Renault has started taking orders for its city car, Renault Twingo in the UK with a starting price of £9,495. The car will be available in two engine option, a 1.0-litre Twingo 'Expression that is capable of producing 70 HP and the ...
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Have you noticed two hot trends in home remodeling recently? The first one is opening up cramped indoor space to create multi-purpose "great" rooms. The other is constructing a functional space in which to work from home (full time, part ...
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Makers of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells are increasing research and development efforts to push cell efficiencies to record levels. According to Solarbuzz, the power rating of industry-standard 60-cell multi-crystalline silicon-based ...
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Martin Brandt, board member and COO of Zumtobel Group, has terminated his management board contract, which was scheduled to run until 30 April 2015, with effect from 31 July 2014. The resignation follows a period of upheaval for the Group ...
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Philips Lighting has won the contract to install LED lighting throughout the properties of Unite Students, one of the UK’s largest managers and developers of student accommodation. The £21 million contract will see the ...
Readers of Lighting are invited to join in a debate hosted by sister title The Architects’ Journal and manufacturer iGuzzini between 1pm and 2pm on Wednesday 30 July. iGuzzini contends that the integration of light and architecture ...
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Which product ranges are selling well for manufacturers and why are specifiers buying them? Francis Pearce speaks with a selection of lighting manufacturers to get an idea of what's really going on in the lighting industry "Electric ...
Georg Bechter launches new LED line, Verve, with its original basic function – bathing the room in light! The simple lighting units are smoothed flush into plasterboard as concealed lighting elements and so can blend in subtly with ...
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Crosswater has made the dream come true with Dynamo, an innovative new shower head that incorporates LED lighting to illuminate your shower. The head is a polished 300mm half dome with LED lights around the edge. The LEDs are powered ...
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Copenhagen is hosting an experiment to determine the efficacy of various smart street lighting systems. The Danish city intends to be the first carbon neutral capital in the world by 2025. With this ambitious target in mind, the city aims ...
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The China government has announced a temporary stoppage of polysilicon imports through export processing zones (EPZs) beginning September 1, 2014, with the measure intended to block evasion of anti-dumping and anti-subsidization taxes. ...
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Foton Auman GTL Super Edition is designed according to dangerous goods transports and carrying features to meet the reliability and safety settings for dangerous goods transports and the truck is more comfortable and fuel prudent and the ...
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Outdoor lighting systems are in the early stages of a transition from fluorescent, high-pressure sodium, and metal halide lamps to LEDs. As LED prices continue to fall, the case for replacing today's most prevalent lighting technologies in ...
Crystalline silicon solar cell maker Motech Industries has announced that the US Department of Commerce has downward adjusted the anti-dumping tariff rate for the company from the original 44.18% to 20.86%. The department on July 25 ...
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The Taiwan Photovoltaic Industry Association (TPVIA) has dismissed speculation that the EU will launch an investigation into China-based PV module makers and their suppliers, including those from Taiwan, over allegedly illegal practice to ...