial lamps and lighting products, Eye Lighting International in Mentor, announced it acquired the LED luminaire products assets of Aphos Lighting in Carrollton, Texas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ...
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OKLAHOMA CITY - The owners of Top 100 company Mathis Bros. Furniture say they plan to open seven Ashley Furniture HomeStores in the Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla., metro areas. Owners Bill and Larry Mathis will open their first ...
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Deep-ultraviolet (DUV) light is used for sterilization, assisting chemical reactions, and photolithography. The disadvantages of conventional DUV sources such as excimer lasers and mercury-vapor lamps—expense and inclusion of toxic ...
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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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As part of its Gateway program, the DOE has evaluated the use of LED retrofit kits or luminaires to replace the existing lights on the Golden Gate Bridge, without altering the historic character of the installation. ...