With the official launch of LEED v4 at the 2013 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Philadelphia this week, North American lighting leader OSRAM SYLVANIA is showcasing at Booth #2519 the latest in traditional and solid state ...
North American lighting manufacturer Osram Sylvania is upgrading its portfolio of Sylvania Ultra LED lamps, providing higher efficacy, competitively priced LED lamps and downlight retrofit kits for commercial applications. These long life, ...
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Researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara say that they have discovered how to formulate LED phosphors for better efficiency, while Cree has announced a licensing agreement with NNCrystal covering remote phosphor IP. A ...
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"These guidelines should permit the discovery of new and improved phosphors in a rational rather than trial-and-error manner," said Ram Seshadri, a professor in the university's Department of Materials as well as in its Department of ...
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The National Lighting Product Information Program (NLPIP) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) recently released its latest publication, Lighting Answers: Plasma Lighting Systems. Plasma lighting ...
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By determining simple guidelines, researchers at UC Santa Barbara's Solid State Lighting & Energy Center (SSLEC) have made it possible to optimize phosphors –– a key component in white LED lighting –– allowing for ...
"Although LED lighting technology is genuinely exciting, and discussed extensively in a variety of media, it's still not used as much as 'the buzz' would suggest." So said National Lighting Bureau Chair Howard P. Lewis (Visioneering Corp), ...
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Joe Oliver, Canada's minister of natural resources, recently announced a proposed amendment to Canada's energy efficiency standards for light bulbs, saying it will provide greater choice for consumers and align with standards in the United ...
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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 Satechi Touch USB LED Lamp turns nearly any empty bottle into a table lamp. Rather than throw away empty bottles, simply place the lamp into the opening of a bottle, plug the lamp into a USB port, and touch the silver top of the lamp ...
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The deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk region and analyzed the current system of waste collection. According to the head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Yuri Marchenko, currently operating ...
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Xicato, a leading developer of LED modules, announced that is has expanded its Artist Series® portfolio of LED modules, adding a 2000-lumen module to give interior designers and lighting professionals the option to offer high-quality ...
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Using a single circuit board to host COB LEDs and the driver electronics, NiteN hopes to significantly lower the cost of SSL lamps, but the startup could be late to the party. NiteN has announced an LED retrofit lamp called the 2D-Lite ...
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For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 (to end-June), LED chip, lamp and lighting maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $375m, up 7% on $348.9m last quarter and 22% on $306.8m a year ago, due mainly to strong sales of ...
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Each of Oltremondano's Fragma lamps are designed entirely unique. Like layers of art and shapes merged together, light is added to accentuate the silhouettes?of each stacked piece. Giving way to the warm and welcoming glow of light, shape, ...