Plessey is retrofitting its manufacturing facility with LED modules designed using the company's GaN-on-Silicon MaGIC LEDs. The retrofit involves replacing aging fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent bulbs in existing fixtures to use ...
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Annual shipments of LEDs for residential applications are expected to grow from 81 million in 2014 to more than 1.1 billion by 2023, according to a report ‘Residential Energy Efficient Lighting and Lighting Controls’ from ...
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Prices for LEDs have come down dramatically, and the market for LED luminaires and lamps is set to explode in the residential segment as prices continue to fall, efficacy improves, and new use cases for lighting develop. Accompanying the ...
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This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, a Cingular "Fast Forward" cradle and Motorola mobile phone in New York on Tuesday Nov. 4, 2003, and an Apple ultracompact USB Power Adapter, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, in New ...
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“LED light bulbs may be the energy-saving solution that compact florescent lights weren’t” – David Kender, USA Today - A recent USA Today article shined some new light on the LED vs fluorescent light bulb debate. ...
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With the efficiency and total lumen output for LEDs on the rise, lighting in 2013 will surpass handsets as the biggest application for LED driver ICs, with revenue rising by more than 50% annually, and then more than doubling by 2018, ...
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BulbAmerica, America’s largest online and wholesale retailer of light bulbs and lighting fixtures, has announced the launch of an LED support system. LEDs are all set to make more efficient street lights with less light pollution and ...
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Saving energy and saving money go hand in hand when it comes to your household, and this is especially true when it comes to lighting. There are many ways to make your lighting more efficient; they are very easy to do and no, you won't have ...
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High Pressure Sodium Bulbs: High Pressure Sodium Bulbs have a 15,000 hour average life, suitable for hard to reach areas. Up to 85% less energy use than incandescent: low operating costs, high upfront costs on High Pressure Sodium light ...
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Are Incandescent Light Bulbs Really Illegal? Both of our kids like to sleep with multiple sources of light: a bright incandescent light bulb from a half-open closet, the dim glow of a flower-shaped silicone night light, and the occasional ...
The University of Georgia has been in the forefront of evaluating alternative lighting systems. In their study, comparisons were made among conventional incandescent bulbs, compact fluorescent lamps, cold cathode and LED bulbs in poultry ...
Following an LED lighting makeover at the home of UK politics, number 10-12 Downing Street has had a special BREEAM award bestowed upon it in recognition of its environmental efforts. The governmental building was one of 17 to receive an ...
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Light sources Different types of bulbs may be used in grow light, including metal halide, fluorescent, incandescent, high-pressure sodium, and LED lights. Metal halide (MH) Metal halide bulbs emit a blue spectrum of light and are a ...
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US scientists have created a bright efficient area light source to compete with fluorescent tubes and OLEDs, it is claimed. Developed at Wake Forest University of North Carolina, the field-induced polymer electroluminescent (FIPEL) is a ...
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US scientists have created a bright efficient area light source to compete with fluorescent tubes and OLEDs, it is claimed. Developed at Wake Forest University of North Carolina, the field-induced polymer electroluminescent (FIPEL) is a ...
Tags: fluorescent tubes, OLED, light source