LED, a kind of semiconductor diode, can transfer electrical energy to optical energy, and emit yellow, green, blue and other visible light as well as infrared and ultraviolet invisible light. Compared with small incandescent bulbs and neon ...
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Current bright blue LEDs are based on the wide band gap semiconductors GaN (gallium nitride) and InGaN (indium gallium nitride). They can be added to existing red and green LEDs to produce the impression of white light, though white LEDs ...
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 6, 2012 – The Piedmont Natural Gas Operations Center in Nashville, Tenn., earned LEED(R) Gold certification last year, due in part to a comprehensive energy-management system that incorporates SOLARBAN(R) z50 solar ...
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Artificial light sources are usually evaluated in terms of luminous efficacy of a source, also sometimes called overall luminous efficacy. This is the ratio between the total luminous flux emitted by a device and the total amount of input ...
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Out of India's total use of electrical power, over 60% in domestic and commercial area is for lighting. As India continues to sleep, China is today lighting up many Indian homes and commercial premises through Indian LED trading businesses ...
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PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) will preview SOLARBAN(R) 67 glass and showcase new SUNGATE(R) 600 glass during the GREENBUILD(R) International Conference and Expo in booth 1827S at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, Nov. 14-15. ...
Back in 1960 Electronics Weekly was born into a ferment of III-V semiconductor research that within two years would produce the first practical LED. In 1960 Dr Nick Holonyak of General Electric was developing an unusual material,GaAsP,as ...
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Energy efficiency is good solid worthy way to encourage home owners to switch to away from incandescent bulbs. But they might as well switch to compact fluorescent alternatives because they cost only a quid each. And then some of them ...
Special-effect coatings by PPG Industries’(NYSE:PPG)aerospace coatings group enabled Virgin Atlantic Airways to have the unique reflectivity and bright,vibrant color the airline’s design and engineering teams wanted for its new ...
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As the design,specification and use of advanced glazing products continues to advance,so,too,will the need for performance modeling.In this respect,the American Institute of Architects(AIA)has released An Architect's Guide to Integrating ...
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The modern day LED was born 50 years ago this month.Jeanine Chrobak-Kando,Business Development Manager at Verbatim,describes how far the lighting technology has come in such a short time. Light-emitting diodes(LEDs)have become an ...
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Saint-Gobain Glass has launched SGG COOL-LITE XTREME – an extremely selective solar control glass. SGG COOL-LITE XTREME is the UK's first triple-silver solar control glass, giving it a selectivity of 2.14 – this is the ratio ...
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Earlier this week, news emerged from the US that researchers have developed a new type of lighting that could replace fluorescent bulbs. The new source is reportedly more efficient, produces a better quality of light and is flicker free. ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) approval to Synergetics' VersaVIT vitrectomy system for use during performing retinal surgeries. Synergetics president and CEO David Hable said, "We believe that VersaVIT is ...
Philips has won its third prestigious award to date for the Philips by Lirio Cielo luminaire, which was chosen as the Lighting Product category winner at the 2012 FX International Interior Design Awards. The pendant light uses the latest ...
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