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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Milton Keynes Council will be introducing cutting edge lighting technology in the city's underpasses. The council is undertaking an energy saving conversion of all underpass lighting across the city, using the latest LED (light ...
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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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In the US, much of the legislation that was written in 2007 which would make the incandescent obsolete because they do not meet the energy efficiency standards was recently overturned in December 2011. What's left is efficiency standards ...
An environment group has cautioned the public against the improper disposal of compact fluorescent lamps as these energy efficient lighting facilities can be highly toxic due to its mercury content and therefore hazardous to health and ...
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Paints and coatings company,AkzoNobel,has announced plans to boost the production capacity of light emitting diodes(LEDs).This expansion,an initiative to meet the rising demand in the semi-conductor industry,will take place at the company's ...
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AkzoNobel is to boost capacity of its worldscale Trimethyl Gallium(TMGa)plant in La Porte,Texas,US-consolidating the plant's status as the largest of its kind in the world.The investment involves extending the Trimethyl Aluminum(TMAl)unit ...
The Japan Electric Lamp Manufacturers Association has applied to obtain Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) certification in an effort to standardize LED lighting systems, which have largely been divided into two categories. The industry ...
AkzoNobel of Amsterdam,The Netherlands is to boost capacity at one of its US sites in order to meet increasing demand from the semiconductor industry,particularly for the production of light-emitting diodes. The investment-at its ...
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There is plenty of fear, uncertainty and doubt out there over the upcoming federal ban on incandescent light bulbs. The very thought of losing that pear-shaped giver of warm, yellow light drove Europeans to hoard Edison's invention as the ...
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This month will see the launch of 13 new LED luminaires, giving you even more choice when designing and specifying high performance energy efficient lighting schemes. The new luminaires include: Menlo3 C LED Menlo3 C LED's spherical ...
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Expect a down curve in the power demand from Bohol's power distributors as hundreds of households make the switch to compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) from the energy sapping incandescent bulbs since September 22. This as the Department of ...
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Small LED lighting producers in China are banding together to take on the industry`s multinational giants in the West The invention of incandescent lamps by American inventor Thomas Edison more than a century ago not only marked the ...
Remote-phosphor systems can yield uniform light from a large emitting surface,and can eliminate the need for a secondary optic to achieve the desired light distribution,as MARTIN SCHIEL explains. As high-power LEDs have proved their ...
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A number of initiatives and funding programs in Europe continue to promote solid-state lighting as both a key enabling technology and a way to build industrial strength and create jobs,writes TIM WHITAKER. Solid-state lighting(SSL)is ...