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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V. Sealing the Deal: Federal Standards In January 2012, a federal standard became effective that requires all light bulbs sold in the United States to be 28 percent more efficient than a normal incandescent light bulb, and to continue to ...
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IMS Research projects that 2013 will be a big year for the emergence of Radio Frequency (RF)-embedded light bulbs, with several large manufacturers planning to release new products using a range of wireless technologies. According to IMS ...
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A Portland startup is angling to capitalize on the coming spike in sales of LED lighting as prices for the ultra-efficient lighting technology start a downward path. Sam Manafi, president of LED Trail, said he doesn't want to see the ...
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Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs is studying the feasibility of subsidizing households which replace fluorescent lighting and incandescent lights with LED light bulbs, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Francis Liang made the remark on ...
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. -- Swedish retail giant Ikea plans a move to all-LED lighting in its 38 U.S. stores by 2016. Ikea reports that replacing existing lighting with LED, or light-emitting diode lights, will cut energy costs in half or more, ...
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"Oh Kickstarter, is there anything you can't do?" Apparently not, given the supremely exciting level of participation in the Kickstarter effort for the LIFX, a WiFi-enabled, multi-colored, energy-efficient LED light bulb that you can ...
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The Ministry of Economic Affairs is studying the feasibility of subsidizing households which replace fluorescent lighting and incandescent lights with energy-efficient and higher-priced LED light bulbs, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs ...
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The global LED light bulb retail pricing has been falling steadily. According to studies, the price of 40W retrofit LED light bulbs dropped on average by 2.2% to US$19/unit in August 2012. The lowest price available was below US$10/unit. ...
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There is plenty of fear, uncertainty and doubt out there over the upcoming federal ban on incandescent light bulbs. The very thought of losing that pear-shaped giver of warm, yellow light drove Europeans to hoard Edison's invention as the ...
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Driven by market demand, the semiconductor industry progressed toward consensus on building-block standards for automating LED production on 6-in wafers at the Semicon West conference, explains PAULA DOE. ...
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When it comes to replacing the soon-to-be-obsolete incandescent light bulbs in our homes, LEDs are certainly a good way to go – they're highly energy-efficient, they last for years, and they emit a nicer quality of light than compact ...
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A new Kickstarter project created by Phil Bosua following six months of work on dozens of prototypes is aiming to reinvent a technology that essentially hasn't changed very much in the last 100 years: the light bulb. Sure, we've all ...
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The prices of Light-Emitting Diode (LED)-based lightbulbs have been dropping over the last few years, and the amount and quality of the light they put out have been rising. New dimmable LED bulbs that put out as much light as a standard ...
Energy-efficient light bulbs can be far from perfect. CFLs can take minutes to achieve full brightness compared with LEDs that brighten instantly, but in tests, one LED was dim and emitted a ghastly, bluish light color, and others ...