World Economic Forum Names Lemnis Lighting Among Technology Pioneers 2009
today that Lemnis Lighting is one of the visionary companies selected as
Technology Pioneers 2009. Lemnis Lighting is recognized for its
accomplishments in energy efficient and low carbon emission lighting, and for
its sustainable business model designed to solve global problems by
outperforming existing alternatives while protecting and preserving the
environment.
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The World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers award recognizes companies
at the forefront of technology and innovation. Lemnis Lighting’s inclusion as
a Technology Pioneer recognizes its achievement in creating life-changing
lighting alternatives that have the potential for long-term impact on business
and society.
Lemnis Lighting’s selection as a Technology Pioneer is the result of a
vigorous global selection process for which the Forum received many
applications that were evaluated by 44 international technology experts. The
class of 2009 is comprised of companies from 15 countries, including
the
As a recipient of the Technology Pioneers award, Lemnis Lighting joins the
respected ranks of previous winners such as Amyris Biotechnologies, Dr
Laboratories
and Nanosolar.
“We congratulate Lemnis Lighting among the 34 newly selected Technology
Pioneers for their remarkable achievements, and welcome them to the wider
community of the World Economic Forum. During these difficult times, we are
certain that the technologies driven by these visionary companies will
contribute to the next wave of growth, with the innovative and entrepreneurial
spirit that characterizes them,” said
Chief Operating Officer of the World Economic Forum.
“We at Lemnis Lighting are entirely gratified at being honored by the
World Economic Forum for our efforts to change an industry paradigm and reduce
its carbon footprint,” said
pushing the limits of sustainable lighting technology, and will consistently
strive to meet our goals of carbon neutral lighting. Our business model is
based on sharing our technology with long term partners in different
geographic areas worldwide.”
Technology Pioneers 2009 are invited to participate in the World Economic
Forum Annual Meeting 2009 in Davos-Klosters,
February, and in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions that will be held in
the Forum’s initiatives.
About World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers
The Technology Pioneers program is the World Economic Forum’s means of
identifying and integrating those companies around the world that are involved
in the design and development of new technologies. Each innovation, whether
it has large or small consequences, is another step in society’s attempt to
harness, adapt and utilize technology to change and improve the way business
and society operate.
About Lemnis Lighting
Lemnis Lighting, a subsidiary of Tendris Holding, was founded in 2005 to
address the need for energy efficient lighting based on LED. Lemnis has
successfully launched the Pharox, an LED bulb with a lifetime of more than
20,000 hours available in 4W and 6W (both dimmable) for the replacement of a
40W and up to a 60W incandescent bulb. The 6W Pharox will be available in
Netherlands
energy efficient LED street lighting. The Lemnis streetlights are currently in
use in cities throughout
lighting and has installed the largest LED greenhouse worldwide, including
multi-layer growing. For more information on Lemnis Lighting please visit
http://www.lemnislighting.com
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