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Guest Post by Jim Brodrick: DOE Transferring ENERGY STAR Responsibility to EPA

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, reprinted with permission from Postings: from the desk of Jim Brodrick As many of you already know, DOE is in the process of transferring its ENERGY STAR® responsibilities, for all product areas including solid-state lighting, to the Environmental Protection Agency. In an agreement signed by both agencies on September 30, [...]

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Borrowers to Banks: Show Me the Money

That’s the title of this article by The Wall Street Journal, which reveals how difficult credit conditions have become for some developers. The developer of Destiny USA, a shopping mall in Syracuse, NY, recently won a lawsuit against Citigroup to preserve its previously approved loan. Citigroup had been trying to cancel the loan, citing weak [...]

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DOE’s Jim Brodrick on LEDs and ENERGY STAR

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, reprinted with permission from Postings: from the desk of Jim Brodrick Life is good this week on the West Coast. I’m in Vancouver, Washington for the second Department of Energy (DOE) SSL Manufacturing Workshop. The weather is supposed to be beautiful — 75-80 degrees. After the waterlogged last couple of [...]

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Jim Brodrick on LED Product Service Life

Guest post by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy Reprinted with permission from “Postings: From the Desk of Jim Brodrick.” For more information about the DOE’s solid-state lighting program, click here. As you probably know, long lifetime is considered to be one of the major advantages of solid-state lighting over other lighting technologies. It’s something [...]

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Guest Post by Jim Brodrick: LED Source Efficiency Versus Luminaire Efficiency

by Jim Brodrick, lighting program manager, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program As you’re probably aware, there’s been quite a debate lately in some quarters about how best to measure energy efficiency for lighting, particularly in residential fixtures. At the heart of the debate are two terms I’m sure you’re familiar with by now: [...]

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