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GE jet engine LED bulb
GE Employs Jet Engine Technology to Cool LED Bulbs
General Electric is reducing the power consumption of its LED bulbs by using dual cool jets to lower the ambient temperature. The company says this technique increases the heat transfer rate by a factor of ten.
Date: 10/21/2010
Type: Article
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: cooling, general electric, LED lighting, power consumption
Future of LED adoption looks bright
Many LED companies are reporting large profits as the technology improves and energy efficient lighting becomes more widely adopted.
Date: 12/15/2009
Type: Blog
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: energy efficient lighting, LED, LED adoption, lighting technology
Fred Wudl: Presentation & Video
Fred Wudl, professor of Chemistry and Materials and Co-Director of the Center for Polymers and Organic Solids (CPOS) at UCSB, discusses the design and synthesis of organic molecules and polymers for applications in organic light emitting diodes and organic photovoltaics.
Date: 11/04/2009
Type: Slides, Video
Technologies: Materials, Solar/Photovoltaics, Energy Conversion, Lighting & Displays
Tags: organic LED, organic molecules, organic photovoltaics
Four Solid State Lighting Trends for 2010
Watch out for greater market penetration but also shortages, says Keith Scott at Bridgelux.
Date: 01/13/2010
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: LED
Unite to Light demo in classroom
Fighting Illiteracy With Solar Lights
A solar-powered LED light developed at UC Santa Barbara does more than reduce energy consumption.
Date: 05/19/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: Institute for Energy Efficiency, LED lighting, lighting, solar power, Unite to Light
Fast-Tracking Widespread Adoption of LED Lighting
A product of the one-day workshop held in February 2010 by the Institute for Energy Efficiency, this new white paper summarizes the status of light emitting diode (LED) technology, evolving LED markets, and appropriate actions to support and facilitate market penetration.
Date: 05/12/2010
Type: Report
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: adoption, LED lighting, market penetration
Falling LED Cost Yields Virtual Device Efficiency Gains
Falling LED prices are yielding an unexpected bonanza for system developers: a “virtual” gain in device efficiency, which can be as much as 50 percent, or even more in some cases.
Date: 09/26/2012
Type: Article
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: Haitz’s law, LEDs, over-driving, under-cooling
Europe’s Ban on Old-Style Bulbs Begins
Restrictions on the sale of incandescent bulbs begin going into effect across most of Europe today.
Date: 08/31/2009
Type: News
Technologies: Energy Efficiency Policy, Lighting & Displays
Tags: lighting ban
ESL bulb
ESL Bulbs 70 Percent More Efficient Than Incandescents
New bulbs created by Vu1 Corporation that use electron stimulated luminescence are cheaper than LEDs and 70% more efficient than incandescent bulbs.
Date: 11/11/2010
Type: News
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: CFLs, electron stiumlated luminescence, energy efficient lighting, incandescent bulbs, LED lighting, LEDs
Energy-Harvesting Displays
Two separate research groups have developed light-harvesting filters that can be added to LCD displays to recharge batteries in portable electronic devices.
Date: 08/16/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Solar/Photovoltaics, Energy Storage, Lighting & Displays
Tags: LCD, polarizing filters, solar photovoltaic

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