Lighting
Flat LED panels are in the limelight
A new solid-state light source is thin and flat, about the size and shape of a credit card....
Now lighting has a sustainability certification
Certified Sustainable Lighting Consultants will have expertise in creating and maintaining lighting systems that use energy-efficient products....
That candle is really a CFL
A new line of high-end, retrofit CFL candle bulbs is molded in lexan....
The other energy efficienct lighting technology
Induction lighting can be a way to boost energy efficiency....
Bandgap and why LEDs shine
A quick review of the semiconductor physics behind LED lighting....
High-brightness LEDs come to light tubes
Architectural light tubes pack HB-LEDs to brighten up their surroundings....
Neutral white LEDs get more efficient
Neutral white LED arrays deliver an increase of more than 40% in energy efficiency over previous neutral white product generations....
Industrial designers like LEDs
LED light bulbs got a top award at the International Design Excellence Awards 2010. ...
LEDs keep their efficiency when hot
A new kind of LED keeps its efficiency when in a hot recessed lamp....
LED downlight boasts twice the efficiency of a CFL
A new six-inch LED downlight puts out 84 lumens/watt....
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. ...





