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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The Municipality of Arnhem is to install Philips LED lighting on a large scale, in line with its ambitions in the area of sustainability. 2,300 street lights on the city's major roads are to be fitted with dimmable LED lamps. This measure ...
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Public Storage, the world's largest owner and operator of self-storage facilities, is expected to save up to $1.9 million in lighting costs annually after changing the way it illuminates its exterior signage. GE's LED sign lighting ...
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A comparison of walkway lighting in New York's Central Park using LED post-top luminaires from five manufacturers has shown reduced energy use and better life-cycle cost relative to metal-halide lamps. The US ...
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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 ...
Many researchers have reported improvements in LED technology by enhancing the properties of the LED itself. But the packaging that secures and protects the LED also impacts its overall performance. In a new study, researchers from Taiwan ...
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South Africa-Philips Selecon is to sponsor this year's Stage Lighting Master Class(SLMC)event in Johannesburg and Cape Town.Grant Bales-Smith,sales manager for Strand Selecon Europe,will join event host and international lighting ...
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Aluwave, a leading provider of tailored LED modules and systems, expands its business in LED lighting by signing a contract with D-TEC Lighting Systems (D-TEC). Aluwave will deliver the LED solution to D-TEC's latest fixture, providing ...
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Aluwave,a leading provider of tailored LED modules and systems,expands its business in LED lighting by signing a contract with D-TEC Lighting Systems(D-TEC).Aluwave will deliver the LED solution to D-TEC's latest fixture,providing ambient ...
In response to the global energy demands, lighting system engineers continue to develop alternative lighting methods, particularly light-emitting diode (LED) technology. LEDs can provide efficient, cost-effective and low environmental ...
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The City of Darwin is trialling a new street lighting project that they hope will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase light quality. The Lord Mayor Katrina Fong Lim used a cherry picker to inspect the first of 26 LED lights being ...
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A number of initiatives and funding programs in Europe continue to promote solid-state lighting as both a key enabling technology and a way to build industrial strength and create jobs,writes TIM WHITAKER. Solid-state lighting(SSL)is ...
A recent report released by US consultancy, Consumer Reports, has revealed that of the 90% of Americans who have opted for energy efficient light bulbs, 75% are choosing CFLs over their LED counterparts, despite the latter’s ...
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Arrow Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with Intematix Corporation to deliver ChromaLit remote phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting. Remote phosphor is a disruptive trend in LED lighting system design ...
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Spare a moment,please,for the incandescent bulb.Across Europe,the flickering,energy-hogging lighting source was finally turned off this weekend,as a multi-stage EU directive phasing out sale of the bulbs finally banned retailers from ...