The International Labour Organization’s (ILO’s) Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) monitoring program is losing its relevance and effectiveness in ensuring better work and wage conditions, especially to garment workers, says a ...
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LED lighting is increasingly being used in a number of different guises throughout the world as people are becoming more aware of their energy efficiency. Not long ago, the illuminations were thought to be too costly for consumers and ...
One in five Chinese LED lighting companies may fail this year as falling prices and oversupply batter an industry that Beijing bankrolled to try to build an energy-efficient future. About 4,000 companies in China are producing LEDs, or ...
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Throughout last year the Chester West and Chester Council installed more than 400 LED lights in place of traditional incandescents in a bid to cut its energy use. It is estimated that the new illuminations will save somewhere between 65 ...
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THE move by the Malaysian Government to phase out the use of incandescent lights or "round bulbs" is seen as a positive move by many, not only for its environmental significance but also the business benefits for manufacturers of light ...
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Source: Credit: Fisher Marantz Stone National September 11 Memorial: Two 200-foot-square, illuminated pools mark the footprints of New York’s twin towers. Breakthroughs in LED and lighting control technology have made it possible ...
LEDs would usurp traditional efficient light bulbs based on the prediction for LED market share, policies to phase out incandescent bulbs as well as overall environmental performance. Market share According to a US Department of Energy ...
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Global As part of global efforts to promote efficient lighting, United Nations Environment Programme with the support of the GEF Earth Fund, Philips Lighting and OSRAM GmbH has established the initiative. The initiative seeks to ...
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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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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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 ...
Play.com has had to finally admit defeat in the face of last year's Jersey VAT loophole closure and announce the end of its direct product retail service. Founded in 1998 as the dotcom and e-commerce boom took hold, Play.com's waning ...
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Prior to the advent of LED lamps, the lighting market was relatively unchanged for decades. While the introduction of CFLs as the energy efficient A-lamp of choice in the early 1990s did lead to certain shifts within the market, the ...
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Prior to stepping into the role of President and CEO of TMK IPSCO,the American Division of Russia-based OAO TMK,in June 2008,Vicki Avril served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of IPSCO's Tubular businesses in both the US and ...
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Microsoft yesterday pitched its Outlook.com email service to users of Gmail dismayed by Google's decision to abandon a popular enterprise synchronization service next month for new customers. Last week, Google announced it would phase out ...
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