Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and setting the stage to obsolete the incandescent light bulb through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting, and semiconductor solutions for wireless and power applications. Recently Cree announced it is extending the warranty on its entire family of fixture products to five years: “We have almost 20,000 hours of real-world data on products from our early installations nearly three years ago, and the performance is rock solid,” said...


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  From our partners at the Daily Breeze: City officials on Monday celebrated the 10th anniversary of the iconic, color-changing pylons at Los Angeles International Airport. The 15 pillars of light - representing each of the city's council districts - have since become one of the most recognizable landmarks in Los Angeles. The 100-foot-tall glass pylons and the 32-foot-tall letters spelling out "LAX" were installed and illuminated at Century and Sepulveda boulevards in August 2000 as part of a $112 million airport enhancement project. City officials on Monday unveiled a plaque...


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The prospects of replacing today’s inefficient incandescent light bulbs with long lasting, low powered LEDs are increasing. Two of the industry’s stalwarts, Viribright and Lemnis, have been sell energy-efficient LED bulbs that can replace a standard 60-watt bulb incandescent. Lemnis Lighting’s Pharox is fully dimmable unlike the Viribright 60-watt replacement, which makes a slightly more appealing to consumers. Beginning in January 2012, federal law will require that light bulbs, or lamps as the industry calls them, will need to be 30% more efficient than current incandescent bulbs. Standard...


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If you're buying CFLs or considering LEDs, look for rebates from retailers and utilities and  at www.energystar.gov and www.dsireusa.org/incentives. And save your receipts in case there's a problem. Also keep in mind: Think about the fixture CFLs last longer and perform better if they're on for 15 minutes or more. That longevity makes them good for hard-to-reach fixtures. But they take time to reach full brightness, from about 30 seconds for spirals to roughly 2 minutes for recessed bulbs and 3 minutes for outdoor bulbs, so don't use them in staircases or other areas where you need instant...


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An Alcon Lighting favorite, Consumer Reports just offered us a very informative & positive first look & review of the Cree CR6 LED Downlight: The Cree CR6 was designed to replace a 65-watt incandescent recessed bulb, and it claims to provide warm, beautiful light without sacrificing energy efficiency or dimming ability. In our initial take, based on a pre-retail sample, the Cree seems more promising than some of the other LED bulbs we've seen. It brightened instantly when we turned it on, like an incandescent does. It also seems to dim almost as well as an incandescent and better...


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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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With green technology becoming more important and prevalent, LED lighting stands at the forefront of this eco-movement. Alcon Lighting, a Los Angeles-based lighting and electric supply company has fully embraced LED lighting and they are rapidly revolutionizing the lighting and electric supply industry. LED lights are energy efficient, low voltage, low amperage, and low wattage - providing ultra bright light that generates virtually no heat compared to halogen, incandescent or compact fluorescent lighting. In terms of their usability benefits, LEDs can be catered to provide illumination in almost...


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Cree continues to lead the LED Lighting Revolution with the announcement of a new 150mm LED wafer production facility in Research Triangle Park that is targeted to create hundreds of green jobs in North Carolina. The new LED wafer production line will be located in Cree's existing RTP production facility, and will allow Cree to produce 150mm LED wafers that are more than double the size of current ones, increasing the number of LEDs from a single wafer, helping to make LED lighting more cost-effective. The new production line is scheduled to be installed over the next several quarters with a target...


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