A group of lighting designers and manufacturers, researchers, and utilities have joined to ask the EPA to recognize that higher-CRI lamps can increase energy savings through broader usage even with a slightly reduced efficacy specification. ...
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Recently, the lighting sector has urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR program to address light quality, specifically color rendering, in its new lamp specification, in a bid to ensure the long-term ...
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A recent research study into paint degradation caused by illumination has been misinterpreted by the press to throw LED light bulbs into a bad light. Indeed, a report from the Independent last week entitled Sunflowers wilt: Van Gogh's ...
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A research study looking at paint degradation caused by illumination has been misinterpreted to throw LEDs into a bad light. Museums and art galleries are often touted as excellent applications for high-quality LED lighting, provided that ...
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Works with Soraa is a program that will thrive with partnership and collaboration from lighting manufacturers and distributors within the industry. Littman Bros has promoted one of Soraa's launch partners Tech Lighting for over 20 years. ...
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Tower Bridge in London receives Olympic LED makeover 31 May In preparation for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games,London's Tower Bridge has been fitted with an LED lighting system from GE.Philips Ledalite announces TruGroove LED-based ...
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The 2012 Lighting Year began with the historic phase-out of the incandescent light bulb. The year continued with the 50th anniversary of the light-emitting diode (LED) in October and ended in December with yet another Greatest LED. ...
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The 2012 Lighting Year began with the historic phase-out of the incandescent light bulb. The year continued with the 50th anniversary of the light-emitting diode (LED) in October and ended in December with yet another Greatest LED. ...
Tags: Philips LED, LED lamp, LED Lighting, OsramNXP Cree
LED utilization rates are picking up again, with utilization in Taiwan now back up to 70 to 90 percent of capacity. Companies expect to be back to close to 100 percent in a month or two, driven by TV backlight demand, reports Yole ...
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, says that its GaN-on-GaN LED MR16 Vivid and Outdoor lamps have been recognized ...
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Clearing the way for widespread adoption of LED lighting,Soraa today launched the lighting industry's first fixture validation program—Works with Soraa.Lighting fixture manufacturers Tech Lighting,Focal Point,Hevi Lite,and Dreamscape ...
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Retrofit lamp stories were the most popular according to LEDs Magazine web readership statistics, followed by financial stories, technology stories, and then product releases. Another year is coming to end, and we at LEDs Magazine are ...
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With the LED TV backlight market slowing, and the general lighting market yet to take off, LED makers are looking to all sorts of innovative ways to improve cost and performance to drive adoption — from disruptive new technologies to ...
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Soraa will be hosting a lighting PlugFest at Control This! A Plugfest allows companies to test their products' compatibility with transformers, dimmers and lamps. Control This! A daylong event expo and seminar series that exhibits energy ...
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What do consumers really look for in a light bulb? How about LEDs? What makes one LED better than the next? LEDs slow rise to fame has met many of the consumer's desired criteria including: the best in energy efficiency long life ...
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