T5 and T12 lamp shipments improved by 9.9 percent and 9.4 percent, respectively, on a quarterly basis (q/q) during 2013Q4. Shipments of T8 lamps contracted 2.1 percent q/q. Nevertheless, calendar year (CY) 2013 showed the index advancing ...
LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA says that, in just one year, its LED Bulb has become the best-selling LED bulb in America, enabling a cumulative total of more than $1bn in lifetime energy savings for ...
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UV, blue and far-red light can prevent the development of edema on some plants in the tomato family. Edema is a physiological disorder characterized by watery blisters or tumors that often form along leaf veins. It can develop on plants, ...
Tags: Edema, Light Quality, Development of Edema
NEMA's shipment indexes for T5, T8 and T12 lamps retreated during 2013Q3, decreasing by 7.3, 9.4 and 5.5 percent, respectively. Year-over-year (y/y) performance showed mixed results for the different lamp types. The T5 lamp index increased ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, Fluorescent Lamp, Lamp
With LED backlighting technology approaching saturation point in the liquid-crystal display (LCD) television panel market this year, suppliers of light-emitting diodes are turning their attention to the new growth opportunity in the ...
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Philips Lighting has sold its Dijon site to the Nordeon Group for an undisclosed sum. The sale will give the Nordeon Group a hub for logistics and customer services in Southern Europe, with staff there highly experienced in these areas. ...
NEMA’s T5 lamp shipments index sustained a recent growth trend by posting its fourth consecutive quarterly increase during 2013Q2. The index grew by 2.6 percent compared to the previous quarter and 13.3 percent on a year-over-year ...
Tags: Sustained Growth, Fluorescent Lamp
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 ...
Tags: LED Bulbs, Electronics
Many consumers are shying away from LED lighting due to potential harm blue LED bulbs can have on the retina of the eye. The media has even confused blue lights emitted from blue-ray and blue LED light. So what exactly are blue LEDs then? ...
The LED package market value reached US$ 12.5 billion in 2013, and projected to grow at a Year-over-Year growth rate of 7% to US$ 13.39 billion in 2014, according to the latest LEDinside research report. Tablets and smartphone backlight ...
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Safety is always a concern when it comes to the use of any electrical device or equipment. When LED lamps first appeared on the market, extra attention was given to its safety and as a result, much improvement was made on safety standards ...
General Electric (GE) highlights top hotel lighting trends in 2014 in a recent article. Hotels are big business. In the United States alone, hotels comprise more than 5 billion square feet of space according to the U.S. Green Building ...
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) recently published a notification to “increase efforts to fulfill 2013 carbon emission reduction target,” according to a report by Guangming Daily. The notice ...
Japan currently has the lowest global GDP per capita of energy usage. The average American household uses twice that of Japan and four times that in instrumentation. If Japanese companies hope to be competitive in the lower priced product ...
Tags: Indoor LED Lighting
Aleddra LED Lighting, a business unit of Lightel Technologies, Inc., announced that its energy-efficient LED T8 EasiRetrofit tubes are now qualified by Design Lights Consortium (DLC) for utility rebates. Aleddra, an upstart LED technology ...
Tags: DLC Certification, LED Lighting