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Product Monday: Extreme Density LED by Cree
Cree, Inc.’s ceramic-based XLamp® XD16 Extreme Density LED is designed to deliver up to 5½ times higher lumen density than the company’s previous generation of high-power LEDs. Built on Cree’s…
CFL and LED Use Growing in Homes
Below is another contribution I made to the February issue of tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) latest Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) revealed a majority…
Light Stored as Sound for First Time
Researchers at the University of Sydney have successfully transferred data carried on light waves into sound waves in a microchip. Why is this important? Shifting from optical to acoustical and…
Li-Fi 100 Times Faster than Wi-Fi
Li-Fi is an emerging technology that uses high-frequency modulation in LED light emission to encode information. An article recently published in the IEEE’s The Institute reports Li-Fi can pass data…
New Study Estimates Energy Saving Potential in Horticultural Lighting
LED lighting is making a big impact on horticultural lighting. A new Department of Energy report examines the energy-saving potential of LED lighting in these applications. Among the key findings:…
Eaton’s Glenn Siegel Talks LED Downlights
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Glenn Siegel, Director, Marketing and Product Management, Eaton Corporation. The topic: what’s new in LED downlights. The responses informed an article I wrote…
Product Monday: GeoPak Extension by Hubbell
Hubbell Outdoor Lighting’s award-winning GeoPak family has expanded to now offer two housing sizes in the popular trapezoid, radius and quarter-sphere shapes. With lumen outputs of up to 11,000 lumens,…
Trends in High-Bay Lighting
Below is my contribution to the February issue of tED Magazine. Reprinted with permission. Skeletal frameworks installed in some facilities form interior subspaces called bays, often characterized as high-bay (>20…
Lights of the Round Webinar: The Players in Lighting Specifications
In this video presentation created as part of the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Indispensable Lighting Series, a group of industry leaders discussed the lighting design process, how best to improve the…
Lighting Research Center Study Tests the Effectiveness of Apple’s iPad Night Shift Application
The light emitted by portable electronic devices (PEDs), particularly when used at night, has drawn a great deal of interest among sleep researchers, healthcare professionals, and the media. Research shows…
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