Grote Industries has unveiled the newest addition to their LED family with the Trilliant 36 LED WhiteLight Conversion Bulb. This LED bulb turns any PAR 36 incandescent bulb into a LED whitelight lamp. Consumers can upgrade existing incandescent or halogen lamps, transforming it into a brilliant 900-lumen LED WhiteLight lamp that lasts longer.
All Trilliant 36 LED WhiteLight Conversion Bulbs are manufactured with rugged UV, hard-coated, polycarbonate lenses that can be replaced if damaged... Read Full Story
Sandia National Laboratories scientist Jerry Simmons envisions a future of brighter, more efficient lights, with people even being able to tune the color of light in a room to suit a mood or the time of day. What he has in mind is definitely not Thomas Edison's light bulb. It isn't even a bulb in the sense of incandescent bulbs, the newer twisty compact fluorescent lighting bulbs or the fluorescent tubes that light offices. What Sandia is working toward is a better light bulb using LEDs... Read Full Story
An EU-wide transition of power-draining light bulbs to more energy efficient ones will start Tuesday, the European Commission said. The new rules follow an agreement reached by the 27 EU governments last year to phase out the traditional incandescent light bulb over three years starting this year to help European countries lower greenhouse gas emissions, the EU executive said Monday. This aims to curb climate change and to reduce energy bills. As of Tuesday, old standard frosted light bulbs... Read Full Story
Tuesday marks the beginning of the end for traditional, energy-guzzling light bulbs throughout Europe, with the 100-watt and frosted bulbs the first to go. It is all part of a three-year scheme to rid the whole of the European Union of the traditional incandescent bulbs first put on the market by Thomas Edison in 1879. Some consumers have been stockpiling the old-style versions, aware that the more energy-efficient long-life fluorescent or halogen lamps cost more to buy. And while shops will... Read Full Story
Shops across Europe began phasing out traditional energy-guzzling light bulbs Tuesday, despite health and cost concerns, with the old-style frosted and 100-watt bulbs the first to go. While vendors will be allowed to sell off their remaining stocks, as of Tuesday there will be no new orders of non-transparent frosted bulbs -- deemed particularly inefficient -- or the standard clear 100-watt bulbs. Tuesday's move is part of a three-year scheme to rid the whole of the European Union of the... Read Full Story
BEIJING, USA: Cree Inc. and Ningbo Liaoyuan Lighting Co., hosted the 2009 LED Lighting Fixture Promotion Conference last week in Guangzhou, China. The conference featured government officials and leaders from city street lamp management offices.
Liaoyuan Lighting and Cree jointly exhibited several lighting products based on Cree’s LED technology, including street lamps featuring Cree’s brightest and most efficient XLamp XP-G LED components. This is the first time that Liaoyuan Lighting... Read Full Story
DURHAM, USA: Cree Inc. has achieved industry-best reported R&D results of 186 lumens per watt for a white power LED.
This result demonstrates Cree’s continued focus on pushing the performance of its LEDs. Cree’s tests confirmed that the LED produced 197 lumens of light output and achieved 186 lumens per watt efficacy at a correlated color temperature of 4577K. The tests were conducted under standard LED test conditions at a drive current of 350mA, at room temperature.
“This result is a... Read Full Story
The main reason we’ve included LED in our recommendations, is because they’re quite eco-friendly, compared to all other options. LED produce much more light per watt of electricity. To be precise they produce around 18-22 lumens per watt, much higher than the incandescent and fluorescent lamps. This means they use less power to produce more, which cumulatively adds up to a lot of energy savings. In fact, the US DOE estimates that if LED lighting were used on a large scale, it would convert... Read Full Story
Market dynamics often demonstrate that subsidies create unsustainable demand for the products to which they apply. Witness the auto sales acceleration in July and August of this year while the federal "Cash for Clunkers" program was in effect. Since the program ended, domestic auto sales have fallen back to pre-program levels. According to a post on the Green Inc. blog in late September, sales of CFL bulbs are also declining as sponsors of rebate programs across the country report trouble in... Read Full Story
Homeowners are paying more attention than ever to energy efficiency when renovating, but you do not have to commit to a major renovation to improve the efficiency of your home. In fact, you do not have to renovate at all; small steps toward improved energy efficiency can save you money in the long run while reducing your home’s environmental impact. Here are some renovation-free upgrade ideas that will give you a more energy efficient home:
Look for the Energy Star label when replacing... Read Full Story
