Officials of Willmar Municipal Utilities are continuing to study replacing high-pressure sodium streetlights with costlier but energy-efficient LED streetlights. LED stands for light-emitting diode. The utility this year bought three ...
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Ikea announced earlier this month that it will switch to selling only LED bulbs and lamps by 2016, becoming the first U.S. home furnishing retailer to do so. The announcement is fitting, as LED lighting technology celebrates its 50th ...
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The city of Veresegyház in Hungary will use GE ZeeWeed 500D ultrafiltration membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology to increase water reuse at its water treatment plant. The plant's wastewater treatment processes will be upgraded with ...
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GE Lighting has teamed up with USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) to bring architects and designers a new monolithic, integrated ceiling and lighting system using cutting-edgeproducts from two leading brands. USG's Logix™ Ceiling System and ...
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GE Lighting and Oracle Corp. have announced to strengthen their operations in Hungary, catering for the government's goal to boost employment. For GE Lighting, it is to launch an LED development laboratory, reorganizing engineers from ...
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A company in Texas is suing Apple over alleged infringement of patents that cover pulse-width modulation control of LEDs. Elsewhere, Cooper has filed another lawsuit against Cree and Ruud, and Relume has filed suits against ...
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It didn't get much attention, but this week marked the 50th anniversary of the invention of the first visible light-emitting diode, or LED, a technology that is well on its way to transforming the lighting industry. It was on Oct. 9, ...
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Taipei,Oct.15,2012--According to market research organization LEDinside,Taiwan's publicly held LED makers scored total revenue of NT$9.2 billion(US$309 million at US$1:NT$30)in September,slipping 2.28%from August,due chiefly to weak market ...
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Fifty years ago today, 33-year-old GE scientist Dr. Nick Holonyak, Jr., invented the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode (LED), a device that GE colleagues at the time called "the magic one" because its light, unlike ...
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SSL industry celebrates 50th birthday of visible LED light 10 Oct 2012 LEDs are ubiquitous now, but fifty years and a few days ago they were completely unheard of until General Electric scientist Nick Holonyak Jr invented a visible red ...
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GE Lighting today announced John Strainic, a leader with a proven track record in lighting, will head the business's North America Consumer Lighting operation. In this newly created role, Strainic will be responsible for driving growth for ...
Photo: Courtesy The Vintage Technology Association Nick Holonyak was sure the LED would replace the incandescent light bulb when he presented it to GE executives 50 years ago. While the incandescent is still king in homes across the ...
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It's lights out for the standard 100-watt incandescent light bulb after new national energy-efficiency laws took effect Monday. Consumers in Beaufort County, however, may have already noticed a shortage of the particular pear-shaped bulbs ...
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EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — Oct. 8, 2012 — (NYSE:GE) —GE Lighting today announced John Strainic, a leader with a proven track record in lighting, will head the business's North America Consumer Lighting operation. In this ...
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Public Storage, the world's largest owner and operator of self-storage facilities, is expected to save up to $1.9 million in lighting costs annually after changing the way it illuminates its exterior signage. GE's LED sign lighting ...
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