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BOULDER, Colo., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The ground-breaking and NGL "Best-in-Class" award-winning H-Series LED high bay from Albeo Technologies is now fully listed on the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) Qualified Products List (QPL). The consortium is the premier agency for certifying high-efficiency commercial lighting and is equivalent to the residential Energy Star label. Products listed by the DLC are eligible for federal rebates and other energy efficiency incentives....
KEMP, Texas, June 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Since 1973, Larson Electronics has sold Magnalight handheld lighting equipment and products under the Magnalight trademark and is an established leader in the commercial and industrial lighting industry. According to federal and state trademark registrations, Mag Instrument, Inc. registered and began using its Mag-Lite trademark to market to sell its brand of flashlights in 1979, a full six years after Larson Electronics began using the...
AURORA, Ohio, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TCP, a global leader in energy efficient lighting products, announced today that Mike Masino has been named Executive Vice President - North America, responsible for TCP's consumer and commercial lighting sales and marketing activities within the US and Canadian markets. Mike has been with TCP since 2009, and has been responsible for growing TCP's commercial and industrial sales channel. This channel enjoyed substantial growth in all...
TROY, Mich., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ilumisys, Inc. (http://www.ilumisys.com), developer and producer of next-generation solid-state lighting technology, announced today that it has granted a license for light-emitting diode (LED) fluorescent tube replacements to LED Global Supply, a global distributor of LED lighting solutions based in Westlake Village, Calif. The ilumisys licensing program allows LED Global Supply to provide LED lighting products to the market at a...
DETROIT, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy is offering special cash incentives to business owners who invest in new energy efficient lighting technologies under a new federal program. The incentives will be available through July 31, 2012, as part of the company's Energy Efficiency Program for Business. The cash incentives are available to businesses that convert older model, T12 fluorescent lights to high performance or low wattage-high performance T8 lamps and electronic...
GLEN ALLEN, Va., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets announces the release of a new report, titled "Market Opportunities for LED Phosphors in Lighting Applications 2012," that analyzes the moneymaking opportunities for LED phosphor suppliers in the lighting sector over the next eight years. NanoMarkets estimates that the total market value of LED phosphors used in lighting applications will grow from about $525 million in 2012 to a value of over $730 million...
KEMP, Texas, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com announced today the release of an upright aluminum wheeled light cart designed for use in hazardous locations. The EPLUC-48-4L aluminum upright explosion proof light cart is designed to provide operators with an explosion proof and paint spray booth approved lighting solution that combines the full powered output of fixed lighting with the easy maneuverability of portable lighting. Producing 20,000 lumens and...
Researchers are looking to white-light quantum dots as the future of lighting. White-light quantum dots are ultra-small fluorescent beads of cadmium selenide that are able to convert blue light produced by an LED into a warm white light similar to an incandescent light. Vanderbilt University researchers are reporting that they have successfully boosted the fluorescent efficiency in nano crystals from an original level of three percent to as high as 45 percent. This feat proves that...
In the past, laptop screen technology was CCFL, otherwise known as Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp. This essentially means the screen was ‘lit’ by small, thin fluorescent lamps similar to those found in offices. The different colours produced on screen were made by changes in power going to the LCD. This was all powered from an inverter - a small board of electronics regulating the power going to the LCD. This was quite power hungry though and drained quite a lot of power from the laptop...
MAHWAH, N.J., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Electronics Corporation today announced its plans to launch a new portfolio of market-leading LED downlighting, track lighting, and recessed troffer solutions, designed and manufactured in its facilities in the US. This product offering is the first of what will become a steady stream of future luminaire and lamp solutions for lighting applications from Sharp. These Sharp LED offerings - which will be available for shipment in...
