The U.S.Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory's newly installed Titan system,a Cray XK7,has been anointed as the world's fastest supercomputer in the newly released 40th edition of the Top500 compilation of the world's fastest ...
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Computerworld-A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a provision in a just-enacted California state law that requires all registered sex-offenders to immediately turn over the all of their Internet identifiers and the names ...
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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. ...
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the completion of the Series 18 testing of a group of 17 LED recessed wallwasher luminaires. The results indicate that, while some LED recessed wallwashers are already competitive with ...
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The global lighting market is benefiting from a "Perfect Storm" of solid-state technology development, high energy prices, economic turmoil and social factors coinciding according to analysis firm Datapoint Research. The market for ...
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IDG News Service-The U.S.Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory on Monday completed the deployment of a 20-petaflop supercomputer called Titan,which the lab hopes will give the U.S.an edge over China and Japan in the race to ...
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A total of 33,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) were distributed to the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in the Central Visayas provinces of Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental and Siquijor to replace their incandescent bulbs. The ...
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DOE Cost Modeling Tool for Manufacturing LED Packages The US Department of Energy has released a common cost model for the manufacturing of LED packages. Developed by a DOE working group in response to feedback from previous DOE workshops ...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published the final report from a demonstration of LED roadway lighting conducted at three sites in Philadelphia, PA. The report provides a performance evaluation of 10 different LED ...
By the end of this month, some 10,000 household electricity consumers in the first district of Oriental Mindoro will be enjoying the opportunity of using free compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). The office of Oriental Mindoro Congressman ...
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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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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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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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LED Lighting Facts Rolls out QA Testing & More The US Department of Energy's LED Lighting Facts program is evolving along with the changing marketplace. In 2011-12, LED Lighting Facts has added to its reporting capabilities and is ...
U.S.solar start-up SoloPower opened the doors of its first factory on Thursday,a key milestone toward allowing the company to collect on a$197 million government loan guarantee. The 225,000-square-foot facility in Portland,Oregon will one ...
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