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Researchers Make Strides with Novel Lighting Technology: Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells
The iridium metal center is wrapped in an organic coat which protects it in the LEC. The precise chemical structure of the coat allows the researchers to tune the color…
Nobel Prize Winner Amano Says LED Lamps Will be Mainstream Lighting by 2016
2014 Nobel Prize in Physics winner Professor Amano Hiroshi, recently stated LED lamps will be a mainstream consumer light source by 2016, but challenges remain. Primarily, he points out, costs…
DSIRE Offers Updated Online Database of State Energy Efficiency Policies and Incentives
The North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center has relaunched the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE). Funded by the Department of Energy, DSIRE offers a comprehensive source…
Product Monday: Square by Cooledge Lighting
Cooledge Lighting has expanded its “light sheet” portfolio with SQUARE, a 1×1 lighting product that requires no heat-sink and can be snapped together to create a larger luminous plane capable…
Light and Productivity
The relationship between lighting and productivity has been the subject of study for almost 100 years, but determining a definitive, quantifiable relationship remains elusive. That was the consensus of a…
Call for Speakers for IES Conference and LightShow West
The Illuminating Engineering Society is seeking experts to present at the 2015 Annual Conference being held in Indianapolis, Indiana this November 8-10. (This is a call for presentations, not to…
IES Year of Light Photo Contest
To celebrate the UN-designated Year of Light, the Illuminating Engineering Society is holding a photo contest. From IES: Every month we will announce a “Theme of the Month” to which…
ASHRAE/IES Publish Updated Standard on Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings
A newly revised standard from ASHRAE and IES seeks to provide greater guidance and a more comprehensive approach to retrofit of existing buildings for increased energy efficiency. ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 100-2015,…
DOE Publishes CALiPER Report on the Robustness of LED PAR38 Lamps
The U.S. Department of Energy’s CALiPER program has released Report 20.3, which is part of a series of investigations on LED PAR38 lamps. Report 20.3 focuses on an evaluation of…
Product Monday: Horticultural Luminaires by OSRAM SYLVANIA
ZELION HL Horticulture LED Grow Light Fixtures provide an LED solution for turf and landscape maintenance, commercial greenhouses and indoor gardening. Available in 25W, 50W, 100W and 150W versions and…
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