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CFL
CFL Life Cycle Called Energy Efficient
European researchers examined the entire production-to-disposal life-cycle of different lighting methods to find out which is most efficient. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) came out on top, although LEDs were notably absent from the study.
Date: 10/25/2010
Type: Article
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: CFLs, energy-efficient lighting, halogen bulbs, incandescent bulbs, LED lighting, life-cycle analysis
Philips LED bulb
Are Efficient LED Bulbs Worth the Price?
Energy-efficient LED bulbs have been improving in terms of brightness, color and price, but do the efficiency savings pay for themselves? This blog post provides an analysis of the costs and benefits.
Date: 11/19/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: CFLs, efficiency savings, incandescent bulbs, LED lighting, lighting costs, lighting efficiency, payback
Cree TrueWhite LED bulb
Cree Unfurls its Household LED Bulb
Cree recently announced a new product: the TrueWhite LED bulb, which will provide 800 lumens of light (equivalent to the light output of a standard 60 watt incandescent bulb), use only 10 watts, and likely last over 25,000 hours.
Date: 01/27/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: Cree, energy-efficient lighting, incandescent bulbs, LED lighting, LEDs, lumens, watts
Americold storage
Digital Lumens Wins More Cold Storage
Digital Lumens' LED Lighting Systems--which save up to 90 percent of lighting energy--have been installed in Americold facilities in three states.The fixtures also reduce AC and chiller power consumption in cold storage warehouses by 20-40 percent by eliminating heat transfer to chilled food.
Date: 03/29/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Lighting & Displays
Tags: commercial buildings, cooling, energy-efficient lighting, HVAC, LED, LED lighting, waste heat
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
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
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
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
GE's Nucleus software displays real-time and historical energy use.
GE to Test Energy Efficiency of Smart Homes
GE is partnering with the Department of Energy on a $5 million program that will test the energy efficiency of homes equipped with smart grid products, LEDs and solar panels.
Date: 08/24/2010
Type: Blog
Technologies: Smart Grid
Tags: department of energy, DOE, energy efficiency, GE, home energy management, LED lighting, smart appliances, solar panels
Google LED bulb
Google, Lighting Science to Create Android Bulb
Google is teaming up with Lighting Science to develop a bulb that is controllable from an Android phone. The bulbs will communicate through a wireless network anchored by a home router and will allow users to dim, shut off, or program their lights remotely.
Date: 05/10/2011
Type: Article
Technologies: Computing and Networks, Lighting & Displays
Tags: commercial buildings, google, home energy management, LED lighting, lighting networking, wireless communication

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