XLamp® ML-E LED Enables ENERGY STAR® Compliant Distributed Illumination Products Cree, Inc.(Nasdaq: CREE) is raising the standard for half-watt LED devices with the commercial availability of its XLamp® ML-E LED. The lighting-class XLamp ML-E provides lighting designers with a compact and cost-effective solution for distributed LED arrays that can enable them to meet the stringent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR® performance criteria.