Guest post by Jim Brodrick, Department of Energy Some of you may have come across references to IES LM-79 that imply that the test procedure is flawed or unnecessary or both, and that there’s a better alternative. You may have heard or read terms like “effective lumens” or “equivalent lumens,” or seen sales literature claiming [...]
Craig DiLouie
Awards, LED + SSL, Products + Technology
DOE Suspends PAR38 L Prize Competition
The Department of Energy has announced that it will modify the competition requirements for the L Prize PAR 38 category. Effective today, DOE has temporarily closed the PAR 38 competition, and entries will not be accepted until the competition reopens in May 2011. The intent is to change the requirements based on lessons learned from [...]
IKEA Ceases Sale of Incandescent Lamps
Good Clean Tech is reporting that IKEA is no longer selling incandescent lamps. The article somewhat erroneously states, however, that all retailers will soon be following IKEA as the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 provisions related to general service incandescent lamps begin to take effect in 2012-2014. Energy-saving halogen-screw in lamps will be [...]
2010 GE Edison Awards Entry Deadline Coming Up: January 10, 2011
Entries must be submitted by mail and must arrive (Cleveland, OH) no later than 10 January 2011! Click here for more information.
Philips Acquires Optimum Lighting
Royal Philips Electronics has announced that it has acquired Optimum Lighting LLC, a privately owned company specializing in customized energy-efficient lighting solutions for the office, industry and retail segments. “Office lighting uses approximately 30% of the total energy consumption in buildings, so there is a great opportunity to upgrade the older inefficient lighting currently used [...]
LED + SSL, Products + Technology
Home Depot Devotes Special Section on Website to LED Lighting
Home Depot wrote to me recently to let me know that they have published a special section on their website entirely devoted to LED replacement lamps, with plenty of extra consumer information about LED lighting along with featured products. Check it out here.
East Cleveland and GE Lighting Partner on Northeast Ohio’s First Major LED Streetlighting Installation
The City of East Cleveland is decreasing energy costs by replacing 45 standard-technology municipal streetlights with GE’s award-winning Evolve LED roadway streetlights. The project grows out of a long partnership between GE Lighting and East Cleveland, which has been the home of the unit’s headquarters for close to 100 years. A one-mile block along Noble [...]
Space Lighting Moves
Space Lighting has announced that is has moved to new offices and showroom in the Wynwood art district of Miami. The company’s new address is: 282 N.W. 25th Street Miami FL 33127 Tel: 305-373-4422 Fax: 305-373-7722
Product Monday: GE Hybrid Lamps
GE Lighting will bring to market this year a unique new incandescent-shaped light bulb that combines the instant brightness of halogen technology with the energy efficiency and longer rated life of CFL technology. The initial product launch will bring U.S. and Canadian consumers GE Reveal® and GE Energy Smart® Soft White varieties that offer significantly [...]
Product Monday: Pentron HO XL by OSRAM SYLVANIA
OSRAM SYLVANIA has unveiled the Pentron HO XL 54W T5HO lamp featuring a rated life of 60,000 hours. These 5,000-lumen lamps are available in 3000-6500K at 82 CRI with 93% lumen maintenance at rated life.
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