To say LED lighting will significantly impact residential lighting design risks understatement. It is already overtaking business and commercial buildouts. More architects and designers specifying LED for the residential market, especially ...
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What do you do with your old fluorescent light bulbs? How are fluorescent bulbs different than other light bulbs? Why would fluorescent light bulbs leave landfills in a bad situation? Fluorescent light bulbs contain a hidden inner ...
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What do you do with your old fluorescent light bulbs?How are fluorescent bulbs different than other light bulbs?Why would fluorescent light bulbs leave landfills in a bad situation? Fluorescent light bulbs contain a hidden inner ...
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We all love power tools, but let’s be realistic: Unless your tools are part of your job or you’re a serious handyperson, most power tools are overkill. Yes, I’ve been guilty of using a $400 cordless uber-drill to tighten a ...
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STOCKHOLM --Ikea expects its revenue to grow by as much as 85% and its store count to grow by 200 units worldwide by 2020, according to a report by Nasdaq.com. Revenue for the Sweden-based home furnishings giant is expect to increase ...
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OSLO, Norway --Ikea, which already has announced that it will shift to selling only LED lights by 2016, says it will make an even larger shift to renewable energy by 2020, according to a Reuters report. The Sweden-based home furnishings ...
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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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October marks the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of the LED (light-emitting diode) by General Electric's Nick Holonyak, father of the GaAsP visible LED. That decade-old innovation in the lab is finally about to seriously disrupt ...
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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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Two years after it began phasing out incandescent bulbs, Swedish retailer Ikea is taking another step and planning to only sell energy-efficient LED lighting by 2016. In 2010, Ikea announced plans to have all incandescent bulbs out of ...
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. -- Swedish retail giant Ikea plans a move to all-LED lighting in its 38 U.S. stores by 2016. Ikea reports that replacing existing lighting with LED, or light-emitting diode lights, will cut energy costs in half or more, ...
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Ikea is planning a store here at the site of a vacant shopping center in the suburb of Merriam, Kan., a move that will increase its Midwestern presence and give the Sweden-based home furnishings retailer its 40th U.S. ...
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Ikea Canada has set Nov. 28 for the grand opening for its new store here, which will also mark the first time the Swedish-owned home furnishings giant has expanded the 11-unit Canadian chain in at least a decade. ...
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STOCKHOLM -- Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea is promising increasing transparency after spying and bribery scandals in France and Russia a few years ago, and recent revelations of its complicated tax structure, according to a story by ...
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Ikea Canada has set Nov. 28 for the grand opening for its new store here, which will also mark the first time the Swedish-owned home furnishings giant has expanded the 11-unit Canadian chain in at least a decade. Over the past year, Ikea ...