After a lengthy and often heated consultation, the government has finally released its new open standards principles intended to level the supplier playing field and avoid product lock-in. But is the document a blueprint for a radically ...
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Whitehall has launched its long-awaited response to the open standards consultation, which will force government bodies to comply with its list of "Open Standards Principles" when purchasing technology. Departments must use the principles ...
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Ikea announced earlier this month that it will switch to selling only LED bulbs and lamps by 2016, becoming the first U.S. home furnishing retailer to do so. The announcement is fitting, as LED lighting technology celebrates its 50th ...
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HIGH POINT -- Doug Bassett, president of bedroom manufacturer Vaughn-Bassett, has been named chairman of the High Point Market Authority's board of directors. Bassett, who has been the board's vice chairman and a member of the executive ...
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Network provider Interoute has unveiled a 100 gigabit ethernet(GbE)service to enable its customers to increase their bandwidth. The company runs a 60,000km network of lit fibre across Europe,connecting cities from London to Moscow,and ...
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The FTTH (fibre-to-the-home) Council of Europe has blamed the tradition of one large incumbent provider and the lack of ambition from the government for the UK lagging behind when it comes to fibre broadband. This week sees the council ...
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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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Insurers are seeking rate hikes of 5%to 15%for primary casualty construction business,Marsh Inc.said in a special report on the sector published Thursday. But,"risks with high loss ratios typically are experiencing higher increases and ...
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Can a small,self-funded LED lighting startup out-innovate the massive lighting incumbents and VC-funded lighting firms? LEDwiser is a ten-person startup in San Jose,California that believes it builds a better LED light bulb.We just ...
Tags: LEDwiser, Adi Merschon, lightweight plastic, nuventix, The lighting market
Lextar Electronics Corp. ("Lextar" or the "Company) (TAIEX: 3698) announced its results for the second quarter of 2012. The Company reported consolidated revenue of NT$ 2,611 million, up 19% from the previous quarter and near 10% of YoY ...
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The J. Paul Getty museum near Los Angeles used 12W LED PAR38 lamps to replace 60W halogen lamps, and the DOE Gateway report projects a simple payback period of 2.3 years. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released another Gateway report ...
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A new DOE report looks at the energy consumption of different lighting technologies over their entire lifetime, including manufacturing, transportation, use, and disposal. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has published a report that ...
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Research and Markets (http: //www. researchandmarkets. com/research/8c7f72/solar_pv_report_ed) has announced the addition of the "Solar PV Report Ed 1 2011" report to their offering. The past year and a half was characterised by ...
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Research and Markets (http: //www. researchandmarkets. com/research/8c7f72/solar_pv_report_ed) has announced the addition of the "Solar PV Report Ed 1 2011" report to their offering. The past year and a half was characterised by downstream ...
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