Two years after it began phasing out incandescent bulbs,Ikea announced it is taking steps to sell only energy-efficient LED lighting by 2016. Ikea believes the longer-lasting bulbs will set an environmentally friendly example in the ...
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Wang Yuyang' Artificial Moon light installation strives to mimick the moon's majesty and when the lights are turned out it may come close.Designed by Chinese artist Wang Yuyang,this accidental new media artist has created a unique moon ...
Green LED lighting allows technicians to detect hairline cracks and blistering in steel that aren't detectable under white lighting. LED-based lighting has long found uses in specialty applications even before moving into general ...
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At the LightShow East in Washington DC,Oct.3-4,Aleddra's 1-ft LED T8 sample tube quickly became one of the hottest giveaways.This sample T8 with Double Safety Switch(DSS)surprised tradeshow attendees with its intuitive safety design that ...
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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Light-emitting diodes are tiny electronic devices that emit far more light per unit of electricity than incandescent lamps or even compact fluorescents.But in the move to replace energy-gobbling incandescents,LEDs face a steeper climb in ...
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Walmart Canada announced a first-of-its-kind sales floor LED lighting retrofit, with all of the overhead sales floor lighting at its Brampton North (located at Highway 10 and Bovaird Road in Brampton, Ontario) supercentre from conventional ...
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Some may know of 3M as the scotch ctape manufacter.Visions of clear and double sided sticky tape come to mind,with the red plaid paper tape cover.They are known for this,yet some feel that businesses these days need to adjust to the changes ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, is sponsoring the lighting industry's first PlugFest in conjunction with the Illuminating ...
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December 5, 2012 - Universal Lighting Technologies has signed SLR Marketing Inc. to serve as its sales representative agency in Ottawa, Ont., and all of Quebec. Based in Saint--Laurent, Que., SLR Marketing has a "proven history of building ...
Eni has launched the first prototype photovoltaic shelter developed by Eni researchers based on a new solar energy technology which allows to generate electricity through luminescent solar concentrators. The plant, which will be used as ...
Cooper Lighting, has announced that three of its LED architectural products have been recognized for ingenuity in Architectural Products Product Innovation Awards (PIA) competition. For the second consecutive year, Cooper Lighting has the ...
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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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GE Lighting continues to evoke the imagination of architects and lighting designers with LED luminaires that inspire new commercial ceiling landscapes. The Lumination™ LED Suspended Luminaire —a chic, ultra-thin fixture ...
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The lighting, based on field-induced polymer electroluminescent (FIPEL) technology, also gives off soft, white light – not the yellowish glint from fluorescents or bluish tinge from LEDs. "People often complain that fluorescent ...
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