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High-quality white light produced by four-color laser source
Scientists at Sandia National Labs have developed a diode laser with lighting quality comparable to incadescents and the new lights could compete with LEDs once cost competitive.
Date: 10/26/2011
Type: News
Technologies: Lighting & Displays, Photonics
Tags: energy-efficient lighting, laser diodes, LED lighting
Home Depot Teams Up With Philips, Cree on LED Bulbs
In partnership with Cree, Home Depot has released an new EcoSmart brand downlight bulb that uses white and red LEDs to emit a warm, energy-efficient glow.
Date: 08/18/2010
Type: Article
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: Cree, EcoSmart, energy efficient lighting, Home Depot, LED lighting
Unite to Light
Institute for Energy Efficiency Designs Lamps for Schoolchildren Around the World
The Institute's Unite to Light Program is featured by the Santa Barbara Independent.
Date: 01/17/2011
Type: Article, News, Video
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: LED lighting, solar photovoltaic, Unite to Light
Intematix's ChromaLit
Intematix: Using Phosphor to Revolutionize LEDs
Intematix has developed an LED product that separates blue and white light; the design allows for more flexibility with lighting quality and color, as well as potentially resulting in LEDs that are both cheaper and more efficient.
Date: 01/18/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: energy-efficient lighting, LED lighting, LEDs, lighting costs, phosphor
Lighting Sheets Made of Tiny LEDs
Nth Degree Technologies is exploring the use of gallium nitride 'ink' to print flexible, paper-like LED lighting sheets.
Date: 10/28/2011
Type: News
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: flexible, Gallium Nitride, LED lighting
Philips' EnduraLED A21
Philips Ups Its LED Bulb—Sister Company NXP to Take on Google
Philips Lighting has unveiled a new 75-watt equivalent LED bulb while Philips spinoff NXP announced that it has developed GreenChip, a low-powered networking device that can be inserted into bulbs for inexpensive networking.
Date: 05/16/2011
Type: Article, Video
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Lighting & Displays
Tags: google, LED lighting, lighting efficiency, lighting networking
LED droop
Researchers Say They've Solved the Mystery of LED Lighting "Droop"
Institute faculty members' research featured on DOE energy blog.
Date: 05/16/2011
Type: Blog
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: DOE, Gallium Nitride, LED lighting, lighting efficiency, nitride, semiconductors
LED
Starbucks Saves Millions on Energy Bills with LED Lighting
Starbucks has replaced every incandescent and halogen bulb in their US coffee stores with LEDs; company-wide, the switch has reduced lighting energy consumption by 80 percent and total store energy consumption by 7 percent.
Date: 12/10/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: energy consumption, energy savings, greenhouse gas emissions, incandescent bulbs, LED adoption, LED lighting
Startup Sets New Record in LED Brightness and Efficiency
Startup Soraa says its second- generation LEDs will be brighter and more efficient than conventional LEDs, setting a new record in performance.
Date: 02/21/2013
Type: Article
Tags: energy efficienct appliances, LED lighting, semiconductors
Switch75 Bulb
The Key for LEDs: How About Liquid-Filled Light Bulbs?
A new LED bulb technology by Switch fills the bulb dome with a nontoxic liquid to draw heat away from the LEDs housed inside. The bulbs will sell for one-third to one-half the cost of existing high-end LED bulbs.
Date: 05/10/2011
Type: Article, Video
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: energy saving technology, heat sinks, LED lighting, payback, waste heat

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