2016-03-22

London-based Hospital Upgraded with LEDs from Lumileds

Due to their round-the-clock operation and high lumen output requirements, hospitals devote a great deal of their energy usage to lighting. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, lighting can account for 44% of a hospital’s electricity bill – nearly double that of a commercial building’s. In this light, it is no surprise that hospitals in many parts of the world are updating their lighting systems to LEDs to reduce their operating costs.
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2016-03-18

Windlicht: Makes Explicit the Beauty of Green Energy

Green energy. Everyone wants it, but not in their backyard. An odd thing for a country known for its picturesque windmills dating from the 18th century. How can we once again give green energy the allure it deserves?
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2016-03-14

High Perfection Tech Launches Power Supply for LEDs

With over 10 years of experience, we, High Perfection Tech., is one of the leading led switch power supply in Taiwan. The excellent R & D team ensures the latest products keep going. The strong production and 100% testing procedure make the quality of product at the first class. The prompt delivery and competitive price meet your requests.
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2016-02-26

Media Facades Worldwide Shine Digital and Envrionment Friendly Light with LEDs

Media façade redefine the way we think of public art. With advancement in LED technology, media façades of all shapes and sizes have been popping up in major cities around the globe in the last decade. Looking to showcase events and attract customers, businesses are jumping on the digital illumination bandwagon to rejuvenate neighbourhoods and enliven city centers worldwide.
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2016-02-19

LEDs from JMLED Cuts 70% of Energy Bill with Efficient Performance and Extended Lifetime

As high energy efficiency demand gradually swifts conventional lighting off global market with energy-saving lamps program, JMLED has successfully break into the international trend with the reputation of "High Powered COB LED" lighting technology and lighting engineering experience made production of high-power energy-saving products of street lights, high-bay lights, spot lights, etc. It is our honor to share our outstanding 100% recyclable lighting series in the international market, all made of aluminum and eco-friendly materials, JMLED lighting products not only provides power efficient plan, also the entire device can be 100% recycled.
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2016-02-16

Dubai's Urban Lifestyle Complex Lit with LEDs from Traxon

Box Park is a hyper modern urban lifestyle complex in Dubai, which combines special shopping and entertainment venues with unusual restaurant concepts from around the world over a total length of 1.2 kilometers. In order to create a unique shopping and leisure experience for the residents and visitors of Dubai, the architects and designers divided the development in 10 thematic zones reflecting iconic locations around the world, such as Broadway, Times Square, Harrods or Moulin Rouge.
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2016-02-15

GE Lights up Arabian Automobiles Company Showroom with LEDs

Operating as the sole distributor of Nissan cars and genuine Nissan parts in Dubai and the Northern Emirates, Arabian Automobiles Company (AAC) is part of the AW Rostamani business conglomerate. Over the years, AAC has emerged to be among the top players in the automobile dealership sector with market leadership in certain pivotal segments of the vehicle market. AAC's network includes 11 new car showrooms, 10 service centers, 13 parts outlets across Dubai & Northern Emirates.
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2016-02-04

Surrey to Switch 28K Streetlights to LEDs and Improve Public Safety

Surrey, a city of British Columbia, Canada is to join other Canadian cities in switching streetlights to LEDs. The conversion is estimated to cost CA $11million (US $8 million), reported CBC.
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2016-02-04

Noribachi and Intelligent Energy Light and Power Collaboratively Upgrade Historic Buildings with LEDs

Noribachi, a leading U.S.-based custom LED manufacturer for high output commercial and industrial lighting solutions teamed up with Intelligent Energy Light and Power (www.intelligentelp.com), an electrical engineering and installation firm, on a significant LED retrofit upgrade for the historic National Park Seminary in Forest Glen, MD.
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2016-02-02

GE Breakups with Old Love CFL in Favor of LEDs Ahead of Valentines Season

Two weeks ahead of Valentines, GE published a heartbreaking online letter ending its long term relationship with CFL, while announcing its new passion for LEDs.The creatively written marketing stunt was highlighting an important announcement that GE will discontinue the manufacturing of CFL bulbs in the U.S. market, and shift its focus in the consumer lighting towards LED bulbs by the end of 2016.
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2016-01-15

LMG’s LEDs Rocks Performance of GRiZMAS II

Grant Kwiecinski, also known as GRiZ, first became popular in 2011 with the release of his debut album, End Of The World Party. His fourth studio album, Say It Loud, landed at the top of iTunes Electronic charts and has been called brilliant by Billboard. Leading up to Christmas, the Detroit native returns to his hometown and participates in a series of fundraisers with proceeds benefiting local non-profits. The twelve-day fundraiser leads up to a highly anticipated, sold out holiday celebration concert, GRiZMAS II. LMG Touring provided lighting and LED support.
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2016-01-12

Nanotechnology Raises Incandescent Bulb Efficiency to Same Level as LEDs

Researchers combine the warm look of traditional light bulbs with 21st-century energy efficiency. Traditional light bulbs, thought to be well on their way to oblivion, may receive a reprieve thanks to a technological breakthrough. Incandescent lighting and its warm, familiar glow is well over a century old yet survives virtually unchanged in homes around the world. That is changing fast, however, as regulations aimed at improving energy efficiency are phasing out the old bulbs in favor of more efficient compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) and newer light-emitting diode bulbs (LEDs).
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2015-12-30

Soraa Lights up Detail Oriented Life Style Shop with LEDs

THE CHALLENGE In the heart of Taipei and cordoned off from all visitors, stood an abandoned factory that a century ago was a wine-producing facility. Rediscovered in 1997, the Huashan 1914 Creative Park was one of the least known and most well-preserved structures in Taiwan. Half a century later, this space has been partially restored and is home to community arts events and temporary pop-up shops.
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2015-12-29

Traxon Lights up China's Tallest Tower with LEDs

In Shanghai, one thing that never escapes from your eyes is Shanghai Tower, the iconic landmark of the city. Located in Lujiazui of Pudong, the 632- meter and 121- level tower is China’s tallest and world’s second tallest skyscraper, rises high above the skyline with curved façade and spirals up like a cluster of ivy stretching to reach the sky, symbolizing the dynamic emergence of modern China. To match the great momentum of the tower, Traxon & e:cue provides full lighting solutions to the green tower.
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2015-12-25

ThinkLite Upgrades Boston-based One Post Office Square with LEDs

2015 was a very successful year for ThinkLite, concluding with a dramatic energy efficient LED retrofit at One Post Office Square, Boston. This project included the building’s parking garage, breezeway between the office building and adjoining Boston Langham Hotel, as well as the massive and impressive lobby, adorned with holiday cheer within its high glass walls and shimmering marble floors.
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2015-12-11

Taiwanese Researchers Aim to Replace Lasers with LEDs in Cancer Surgery

A research team headed by Ivy Hsu, Professor at Department of Bioscience Technology of Chung Yuan Christian University is betting on using LEDs to replace expensive laser lights in cancer surgery, reported CTimes.
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2015-12-11

Researchers Find New Nanastructure Design to Improve LEDs and Solar Cell Efficiency

Light and electricity dance a complicated tango in devices like LEDs, solar cells and sensors. A new anti-reflection coating developed by engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, lets light through without hampering the flow of electricity, a step that could increase efficiency in such devices.
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2015-12-07

U.S. Energy Secretary Invests in Laser Technology and Efficient Lights to Solve Climate Change Issues

World leaders gathered in Paris last week for the 21st UN climate conference, known as COP21. At the meeting, U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz highlighted several solutions to reduce carbon emissions, including launching a Climate Energy Ministerial initiative to encourage the adoption of LED bulbs worldwide.
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2015-11-24

UK's Historical Station Relit by LEDs from acdc

Kings Cross Southern Square, Cubitt Facade, London  Client: Network Rail Architect: Stanton Williams Lighting Design: studioFRACTAL Photography: Will Scott Products: Iglu, Integrex
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2015-11-24

Clay Paky Lights up Saudi Arabian Stadium with LEDs

The opening ceremony of the top division of the Saudi Arabian football championship, the Saudi Professional League, was lit by Clay Paky. The multifaceted director Marco Boarino created a short intensive show at the King Fahd International Stadium.
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2015-11-19

Hubbell Lighting Releases New Trims for Recessed Lights Alternaitve

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that Prescolite has added two new trims to the brand’s 5” LiteBox Surface Mount (LBSQ5LEDA-square, LBS5LEDA DG-drop glass) LED product line. Installing directly to a standard J-box, the 5” LiteBox Surface Mount fixture is the perfect alternative to recessed products in settings where plenum height is challenging or where fire codes restrict the use of recessed fixtures. Prescolite also announced today that it has added DMX dimming to its LF series LED downlight family.
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2015-11-12

U.S. University Researchers Turns Food and Beverage Waste into LEDs

Most Christmas lights, televisions and flashlights have one thing in common: they’re made with light emitting diodes (LEDs). LEDs are widely used for a variety of applications and have been a popular, more efficient alternative to fluorescent and incandescent bulbs for the past few decades. Two University of Utah researchers have now found a way to create LEDs from food and beverage waste. In addition to utilizing food and beverage waste that would otherwise decompose and be of no use, this development can also reduce potentially harmful waste from LEDs generally made from toxic elements.
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2015-11-12

EasyJet Debuts Wearable- tech Uniforms to Celebrate its 20th Birthday

This is the latest innovation from the pioneering airline which is always at the forefront of technology, from being one of the first airlines to launch online booking in 1998 to introducing aircraft inspections by automated drones earlier this year, and provides an exciting glimpse of things to come for airline uniforms.
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2015-11-05

Abu Dhabi Completes Retrofitting Sheikh Zayed Bridge with LEDs

The Abu Dhabi City Municipality has accomplished the project of replacing traditional lighting on the Sheikh Zayed Bridge by an LED lighting system.
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2015-11-04

Famous Golf Courses in Turkey Lit up with LEDs

Golfers can now play one of the world’s most famous courses at night thanks to cutting edge connected LED lighting from Philips.
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2015-09-21

EU PROSAFE Launches Joint Market Surveillance of LEDs and Other Consumer Goods

Hong Kong exporters may be interested in the new Joint Market Surveillance Action on Consumer Products being undertaken by PROSAFE, the Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe, which has been launched in July 2015. 
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2015-08-24

A Look Into Major LED Manufacturers Global Strategy

Globalized competition is inevitable in the LED industry with an increasing number of overseas LED companies entering Chinese market and vice versa.
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2015-08-17

Allianz Arena Lit with LEDs for Upcoming FC Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich is kicking off the new season in spectacular style: Philips, the global leader in lighting, and the German soccer champions presented a new LED façade lighting at the Allianz Arena for the first time on Wednesday. The entire innovative Philips system can be controlled digitally and is capable of reproducing 16 million colors. This makes Allianz Arena, the 'Star of the South', Europe's largest and Germany's first stadium to feature a dynamic lighting moods across its entire facade. More than 300,000 LED lights – over an impressive surface area of 26,000 square meters − make the stadium façade’s inflatable  outer membrane  shine brilliantly. Compared to the previous system, the new technology saves more than 60 percent on electricity and approximately 362 tons of CO2 per year.
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2015-03-02

DOE Webinar: Can LEDs Perform in a Performing Arts Building?

On Thursday, March 26, DOE will host a 60-minute live webinar called “LEDs: Can They Perform in a Performing Arts Building?”
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