Although many, including most of us at Alcon Lighting, believe that an outright light bulb ban, as the approach to reaching the desired outcome of lowering wattage consumption, is wrong, the logic behind the lighting provisions in the Energy Independence and Security Act is pretty forthright.  A system with incentives rewarding those using or purchasing LED or CFL bulbs would have probably been more successful than the current, heavily criticized ban but we shouldn't allow the politics to blur the facts.  Incandescent light bulbs convert less than 10 percent of the energy sent into them to light,...


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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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TIRUPATI, India -- Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, announces that Tirupati Municipal Corporation in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India has joined the Cree LED City(R) initiative, an international program that promotes the deployment of energy-efficient LED (light-emitting diode) lighting. Tirupati converted more than 140 street lights to LED fixtures in order to better light two of the city's busiest roads. Tirupati is home to the Venkateswara Swamy temple, which hosts between 50,000 and 100,000 pilgrims each day. As one of India's important pilgrimage centers and a major...


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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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Culture keeps on changing; sometimes west influences the east and some times east influences the West. Current shortage of energy has opened many people's eyes; people have started thinking strongly about this shortage and they are figuring out ways of solving issues created by this shortage. Some people say that LED lighting is the best way to solve this issue others try to solve this issue with the aid of forced shutdowns. Forced power shutdowns are not the way out; instead it is the way for getting into deeper troubles. Although LED lighting is the best way of solving these issues; this...


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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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