Energy Efficient Lighting
Energy efficient lighting is the use of lighting that saves energy, such as CFL and LED (light-emitting diode) fixtures, while still boosting light levels versus the more conventional high intensity discharge fixtures. We also explore other lighting equipment, such as dimmers and preset light control software, which drive energy efficiency. Articles also explore energy efficient lighting and lighting retrofits.
Lighting Brief: Soraa, Cree and Marvell
California-based lighting startup Soraa has launched an LED lamp that it says emits more light per LED material and can handle more electric current per area than its competitors products. The Soraa LED MR16 lamp ...
TVA Power Savings Could Come from Energy Efficient Appliances
The mass installation of such energy efficiency measures as compact fluorescent lighting and heating and cooling systems could effectively flatten Tennessee's power demand for the ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: CARB Diesel Vehicles, China vs. EU ETS, Mexico Climate Law
California's On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles (In-Use) Regulation has shifted the reporting date to March 30, 2012, for most privately and federally owned diesel fueled trucks ...
Lighting Briefing: Philips, Cummings Properties, Noribachi
Royal Philips Electronics saw a 70 percent increase in LED lighting sales in 2011, excluding LED chips, reports Optics.org. In the final quarter of ...
Retrofit to Give Tarlton $1m in Rebates
Progressive Lighting & Energy Solutions is to undertake an energy efficiency improvement project for Tarlton Properties, located in Menlo Park, Calif.
The project includes the installation ...
NetLED Launches Wi-Fi LED Fluorescent Tube Replacement
NetLED has released a 40W LED light panel designed to replace a fluorescent tube and controllable by computer, smartphone or tablet device.
Using the networking software, ...
Sandia Casino Expects 75% Energy Drop with LED Lights, Solar Panels
Sandia Resort & Casino in Albuquerque will consume about a quarter the energy in its parking lots through switching hundreds of gas discharge lamps ...
Stop & Shop Nabs $4m in Incentives for Lighting and ECMs
Stop & Shop has cut costs and received over $4 million in utility incentives through use of efficient lighting and electronically-commutated motors (ECMs) ...
Annual Electric Efficiency Budgets Jump 25%
U.S. ratepayer-funded electric efficiency budgets increased from $5.4 billion in 2010 to $6.8 billion in 2011, according to a report by The Edison Foundation's Institute ...
Viper Launches LED 40-Watt Alternative
Viper Networks, in conjunction with LEDs America, Inc., has introduced an LED alternative to the 40-watt incandescent bulb.
The companies say the 4Watt replacement lamp ...
Efficient Lighting ‘Unsung Hero’ of Data Center Efficiency
Despite consuming only around three to five percent of a data center's electrical load, lighting can make a greater impact on a data system's ...
Calif. DMV Retrofit Set for Summer Completion
A $130 million retrofit of the California Department of Motor Vehicles' headquarters (pictured) in downtown Sacramento is set to conclude this summer, reports Government Technology.
The ...
What Delay? New Light Bulbs Hitting Shelves in 2012
We've been covering the impending 2012 light bulb regulations since they were first voted into law. Earlier this month, however, Congress passed a ...
‘Pillow Renovation’ Helps Hilton Concord Go Green
The Hilton Concord hotel in the San Francisco Bay Area is incorporating environmentally friendly systems, including such innovations as a low temperature dishwasher and "pillow ...
Honeywell Wins State Department ESPCs
The U.S. Department of State has awarded Honeywell an energy savings performance contract for a project at two of its facilities in the Washington, D.C., ...
Stimulus Funding for Georgia Convenience Stores Lighting Retrofit Project
The Georgia Association of Convenience Stores (GACS) lighting retrofit fund has retrofitted more than 30 convenience store locations across the state. The group is one ...
National Landmark Building, U.S. Treasury Building, Earns LEED Gold
The 19th-century U.S. Treasury Building – a National Historic Landmark neighboring the White House – was awarded LEED Gold certification. The USGBC believes that the ...
Standards & Compliance Briefing: ISO 50001, ISO 14001, Mexican Sustainability Index, LEED, FSC
Bureau Veritas has issued the world's first ISO 50001 certification for a shipping company. This was awarded to Stena’s ship management division, Northern Marine Management, ...
Minnesota Retrofits to Save $3m a Year
Energy efficiency improvements across 36 facilities in Minnesota will generate more than $3 million in permanent, ongoing energy savings every year for the foreseeable future, ...
2012: The Year LEDs Come of Age?
This may be the year that solid state lighting comes of age, according to Doug Bailey, vice president of marketing at integrated circuit manufacturer ...
