The City of Los Angeles has over 209,000 streetlights that light two-thirds of the City with light sources including incandescent, mercury vapor, metal halide, to high pressure sodium. This variety of lamps is an example of the evolution of roadway lighting that provides greater efficiency in lighting output and energy savings. The Bureau of Street Lighting is responsible for the design, construction, operation, maintenance and repair of the City's Street Lighting System. Based on preliminary analysis and evaluation of the development of the LED industry the Bureau is strongly considering...


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We at Alcon Lighting have taken a particular liking to the next revolution in lighting technology. "Researching for the next stage of LEDs, we stumbled upon Organic LEDs, a lighting technology that is being advocated as an architectural lighting game-changer," says Jake Hakimi, director of Sales for Alcon Lighting. That technology is the organic light-emitting diode (OLED). OLEDs are solid-state devices composed of thin films of organic molecules that create light with the application of electricity. OLEDs provide brighter, sharper displays for on various electronic devices, and consume less...


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The CFLs or compact fluorescent lights are being used in every house; people have been using this kind of lights for years but now LED lighting has started taking over. Earlier LED lighting was being used by car manufacturers; they were being used as road lights and traffic lights and decoration light; now people are even utilizing them in their homes. The change in the trend has been due to various advantages provided by these lights. When LED illumination was developed; people did not seem to prefer them this was due to the fact that they were very dim and did not provide with the right...


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The Los Angeles Times published an article recently titled “Energy-saving LED light bulbs: false claims?” So as a leading Energy Efficient lighting distributor and foremost expert of L.E.D. (Light Emitting Diode) based products, Alcon Lighting has a few things to say. It's true that, since the shift towards LED lighting manufacturing and distribution, roughly 7 years ago, very few standards in place regulate claims of life expectancy, light color quality, and light power. There are no doubts among consumers, distributors, and manufacturers however that LEDs are 90% more efficient than...


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