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Specialist Lighting Solutions Reap Economic Rewards For Industry
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Lighting is a significant energy user and, in an effort to green their activities further, many companies are now reaping economic rewards as they turn to innovative solutions. Nicola Martin explains.
Want fewer power plants? Make outdoor lighting more efficient
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The proposed changes will phase out the least efficient outdoor lighting products by the end of 2012, transitioning to new lighting products that are better for the environment and less costly to run. For example, new outdoor lights will be required to have a sensor that will turn them off during daylight hours, putting an end to wasteful streetlight operation during the day. New parking lot lights must be capable of being dimmed, which can cut their energy use in half.
The agreement also directs the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop even better standards by 2013.
Philips: Efficient lights speed shift to lower energy use | Efficiency
The Philips lighting company is pushing for businesses, municipal authorities and building owners/operators to switch to energy-efficient lighting as a way to reduce energy consumption.
The next generation of electric lights
Light-emitting diodes will transform the business of illumination, especially with new production breakthroughs
Is the LED revolution coming?
Still, it’s certain that a new generation of lighting devices based on LEDs will become available and reduce our carbon dioxide emissions.
Incandescent lamps going out all over Europe
But Peter Löscher, Siemens’ chief executive, said he was upbeat about Osram’s growth expectations in the light of Monday’s news. “The decision from the European Union will accelerate growth in our green product line,” he told the Financial Times.
Report: Lighting the way to greener retail | Greenbang
Replacing environmentally unfriendly fluorescent tubes with digital lighting in refrigerated display equipment drastically lowers energy consumption
ESL Light Bulbs: Greener Than CFL, Cheaper Than LEDs | Green Gadgets | The Green Optimistic
Residential Lighting has invented a new type of light bulb, that claims green gains, even more green than the CFLs. The new technology is called ESL (electro-stimulated luminescence).
World’s first plastic motor powered light - future seems to be brighter! | Green News | Eco News
this first-of-a-kind motor converts light directly into mechanical energy,
Panasonic debuts "hybrid lighting" Pa-Look compact fluorescent bulbs - Engadget
LEDs may be snagging the majority of light bulb headlines these days, but Panasonic's apparently found some room for improvement with compact fluorescents, with it now proclaiming that its new Pa-Look Ball Premium Q bulbs boast the world first "hybrid lighting method.
Lights as Toys - Matt (GALLERY)
Through the use of an environmentally-friendly energy saving bulb with no heat emission, Matt can be “your friend all the way through long, platonic reading nights.”
Toshiba Lighting to Stop Manufacturing Light Bulbs by 2010 -- Tech-On!
Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corp has decided to terminate the manufacturing of general incandescent light bulbs and stop all the relevant production lines in about 2010. This move is aimed at reducing CO2 emissions, the company said.
LED Breakthrough...2X More Efficient than ANYTHING | EcoGeek | Light, Leds, Watt, Comment, Produce
Magnetic Field Powers 1,301 Fluorescent Lights - Flickering FIELD by Richard Box (GALLERY)
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The lights, which look like a freshly harvested wheat field, aren’t plugged into anything, and they’re not solar powered either. It’s actually the magnetic radiation from the currents of electricity traveling above that give these bulbs their glowing juice.
Self-Powered Programmable Streetlights - The Autonoma
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This solar public lighting pole is totally autonomous and can be placed in any isolated area where electricity is not available.
Shower With Touchscreen Lighting - Whitewater by Ravak
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The Whitewater is a new ultra-luxury shower by Ravak that is not only beautiful, but also trendy and functional. This shower is made with real glass and aluminum for a stunning, contemporary look. The Whitewater can be customized with touchscreen controlled lighting and a steam generator. Talk about a luxury showering experience.
Ireland goes green with light bulb rules and car tax | Environment | Reuters
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will ban traditional light bulbs
in favor of energy-saving alternatives from 2009 and penalize
high-emission vehicles from July 2008, Environment Minister
John Gormley said on Thursday.
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