Last week the DOE (Department of Energy) announced the winner of the 60-W replacement category of its Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) competition, which aims to find a replacement for the 60-W incandescent bulb. Philips Lighting received the $10 million prize for its 9.7-W, 910-lumen LED bulb, which was submitted in 2009 and underwent roughly 18 months of testing to ensure that it met the exacting competition requirements. Zia Eftekhar, CEO, Philips Lighting North America accepted the award on August 3 in Washington D.C. during an event hosted by U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Lisa...


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  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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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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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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