After 12,500 hours of testing energy-saving LEDs, most of the lightbulbs in the labs at Consumer Reports are just as bright as they were after 3,000. What does 12,500 hours mean to you? That's like saying you bought an LED 11 years ago and ...
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January is the traditional time for belt-tightening and waist watching. To offset your holiday expenses, you may also want to take a look at ways to trim your bloated utility bill. Adjusting your home heating to your schedule is one way as ...
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It sounds like the job of a superhero. Help save the environment! How? By using the Eco Mode feature on Samsung's over-the-range microwaves. The manufacturer's green claim got the experts at Consumer Reports wondering how much energy Eco ...
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As LED lighting is expected to boom, firms have been looking into adopting automated production. Nan Ya Photonics, a Taiwan-based joint venture between LED chipmaker Epistar and the Formosa Plastics Group, announced at the beginning of 2012 ...
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The LED lighting industry is set to dominate the global lighting market, more than 60 years after they were initially discovered. It is set to be the main beneficiary from a widespread ban on traditional incandescent bulbs in a number of ...
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Let's use the occasion of the shortest day of the year to say so long to another energy-wasting incandescent lightbulb. Federal law mandates that 75-watt bulbs can no longer be made in the U.S. or imported as of January 1, although ...
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Ever since it erected its first lamp posts in the late 1890s,with electricity generated from its own municipal power plant a decade later,street lighting in the City of Pasadena,California,has undergone many changes in the ensuing decades ...
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Cree, Inc. introduces the Driver Compatibility Program for its LED products. The new Driver Compatibility Program provides LED lighting manufacturers with a list of drivers that are compatible with Cree LED modules, as verified through ...
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Canada The provincial government of Nova Scotia stated in February 2007 that it would like to move towards preventing the sale of incandescent light bulbs in the province. In April 2007, Ontario's Minister of Energy Dwight Duncan ...
Despite the lingering market pessimism which may last through 2013 and bring even greater challenges to LED lighting companies, the anticipation of a growing market share for LED lighting gives reason for optimism. Bridgelux The market ...
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Rambus Inc has developed a business alliance with the Elite Group, which designs and distributes home goods, lighting and other consumable products. According to Rambus, its LED bulbs are designed using MicroLens optical technology that ...
Notts County Council is set to trial new LED outdoor lights in a bid to cut down on its energy bills. The trial will see the lights in four residential streets converted to LED light bulbs in the coming weeks,with the local authority ...
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The benefits of LED lighting have long been known by some,but it is only in the last few years that the majority people have started to notice the energy and monetary savings that can be made when using the illuminations. Indeed,the ...
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Latest Cree Innovation Uses Single LED Source to Deliver Precise Optical Control,Glare-Free Lighting and Lower Energy Cost DURHAM,NC--Using up to 80 percent less energy and designed to last up to eight times longer than traditional 50-watt ...
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GE will provide LED lighting in the form of GE’s Roadway lighting system R150, Module Roadway R250, and the LED Tetra miniMAX System for the outdoor illumination and signage for D’Island Residence, a residential development in ...
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