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May 28, 2012
Bright Ideas in Electrical Product Launches

New technologies like LEDs, solar panels and electric-vehicle charging stations are finding their way onto distributors' warehouse shelves in ever-increasing numbers, and the product managers engineering these launches are utilizing a blend of the electrical market's evergreen truths of new product R&D and fresh, new social media strategies.

In The Know, Plug-in Electric Vehicle, Business, Lighting, End Use
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May 15, 2012
What Lamps Will Be Phased Out?

Lighting industry experts discuss the new standards for lamp efficiency.

In The Know, Business, Lighting, End Use
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April 25, 2012
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Examine Economic Feasibility Of Using Direct Current Circuits To Power Lights in Commercial Buildings

Carnegie Mellon University researchers report that a competing direct current electrical power system, pioneered by Thomas A. Edison in the 1880s, may be the most economic way to power lights in commercial buildings, especially in buildings using solar photovoltaics.

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April 23, 2012
Why You Should Learn to Spell OLEDs

Ready for another revolutionary lighting technology? OLEDs offer some exciting potential, but they are still miles from the market.

Spotlight, Lighting, End Use
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February 28, 2012
Time to End Dependence on Foreign Metals

Why the United States must reduce its dependence on rare earth metals to keep lamp costs from skyrocketing.

Insights, Business, Lighting, End Use
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February 21, 2012
Lighting Rebate Update

With all the buzz about renewables, it's easy to overlook some killer lighting rebate programs that continue to thrive.

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February 7, 2012
LED Makers Tackle Costs

A maturing solid-state light industry tries to field more economical products that live up to their own performance claims.

Spotlight, Business, Lighting, End Use
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January 31, 2012
Lighting Ceremony Celebrates Installation of Energy-Efficient LED Lights on the Mall

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, the National Park Service and the Trust for the National Mall yesterday hosted a lighting ceremony to celebrate the installation of energy-efficient LED lights on the Mall. 

News, Federal, Energy efficiency, Lighting, End Use, Policy
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January 10, 2012
City of Hanoi to Deploy Vietnam's First Smart City Street Light Control System

The city of Hanoi will deploy an energy control networking system for that will serve as the foundation for the country's first smart street lighting system.

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November 23, 2011
LED Lighting to Capture 52% of the Commercial Building Market by 2021

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are gaining significant momentum as an alternative to incandescent and fluorescent lighting in commercial buildings, particularly as the cost of LED lighting technology continues its rapid decline.

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