2018-11-28

Southern California Cities Install Streetlights of Current by GE

Cities in Southern California have been replacing their streetlights with LED fixtures to minimize light pollution, enhance public safety and save approximately US$60 million in reduced energy and maintenance costs over a 20-year period. 55,000 Current, powered by GE fixtures will be purchased by The Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG) for its 11 local jurisdictions. (Image: Current by GE) In order to find out the regions suitable for LED lighting, WRCOG has created a demonstration area in the City of Hemet and arranged guided tours with...
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2018-05-04

Smart Energy by the Zigbee Alliance Chosen for Smart Meter Rollout to Every Home in Great Britain by 2020

The Zigbee Alliance has opened certification for its updated Smart Energy 1.4 application standard. This new Certification Program addresses the functionality needs that arose from Great Britain’s decision to mandate all energy suppliers to offer smart meters to every home by 2020 (a total of 26 million potential installations).
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2018-01-16

Human Centric Lighting to Overtake Energy Saving as Key Differentiator in Lighting Design for Buildings, Predicts amBX

Human Centric Lighting will be the next major area of opportunity for the global lighting and building design industries now that energy saving is regarded as ubiquitous, according to lighting technology specialist amBX.
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2017-12-29

Why You Should Opt for LED Lights This Year

Did you know that the LED lights market is set to grow by 23 percent every year? The industry is growing in popularity but why should you be switching to LED lighting for your home? The main benefit of their use is their energy saving abilities.
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2017-10-31

Mass LED Street Light Switch Could Save Councils £200 Mil per year Combined

New figures produced by climate charity 10:10 show a mass switch to LED street lights could save the UK’s councils over £200 million per year combined.
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2017-09-22

WVDEP Saving State $42,000 Per Year With High Efficiency LED Bulbs

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is saving the state approximately $42,000 per year on energy costs by switching thousands of compact fluorescent light bulbs to LED light bulbs. 
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2017-09-06

EarthTronics New Adjustable LED Trim Kit Easily Converts Downlight Flood Lamps to LEDs for 80 Percent Energy Savings

EarthTronics introduces its new Adjustable LED Trim Kit to provide a simple and quick way to upgrade recessed downlight fixtures without any tools. As simple as screwing in a light bulb, the screw base neck depth is adjustable to reach the fixture socket to make the power connection enabling the white trim to fit snugly against the ceiling. The Adjustable LED Trim Kit enables 5” and 6” recessed ceiling fixtures utilizing incandescent or halogen BR30 flood lamps up to 65 watts to be easily replaced with a new LED light source and a fresh new white trim. This new kit is dimmable down to 5% and uses just 13-watt LED for 80 percent energy savings.
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2017-07-21

EarthTronics’ New Direct-Wire, Double-End T8 LED Type B EarthBulb Delivers Maximum Energy Saving

EarthTronics, dedicated to developing innovative energy-efficient lighting products that provide a positive economic and environmental impact for its customers, now offers a new high-performance T8 double-end direct-wire LED Type B, 15-watt EarthBulb that provides greater than 60 percent energy savings
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2017-07-17

Philips Lighting Commits More Than 2,000 LED Lightbulbs to NEA’s Household Energy-saving Challenge

Philips Lighting, a global leader in lighting, announced its support to the National Environment Agency (NEA)’s “Energy-Saving Challenge”, taking place from 1 July 2017 to 30 September 2017. It aims to distribute more than 2,000 energy-efficient LED light bulbs to participating households who sign up at the challenge roadshows.
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2017-06-30

Danbury Parking Authority reduces energy usage with MaxLite LED fixtures

The Parking Authority of Danbury, Connecticut has improved sustainability and operational efficiency in two city-managed parking garages through an LED lighting upgrade with MaxLite Low-Profile Canopy Lights.
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2017-05-08

Dubai Buildings to be Lit Up with “World’s Most Efficient” LED Lamps

The Dubai Municipality has recently signed a MOU with two major developers to boost the use of energy-efficient lighting.
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2017-03-09

Hong Kong Students Develop World’s Most Energy-Efficient LED Filament Bulb

A research team at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) claims it has successfully developed the most energy-efficient LED filament technology with a luminous efficacy of 129lm/W, which represents 1.5 times the efficacy of traditional LED lamps, surpassing all other general lighting tools available in the market.  
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2017-02-14

Saving 75% On Energy Costs With SLG Lighting

A new LED lighting installation service from UK lighting supplier SLG Lighting is helping businesses across the UK to slash their energy and lighting maintenance costs – and become eco-friendly at the same time.
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2013-09-05

2D-Lite LED Disk Puts a New Spin On Traditional Bulbs

The first electric utility and wall dimmable 60W-incandescent-replacement LED light "bulb" priced under US$10
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2010-10-18

TESS changes its company name to Top Energy Saving System Corp.

TESS, a Taiwan-based LED lighting leading brand, changed its company name from “topco energy saving system corp.” to “Top Energy Saving System Corp.” As TESS is planning an IPO in Taiwan this year, this name change is carried out in order to avoid public confusion between TESS and other similar company names. The brand name, TESS, remains the same. The new company name, Top Energy Saving System Corp., has been changed under the approval of at the shareholder meeting. 
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2010-04-30

Veeco Announces Winners of Veeco Labs Energy Innovation Research Grant

Veeco Instruments Inc., the leading provider of scanning probe microscopes (SPM) to the nanoscience community, today announced the winners of the second phase of the Veeco Labs Research Grant Program, “Energy Innovation.”
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2008-12-18

LEDs face to revolutionize lighting

LEDs are emerging as the hottest choice in illuminating homes and businesses due to their Energy efficient. Now, LEDs are on the verge of a revolution, according to E. Fred Schubert, professor of electrical engineering and physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute New York, there are tremendous opportunities that open up with LED.
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XLamp® XP-L Photo Red S Line LEDs Deliver High Efficiency for Horticulture Applications Revolutionizing Horticulture Lighting with Cree LED Cree LED is committed to delivering innovative lighting solutions for horticulture and agriculture,... READ MORE

For most of history, humans used flames to generate light. Eventually, they discovered that a super-heated metal element in a light bulb could produce useful illumination, only for this technology to be superseded by the LED. One common featur... READ MORE