Prices for LED light bulbs to replace 60W incandescent bulbs are expected to keep falling from an average of US$30 in November 2012 to as low as US$10 in the first half of 2013, according to Taiwan-based LED lighting makers. The ...
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Retrofit lamp stories were the most popular according to LEDs Magazine web readership statistics, followed by financial stories, technology stories, and then product releases. Another year is coming to end, and we at LEDs Magazine are ...
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The global lighting industry is expected to continue growing at a rapid rate in the next few years, so much so that it will be worth nearly €100 billion (£81 billion) by as early as 2020. Regulation around the world is starting ...
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Brazil and Venezuela started the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs in 2005, and the European Union, Switzerland, and Australia started to phase them out in 2009. Likewise, other nations are implementing new energy standards or have ...
Cities across the United States are lighting their Christmas Trees, and this season they are more energy-efficient than ever. Check out the nation's biggest, most energy-efficient holiday trees below, and read our energy-efficient holiday ...
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Large-scale adoption of retrofit LED lamps are forecasted to lead to $100 billion in global energy savings over the next five years, according to a recent report from IMS Research entitled, "Opportunities for Power Components in LED ...
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Puget Sound Energy's Rock the Bulb: The Re-Energize Tour 2012 is coming to Bellevue on Oct. 27-28, offering residential electric customers the chance to save energy and hundreds of dollars on their electric bill. The utility will give PSE ...
Back in 1960 Electronics Weekly was born into a ferment of III-V semiconductor research that within two years would produce the first practical LED. In 1960 Dr Nick Holonyak of General Electric was developing an unusual material,GaAsP,as ...
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As a global leader in LED lighting,Philips has been chosen as the LED lighting supplier for the Zero Energy House[1]project. The Zero Energy House,owned by Auckland couple Jo Woods and Shay Brazier,is being built in Point Chevalier using ...
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Energy efficiency is good solid worthy way to encourage home owners to switch to away from incandescent bulbs. But they might as well switch to compact fluorescent alternatives because they cost only a quid each. And then some of them ...
With Christmas just around the corner, people will be looking to dust down their decorations and get them out for the festive period. It can sometimes be a bit of a contest between households trying to see who has the best decorations ...
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Two years after it began phasing out incandescent bulbs,Ikea announced it is taking steps to sell only energy-efficient LED lighting by 2016. Ikea believes the longer-lasting bulbs will set an environmentally friendly example in the ...
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Taiwanese optoelectronics manufacturers from LED, photovoltaic, LCD, and opto-communications sectors, revealed relatively weak confidence in the industry’s outlook for Q4, according to a survey conducted by Photonics Industry ...
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The modern day LED was born 50 years ago this month.Jeanine Chrobak-Kando,Business Development Manager at Verbatim,describes how far the lighting technology has come in such a short time. Light-emitting diodes(LEDs)have become an ...
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Technology Editor Steve Bush, looks at the latest LED products hitting the market from Cree, Lumileds, Seoul Semiconductor, Osram, Nichia, and Sharp. All the major LED suppliers have released additional lighting-class LEDs over the ...
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