Bosch Automotive Service Solutions has unveiled new electric vehicle (EV) charging station, the Power Max in the US. Costing less than $450, the charging station is claimed to provide 240V charging and also reduces the charging time to ...
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“Those who own and use lighting systems benefit tremendously when they rely on qualified lighting-system consultants to design a new system or an upgrade to an existing system.” So says John Bachner, executive director of the ...
Tags: Lighting System, Lighting
May 6, 2013 - General Cable has announced it has reached IDEA’s (The Industry Data Exchange Association’s) Platinum Band, describing it as the “most prestigious level of IDEA’s Bands of Excellence program”. ...
Tags: Cable, IDEA Platinum Status
Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation (Toshiba) announced that it is acquiring GreenStar Products, Inc., a manufacturer of LED luminaires for roadway, area and canopy lighting applications. GreenStar’s LED luminaires are direct ...
Tags: LED technology, LED
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), on behalf of the American National Standard Lighting Group (ANSLG), published ANSI/ANSLG C78.43 American National Standard for Electric Lamps—Single-Ended Metal Halide Lamps. ...
Tags: Electric Lamps, Lights, Lighting
NEMA April Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) for current North American business conditions indicated continued improvement in the business environment, as the index edged up to 66.7 from the 65.9 recorded in March. By ...
Following its entry into the LED retrofit market in 2012 with a line of dual-stage LED drivers, Cirrus Logic, Inc. has introduced its first family of single-stage LED drivers, the CS1615/16, targeting the incandescent lamp replacement ...
Tags: LED driver, LED, Lighting
At a Lightfair press conference, GE Lighting reveals wireless network for outdoor lighting and Los Angeles LED street-light pilot, and discusses consumer retrofit lamps. GE Lighting was one of several companies to address lighting ...
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The City of Los Angeles and GE Lighting are moving forward with an expanded pilot program to measure the performance of a GE LightGrid™ Outdoor Wireless Controller that GE expects to introduce later this year. The decision follows the ...
Tags: LED streetlights, LED, streetlights
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – (April 15, 2013) – Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) today announced the Marvell 88EM8183 deep dimming single-stage AC/DC LED driver integrated circuit (IC) will power Samsung Electronics’ new suite of LED ...
Tags: LED retrofit bulbs, LED bulbs, LED
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) in the States expressed its “overall satisfaction” with the Department of Energy’s (DoE) final rule establishing increased energy conservation standards for ...
Tags: NEMA, Overall Satisfaction, Transformer Energy Standards
April 10, 2013 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) issued new energy efficiency standards for electric distribution transformers. In the final rule, relative to a draft standard issued a year ago, ACEEE explains DoE improved the standard ...
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NEMA’s incandescent lamp shipments index showed a precipitous decline of 40.1 percent compared to the same period last year. Moreover, the index reached a value of 49.3, a new record low for the series. On an annual basis, ...
Tags: Incandescent Lamps, Lamps, lamp shipments
Wilo USA has released Stratos Giga, a high-efficiency, single-stage inline centrifugal pump. Stratos Giga is a space-saving inline circulator with ECM technology that is designed for use in hot water heating systems, air conditioning, ...
The National Lighting Bureau's has announced its 34th annual High-Benefit Lighting Awards Program. The unique program is open to owners, designers, facility and property managers, contractors, manufacturer's representatives, utility ...