Lighting
Glowing plastic wallpaper: LECs could make it happen
Organic light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) with transparent electrodes of graphene could usher in novel applications....
LED shortage this year? Maybe.
2010 may end with an acute undersupply of LEDs unless production capacity rises....
Who says incandescent lamps are dead?
CFLs lose market share to incandescent in latest industry figures....
High-output LEDs replace flourescent cove lights
High-output fluorescent cove lights now have competition from LEDs. ...
Incandescent phase-out? Who knew?
Most Americans still don't know about the impending federal phase-out of incandescent bulbs....
LEDs light up the Pru
LED lighting fixtures dynamically transform Boston's Prudential Tower façade....
The need for a green display strategy
In case you have not heard, California will be regulating the energy that can be used by television sets after January 1, 2011. Despite the complaints...
LEDs for the outdoors
Outdoor white LEDs provide a neutral color that more closely matches existing high-intensity discharge lamps. ...
Get ready for self-powered OLEDs
OLEDs will be combined with paper-thin batteries....
Electronic ballasts get an efficiency standard
A new standard contains energy-efficiency requirements for evaluating electronic ballasts designed for use with 4-ft, 32-W T8 fluorescent lamps. ...
LEDs in a tube
A T8 LED tube which can be incorporated in applications such as cove lighting, refrigeration and retail displays....
8,844 solar panels later, a sun-powered stadium
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, is the world’s first stadium designed to get all its power directly from the sun....
Lighting the 21st century
Light-emitting diodes have been around for years as indicator lights. Now they're moving into illumination and beyond....
Leland Teschler's Editorial: Are CFLs really a bright idea?
Compact fluorescent lamps were in the news recently when U.S. legislators passed a Bill that mandated energy-efficiency standards light bulbs must meet by 2014....
Bright future for energy efficient lighting
New integrated circuits promise to make fluorescent lamps more "green."...
Green Technology: How to power an energy-efficient light
New lamps are more efficient, but what about the electronics? Designers need to learn a few new tricks about driving LEDs and CFLs....
Sustainable Engineering: More-Efficient Lighting is not Rocket Science
The recent case of a lighting system in a lead-acid battery supplier/recycler shows the kind of energy savings possible without resorting to LELEDs, CFLs, or other superefficient illumination technologies. ...
Sustainable Engineering: LED Indicator Lamp Cuts Power Consumption by 85%
A new LED works directly from 120 Vac and is designed to replace ordinary 120MB-style incandescent indicator bulbs. ...
