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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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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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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Smart Home Labs introduces the RoboSmart wireless LED lighting system that enables smart lighting control via your smartphone, tablet or computer over Bluetooth Smart wireless. The wireless LED light bulb is available for pre-orders on ...
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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 ...
Software is the driving force behind the “Internet of everything” says Tyson Tuttle, president and CEO, Silicon Laboratories. The dramatic growth of the Internet over the last 30 years has surpassed the estimates of even ...
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Color Rendering Index (CRI) In this installment of EagleLight's LED University we will discuss CRI or the color rendering index. LED CRI Defined The Color Rendering Index (CRI) is the relative ability of a light source to replicate ...
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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 ...
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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Fresh food marketer Ready Pac Foods, Inc., Irwindale, CA, is celebrating another achievement on its bowl salad line. In 2012, the company launched Ready Pac Bistro Organic bowl salads, new items for the conventional line and new private ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg,Germany says that 19,500 of its Oslon SSL series LEDs have been installed in 975 lamps in the 63.1km2 Xishan Duerping coal mine in Shanxi Province(China's'home of coal').Replacing traditional ...
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Hochiki Europe's new Emergency Lighting System is an EN50172 compliant intelligent low voltage system which utilises LED technology to provide a unique,highly cost-effective and energy efficient solution. Full ICEL members,Hochiki ...
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US-based Fresh-cut produce company Ready Pac Foods has announced that its Bowl Salads line is on track to use more than 56,000,000 recycled plastic beverage bottles this year,improving the sustainability of the product packaging. In ...
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