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01.29-31.13: "10th annual SSL and R&D 2013 - (Long Beach, CA)" offered by DOE
02.12-14.13: "Strategies in Light 2013 - (Santa Clara, CA)" offered by Strategies in Light
03.06-08.12: "7th Lux Pacifica 2013: Cultural Lighting" offered by the IES OF Thailand

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2013-01-11 Smart Grid - TMCnet

iSquint.net and Stage Directions Magazine Present the Third Annual Student Lighting Design Competition

(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 11 January 2013 Release date- 10012013 - LAS VEGAS, NV - Entries are now open for the iSquint.

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2013-01-10 eArticlesOnline

Led Industry To Return To Rational

Policy support to spare no effort Due to the huge economic and social benefits of the LED industry, the world's major developed countries and regions have formulated a development plan, led to national and regional R & D investment continued to increase and promote the rapid development of the LED i

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2013-01-10 Ulitzer

Research and Markets: OLED for Lighting 2012: How to Drive OLED to a $1.7B Market Opportunity by 2020

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/tlls2g/oled_for_lighting) has announced the addition of the "OLED for Lighting 2012: How to Drive OLED to a $1.

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2013-01-10 Zimbio

LEDs Reduce Costs for Lighting Maintenance and Lighting Repairs

LEDs are usually around us. They are used in various day to day items, for example alarm clocks, car lighting and strip or recessed lighting observed inside homes.

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2013-01-03 Before It's News

World Commercial Aviation Aircraft Cabin Lighting Market Expected to Grow at $1.25 Billion by 2017

(Before It's News) With the increase in global air travel, growth in Passengers’ investment appetite and to fight against the rising fuel prices, airlines are continuously improving and improvising to enhance their aircraft efficiency, luxury and comfort to the air travelers.

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2013-01-02 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Chapter 3: Housing Regulations

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2013-01-02 Equities.com

Patent Issued for Lighting Device and Lighting Method

Cree, Inc. NewsRx.com By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Electronics Newsweekly -- Cree, Inc. (Durham, NC) has been issued patent number 8337045, according to news reporting originating out of Alexandria, Virginia, by VerticalNews editors.

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2012-12-27 WebWire

32,256 Philips LEDs Light the Iconic 2013 Times Square Ball

Demonstrates to the World Unprecedented Lighting Possibilities of LED Technology New York, U.S.A. – Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) continues to bring innovative LED technology into the lives of millions by lighting the world-famous Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball.

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2012-12-20 Exhibitor Online

LIGHTFAIR International 2013 Expands to Largest Trade Show in its History

LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®) will expand its product presentation and increase its scale in 2013 with the addition of two high-profile categories occupying newly added Hall F space in Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center, according to Jeffrey L.

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2012-12-17 Lightboard

NEMA LIGHTING INDEX JUMPS AGAIN, NLB REPORTS

NEMA LIGHTING SYSTEMS INDEX JUMPS AGAIN, NLB REPORTS Silver Spring, MD – The National Lighting Bureau (NLB) reports that second-quarter 2012 NEMA Lighting Systems Index (LSI) performance gained almost 3% over first-quarter 2012’s performance and 6.

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2012-12-13 Knoxville Times

Are Hotels Still Charging Energy Fees?

Many of us are aware that some hotels have long been in the practice of charging add-ons, known as "drip pricing." This practice includes levies such as valet fees, resort fees, and other charges that are not quoted in the initial price, but show up as a surprise on the fin

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2012-12-12 ArcaMax

Las Vegas' bright lights fail to dim stargazers' outlook

LAS VEGAS -- At dusk, when this nighttime town flips on its klieg lights, Rob Lambert and Jim Gianoulakis go looking for darkness. These two graying stargazers want to establish an observatory in one of the most light-polluted places on the planet.

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2012-12-11 One News Page

January 2013 Brings Great Trade Shows at Dallas Market Center in USA

Know about exhibitions and fairs coming up at Dallas Market Centre in January 2013. Book hotels near Dallas Market Centre to stay in close proximity of the venue.

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2012-12-11 Examiner.com - California

Credit for electrical training all for free

Inventions in wiring technology and telecommunications that become a buzz in the field, but can delay an electrician's career progress, do not make the training at the San Diego Electrical Training Center turn slack.

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2012-12-10 TedMag.com

NEMA's Lighting Systems Index falls 3.3% in 3Q

Published 12/10/2012 2:50:08 PM NEMA’s Lighting Systems Index declined in the third quarter of 2012 after a positive performance in the first half of 2012, falling 3.

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2012-12-10 Flixya - Blog

LED Industry Market is Broad but Messy Now

LED has become the new engine of China's post-crisis era China is the large production and consumption country for lighting products, the electricity consumption for lighting accounts for 13% of the total electricity consumption.

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2012-12-10 Flixya - Blog

Europe and the United States Intends to Improve LE

EU proposed energy-efficiency requirements for export orientation lights and LED lights The EU proposed energy-efficiency requirements for export orientation lights and LED lights this month, only the directional LED lights and directional fluorescent lamps whose energy efficiency index is 0.

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2012-12-10 MiamiHerald.com

B/E Aerospace Announces Awards Initially Valued at $250 Million

WELLINGTON, Fla. -- B/E Aerospace, Inc. (Nasdaq:BEAV), the world's leading manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products and the world's leading distributor of aerospace fasteners and consumables, today announced that the Company has been awarded four major aircraft cabin interior programs.

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2012-12-10 Zimbio

LED lamps light uniformity and glare views

When designing and talking about LED lamps, we tend to concern abour the uniformity and glare of the lights. This seems to be a criterion to tell whether a lamp is a good lamp.

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2012-12-09 The Post and Courier (AP)

Enlightening insights to brighten holidays

BY TONY BERTAUSKI It’s time to untangle the Christmas lights. Every year, we pull endless strands from the attic, only to find half of them not working.

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2012-12-05 Topix

Paris Faces Darkness as City of Light Set for Illumination Ban

The French minister for energy and environment unveiled last week a proposal for lights in and outside shops, offices, and public buildings -- including the flagship Louis Vuitton store and the Lido cabaret house on Paris's Avenue des Champs Elysees -- to be turned off between 1 a.

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2012-12-05 New Jersey Newsroom

New plastic light bulb that is flicker-free just may shake up the lighting industry

BY REBECCA SHEEHAN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Are you tired of continuously having to adjust the light bulbs in your house? Having one room lit up brighter than the other? Thanks to inventor Dr.

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2012-12-04 VentureBeat Profiles

Find the Latest Development in the OLED Lighting Industry at "LIGHTING JAPAN 2013", Asia's Key Exhibition & Conference for LED/OLED Lighting

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OLED lighting has finally reached the stage of commercial production. To keep up with the latest development in the hot industry, attend LIGHTING JAPAN 2013 - Asia's key event for LED/OLED lighting.

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2012-12-04 TheStreet

Philips A-19 LED Bulb Gets A New Aesthetic Look And Enhanced Performance (Photo: Business Wire)

Using just 11 watts of power while putting out over 830 lumens, the latest generation of Philips’ 60 watt A-19 LED bulb uses 10 percent less energy than its 12.

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2012-12-03 Cresco Times

7 Ways to Improve Energy Efficiency Via Lighting

(NewsUSA) - It's easy to instantly trim your energy consumption and boost the eco-friendliness of your home. The key to easy energy savings is lighting, but for many homeowners and renters, knowing how and what to do to improve their home's lighting efficiency can be confusing.

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2012-12-02 Flixya - Blog

Green Energy Tips: Is This Eco-Friendly Option Rig

The new buzz words in environmentally-friendly cost savings is green energy. A lot of people who convert realize it is a great alternative because you help out the earth while saving money as well.

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2012-11-28 Solid State Technology

Soraa and IESNYC Tackle LED Lighting Compatibility by Holding the Lighting Industry's First PlugFest; Event will be Held at Control This! 2012 on December 5th from 11:00 am to 7:30 pm; Press Preview at 10:00 am

In an effort to remove barriers to the rapid adoption of LED lighting, Soraa will sponsor the lighting industry's first PlugFest in conjunction with the Illuminating Engineering Society of New York City (IESNYC) at their annual Control This! event.

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2012-11-27 Electrical Contractor

Fluorescent Supply and Demand

Legislation, cost uncertainty, rare earths affect market

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2012-11-27 Gadling

Birth Of A Hotel: How Lighting Affects A Traveler's Hotel Experience

As we've explored in the "Birth of a Hotel" series thus far, hotels, particularly those in the luxury sector, take the little details very seriously. To (pardon the pun) shed even more light on the issue, we turned to Jeff Dross, corporate director of education and industry trends at Ohio's Kichler

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2012-11-26 EDN

What testing is needed for an LED?

The recent ban on the incandescent light bulb, government incentives, and the ingenuity of industry experts have all played a role in LEDs becoming the predominant new product in the North American lighting market today.

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2012-11-26 Smart Grid - TMCnet

New GE Report Finds That Industrial Internet Could Add Trillions to Global GDP

FAIRFIELD, Conn. --(Business Wire)-- GE (NYSE: GE) today released a new report detailing the business and economic impact of the Industrial Internet, an open global network that connects people, data, and machines.

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2012-11-25 Lightboard

NEMA LIGHTING INDEX JUMPS AGAIN, NLB REPORTS

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2012-11-24 KGBT-TV Channel 4

How to prevent Christmas light fires

The holidays are here again but if you're decorating your home with Christmas lights, there's some important information that experts want you to know.

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2012-11-20 Business Issues @ IT Business Net

Grow Lights Now Available at 1000Bulbs.com

November 20, 2012 -- Garland, TX (PRWEB) November 20, 2012 With fall already here and winter coming quickly, avid gardeners are turning indoors to continue growing decorative plants, vegetables, and herbs.

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2012-11-20 Equities.com

Stimulating and Enabling: NEMA's 2012 Illuminations Weekend a Success

Targeted News Service ROSSLYN, Va., Nov. 19 -- The National Electrical Manufacturers Association issued the following news: NEMA's Annual Illuminations Weekend is rightly referred to as a place where leaders and ideas meet.

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2012-11-15 Paramus Post

Lightfair® International 2013 Introduces Exterior & Roadway Lighting Pavilion

LIGHTFAIR® International (LFI®), the world’s largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference, will return to Philadelphia in 2013 and introduce the new Exterior & Roadway Lighting Pavilion, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, April 23-25.

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2012-10-25 LEDs Magazine

The 3rd annual Control This! hosts the first ever lighting PlugFest sponsored by Soraa

The 3rd Annual Control This! Hosts the First Ever Lighting PlugFest Wednesday, November 7, 2012 – 11:00 am – 7:30 pm Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City Press Preview ofLighting PlugFest at 10:00 am Control This! (www.

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2012-10-23 Flixya - Blog

Green Energy Tips And Tricks For A Healthy.

It's important to keep our environment clean and resources abundant for future generations. Green energy methods implemented in your home help the environment and also save you money.

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2012-10-23 PRLog

RedBird LED Selected for the 2012 IES Progress Report by the Illuminating Engineering Society.

Cardinal™ LED Linear Replacement Lamps selected by IES Progress Report Committee for inclusion in the 2012 IES progress report.

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2012-10-23 Before It's News

Society of British Interior Design Names Lighting Designer Christopher Thompson Winner of 2012 International Design Award

The Society of British Interior Design announced Lighting Designer Christopher Thompson and his Studio Lux design team, as the winner of the prestigious 2012 SBID International Design Award.

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2012-10-23 PRWeb

HKTDC Hong Kong Int’l Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) offers opportunities for lighting manufacturers, suppliers and buyers to establish 'green' credentials

HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) will be held 27-30 October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, creating connections for business expansion.

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2012-10-23 Topix

Lighting Controls for Intelligent Buildings

These days, building owners and facility managers have important reasons to use the most efficient lighting equipment and control systems.

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2012-10-22 VentureBeat Profiles

New York City’s Central Park Completes LED Lighting Installation to Lower Energy Usage, Reduce Maintenance and Improve Area Lighting

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New York City Department of Transportation recently completed the installation of nearly 1,600 Spring City LED luminaires featuring Cree LEDs that light walkways and grassy areas in Central Park.

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2012-10-21 PRWeb

ReportBuyer.com: Energy-Efficient Lighting (EEL) sales in Europe will hit 2.5 billion units by 2020 forecasts new report

EU working towards successfully phasing out incandescent lamps and promoting alternative lighting

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2012-10-19 The Holland Sentinel

Eight ways to improve your home's energy efficiency through lighting

It’s easy to instantly trim your energy consumption and boost the eco-friendliness of your home. The key to easy energy savings is lighting. Though for many homeowners and renters, knowing how and what to do to improve their home’s lighting energy efficiency can be confusing.

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2012-10-19 Before It's News

Ace Hardware Declares October 18 “National Light Bulb Day”

OAK BROOK, IL–(Marketwire – Oct 18, 2012) – Ace Hardware, the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the industry, has declared October 18 “National Light Bulb Day.

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2012-10-17 Flixya - Blog

Car using LED makes driving human eye update bright

Currently on the market in China, the family of automobile consumption finds that LED lights become a new fashion. Can see limousines Square in Changchun, the original car production this year regarded as standard with LED wall lights, from high-end Cadillac SLS, Mitsubishi Galant Di, Outlander by E

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2012-10-17 TMCnet

Shipments of LED-Based Street Lights will Surpass 17 Million by 2020

(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 16 -- Pike Research issued the following news release: The market for street lighting is in a period of dramatic transformation.

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2012-10-17 TMCnet

Cree first-quarter net income up 26 percent

DURHAM, Oct 17, 2012 (The Herald-Sun - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Durham-based LED lighting company Cree Inc. reported net income growth of 26 percent in the first quarter of its fiscal year to reach $16.

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2012-10-16 Solid State Technology

Smart Street Lighting

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Smart Street Lighting http://www.reportlinker.com/p01012674/Smart-Street-Lighting.

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2012-10-16 Solid State Technology

GE Lighting to Provide Vocational Training for Best in Class Student Design Competition Winners

Dubai, Oct. 15 -- GE Lighting, an industry leader in major lighting solutions for commercial, industrial and residential use, will underscore its commitment to nurture local talent in the lighting design industry by providing vocational training to the winners of the 'Best in Class Design' competiti

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2012-10-16 Vindy.com

OHIO LAMP PLANT After furlough, GE workers return concerned

bspeakman@vindy.com WARREN Despite returning to work Monday after three weeks of furlough, employees at the General Electric Ohio Lamp Plant in Warren remain concerned about their long-term future.

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2012-10-13 Chem.Info

Illuminating career for lighting chief

Joel Spira revolutionized the home-lighting industry more than 50 years ago by inventing a light switch that made a dramatic feature once limited mostly to theaters — dimming — accessible to every home.

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2012-10-12 Solid State Technology

LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. Announces 5 year contract with NB Power

HALIFAX, Oct. 11, 2012 /CNW/ - LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. (LRL), a Halifax-based manufacturer of LED-based street and area lighting products, announced a contract with NB Power to supply approximately 72,000 Satellite series fixtures for deployment across the province.

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2012-10-11 USA Today

10 great places to stargaze

As population spreads, we're losing the ability to see the stars, says Bob Parks, executive director of the Tuscon-based International Dark-Sky Association (darksky.

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2012-10-10 Newsodrome

New Tool Makes Saving Electricity Easier

Thirty-one million American homes will be getting computer-friendly data about their electricity use from their utility companies, thanks to the work of the U.

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2012-10-10 Zimbio

Using Bulbs which will Help You Save Money

The World is loaded with natural resources and we are using these resources with a very high speed. With a high speed of population increasing and high rate of the natural resources consumption, we're wrecking our earth each day.

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2012-10-10 PRWeb

Predictive Service Acquires Integrated Engineering Consultants, Inc., Forms Predictive Service Engineering Group

Cleveland, Ohio based Predictive Service, a global leader in reliability consulting, integrated predictive maintenance (PdM), and maintenance repair solutions has announced the acquisition of Integrated Engineering Consultants, Inc. (IEC), a consulting engineering firm also based in Cleveland.

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2012-10-10 CBS 6 WTVR

Richmond residents worry that bad lighting invites crime

RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR)–You’ll see a lot of neighborhood watch signs posted in one neighborhood on Richmond’s Southside, but, a woman who lives on that side of town says it’s tough to watch anything in her community these days.

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2012-10-09 Press Release Point

Batter Up: Standards Swing for the Fences in Baseball Playoffs

October 9, 2012 “Take me out to the ball game, take me out to the crowd. . .” With playoff season now in full swing, America’s favorite pastime is on the minds of fans nationwide.

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2012-10-09 Vindy.com

green energy YSU team gets 1st place in contest

Staff report Youngstown A group of Youngstown State University engineering students outperformed teams from 18 other universities, including Penn State and Purdue, to take first place in the national Green Energy Challenge competition in Las Vegas.

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2012-10-03 iStockAnalyst

GSA Report Validates Lighting Energy Savings Realized With Lumenergi's Responsive Lighting Controls

Lumenergi® (the “Company”), a leading provider of network-controlled lighting energy management solutions, was recently cited in a report by the General Services Administration (“GSA”), the largest owner of commercial real estate in the United States, for slashing lighting energy consumption by up t

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2012-10-03 Technorati

Mobile Energy Conservation with Taapi

This post originally appeared at Wired.com as "Taapi Seeks to Mobilize Energy Conservation" In the United States, energy conservation has always been a hot issue.

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2012-10-02 TheState.com

100-watt bulbs phased out, but SC company to keep making them anyway

Monday’s legal ending of the production of standard 100-watt incandescent light bulbs in this country went almost totally unnoticed, but a South Carolina company says it will continue to make the bulbs anyway.

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2012-09-30 Topix

GSA Tests Energy-Slashing Technologies To Deploy In 10,000 Federal Buildings

Fleeting scandal aside, the General Services Administration quietly continues to root out government waste and save taxpayer dollars.

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2012-09-29 Zimbio

filmmaking lighting by mostafa medhat

Lighting n).Lighting or illumination is the deliberate use of light to achieve a practical or aesthetic effect. Lighting includes the use of both artificial light sources like lamps and light fixtures, as well as natural illumination by capturing daylight.

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2012-09-26 Flixya - Blog

The Green Lighting Source LED lamp

With the deterioration of the Earth's environment, we meet different problems of the flicker, ultraviolet radiation, electromagnetic radiation, thermal radiation, glare and other light pollution on lighting.

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2012-09-26 eArticlesOnline

Christmas Lights, You Must Like It

There are many different types of Christmas lighting style to choose from that can used to beautify the exact property or home during the delighted season.

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2012-09-23 Lightboard

National Lighting Bureau calls for elimination of

NATIONAL LIGHTING BUREAU CALLS FOR ELIMINATION OF “ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING” Silver Spring, MD—The National Lighting Bureau – an independent, not-for-profit lighting-information service – has called for the end of “artificial lighting.

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2012-09-17 TMCnet

U.S. Department of Energy, OSRAM SYLVANIA and more on integrating Solid State Lighting at Smithers Apex's Ecosystems for Solid State Lighting 2012

FALMOUTH, Maine --(Business Wire)-- Chaired by Dr. Makarand Chipalkatti, Senior Director, SSL & Emerging Markets Initiatives, OSRAM SYLVANIA, the 2nd annual Ecosystems for Solid State Lighting 2012 will bring together companies, government, investors and clean energy advocates and others to maximize

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2012-09-17 The Denver Westword Blogs

Photos: National Renewable Energy Lab's newest facility -- a sneak peak

In this week's feature, "Sun Burn," we explore the progress of Golden's National Renewable Energy Lab, which for decades has been researching alternative energy.

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2012-09-16 Lightboard

NEMA LIGHTING INDEX JUMPS AGAIN, NLB REPORTS

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2012-09-16 Press Release Point

Ge Lighting To Put The Spotlight On Green Lighting At Light Middle East

Epoc Messe Frankfurt, who termed GE Lighting’s continued support and participation as validation of the exhibition’s pre-eminent position as a regional business facilitator.

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2012-09-05 SpaceRef

Malcolm Smith Receives IDA Lifetime Achievement Award

On August 29th, the lights went off and the stars turned on during a special event at Beijing Planetarium. As part of the meeting of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Dr.

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2012-08-29 Red Orbit

Light Pollution Video To Debut At Beijing Planetarium Wednesday

Image Caption: The view of light pollution as seen from the International Space Station. Credit: 2012 Loch Ness Productions, NASA Lee Rannals for redOrbit.

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2012-08-28 Industrial Maintenance & Plant Operations

Lights Out: Are You Ready For Lighting Legislation?

Grainger Asks Businesses, “Are You Ready?” and Presents a Test-Your-Readiness Questionnaire The next phase of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) energy-efficiency lighting legislation went into effect on July 14, 2012 and requires all impacted lighting to be manufactured to be more energy-efficient.

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2012-08-23 Solid State Technology

New Energy Efficient Lighting Will Boost Job Growth in Michigan; LED lighting workshop emphasizes energy savings and performance of advanced technology which will lead to job growth for participating Michigan companies

There is positive, sustainable job growth on the immediate horizon for Michigan directly related to the adoption of solid-state lighting initiatives. A group of Michigan building owners and operators, from both the public and private sectors, met in Detroit today to learn about using light emitting

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2012-08-23 PRLog

Toshiba, Marriott, IKEA, DOE and more to share insights at Smithers Apex’s LEDs 2012

Toshiba, Marriott, IKEA, the U.S. Department of Energy and many others will look into the future of LED lighting at LEDs 2012 at the Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa on October 10-12, 2012 in San Diego, California, US.

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2012-08-23 ThomasNet News

LED Lighting Manufacturers Are Part of Reshoring Efforts

As U.S. manufacturers strive to bring back “Made in America,” reshoring efforts have emerged as a solution to grow jobs in the country. Some LED lighting manufacturers are among the businesses that are reshoring jobs, with company CEOs citing operating cost control and quality control as reasons for

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2012-08-22 PRLog

German American Smart Buildings Symposium 2012

The German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is pleased to invite you to attend the next in our series of sustainable energy focused events, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology:

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2012-08-22 Barron's - Barrons.com

Intelligent Lighting Controls for Commercial Buildings

NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Intelligent Lighting Controls for Commercial Buildings http://www.

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2012-08-21 Light Board

Lighting Systems Index Stalls, Slumps, National Lighting Bureau Reports

Silver Spring, MD: The modest but encouraging, steady growth exhibited by the NEMA Lighting Systems Index (LSI) since the third quarter of 2009 has come to an end, the National Lighting Bureau (NLB) reports: Second-quarter 2010 LSI performance was 0.

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2012-08-20 KPTV - FOX 12

OSRAM SYLVANIA Reduces Emissions By 20 Percent In Five Years, Doubling Its 2007 Pledge

Lighting Leader's Global Care Sustainability Initiative Drives Results for Company and Environment

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2012-08-20 PRWeb

1000Bulbs.com Introduces New Exit Signs and Emergency Lights

New exit sign and emergency lighting product line enhances already robust commercial lighting business.

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2012-08-16 EzineArticles

How Does LED Technology Compare With Other Lighting Technologies?

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are very different to other lighting technologies. For starters, they belong to a family of lighting technology called Solid State Lighting (SSL).

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2012-08-16 The Mercury

What can we do to reduce unnecessary outside lighting?

Dear EarthTalk: Has anyone calculated the energy wasted at night by unnecessary lighting in and around buildings? What can we do to reduce our light footprint? Story Ideas Send Corrections — Bill Rehkamp, via e-mail Americans do squander a lot of electricity keeping things lit up at night while most

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2012-08-15 Free Press Release

Over 70,000 Trade Visitors Attend Epoc Messe Frankfurt Exhibitions In H1, 2012

With over 70,000 buyers and trade visitors flocking to their exhibitions in Dubai, leading trade show and conference organiser Epoc Messe Frankfurt, reported a successful H1 2012.

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2012-08-14 The Poughkeepsie Journal (AP)

Earth Talk: Light pollution a growing problem

Has anyone calculated the energy wasted at night by unnecessary lighting in and around buildings? What can we do to reduce our light footprint? — Bill Rehkamp, via e-mail Americans do squander a lot of electricity keeping things lit up at night while most of us sleep.

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2012-08-14 CleanTechnica

Energy Efficiency: What Are the Laggards Thinking?

A new report by the American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy sheds some insight as it examines the states that consistently fall behind in the organization’s annual energy efficiency ranking.

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2012-07-30 PLSN

IES to Host 2012 Annual Conference

MINNEAPOLIS - The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) has set its Annual Conference for Nov. 11-13 at the Marriott City Center in Minneapolis.

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2012-07-30 Barron's - Barrons.com

GE Surpasses $1 Billion in Infrastructure Sales from Olympic Games Host Cities since 2006

-- GE technology included in all official London 2012 Olympic Games competition venues and commercial buildings totaling more than $100 million in sales -- Infrastructure solutions provided in Torino 2006, Beijing 2008, Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 -- Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games Organizing Com

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2012-07-27 TMCnet.com

Panasonic, LG Chem and Philips to Participate in Apex's OLEDs World Summit 2012 Manufacturing Close - Up

(Manufacturing Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Smithers Apex and the OLED Association announced that Panasonic, LG Chem and Philips are among those presenting at the 14th annual OLEDs World Summit.

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2012-07-27 TMCnet.com

Cooper Lighting Selected as a 2012 Best Practices Awards Winner

Jul 27, 2012 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Cooper Lighting, a provider of products and technology in the lighting industry, said it has been named a 2012 Best Practices Awards Winner in the Enterprise Data Management Strategies category by The Data Warehousing Institute, a provider of education and

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2012-07-25 Scientific American

Lighting Efficiency Can Reduce Costs Up To 30%

New energy-efficiency requirements have created a large market for energy-efficient lighting equipment in the US, and can reduce electrical costs by up to 30% per month.

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2012-07-24 TMCnet.com

Panasonic, LG Chem and Philips to Headline Smithers Apex's OLEDs World Summit 2012

FALMOUTH, Maine --(Business Wire)-- Smithers Apex and the OLED Association are pleased to announce that Panasonic, LG Chem and Philips (News - Alert) are among the many industry innovators presenting at the 14th annual OLEDs World Summit.

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2012-07-24 Roanoke - Blog

New lighting technology to benefit airport parking garages

Airport parking garages are soon going to see the light. Ron Gibbons, a lighting expert and director of the Center for Infrastructure Based Safety Systems at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute has received funding to research airport garage lighting and create a guidebook.

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2012-07-24 Daily Markets

Cooper Lighting Recognized As A 2012 Best Practices Awards Winner

The company named a winner in the Enterprise Data Management Strategies category by The Data Warehousing Institute PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lightin

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2012-07-22 Article Dashboard

The Department Of Energy Has Facts About Home Insulation

The Department of Energy has a vested interest in saving as much energy in the United States as possible. While the department is integral in forming policy about energy, the department also has a wing that disseminates public service announcements about energy, conservation, and consumption.

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2012-07-21 EarthTechling

Cali To Improve Nonresidential Building Efficiencies By 30%

When it comes to energy efficiency, the state of California is pretty clear on where its priorities lie — and when it comes to efficiency standards, it’s not afraid to flex some muscles to prove it.

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2012-07-19 SmartPlanet

LED retrofits cut a slice out of NYC’s energy costs

I’ve often wondered how much energy New York’s myriad of buildings could save by doing simple things like replacing light bulbs. One commercial realtor has quantified what would happen if LED lighting was retrofitted into its properties, and the payback that it expects to receive is substantial.

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2012-07-19 Renewable Energy World

Acclaimed German Energy Pavilion, dasHAUS, Announces Tour Stop in White Plains

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (June 28) – The German American Chambers of Commerce announced the dasHAUS exhibit will make its next East Coast stop in White Plains.

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2012-07-18 Free Press Release

Light India 2012 receives strong support from global lighting brands

The 2012 edition of Light India, co-organised by Messe Frankfurt and the Electric Lamps & Components Manufacturers’ Association of India (ELCOMA)

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2012-07-17 EzineArticles

LED Outdoor Lighting Tops Incandescent and Halogen

With each passing year, the benefits of LED outdoor lighting become more statistically sound. While the longevity, quality and energy efficiency capabilities of LED bulbs have proven successful over the past ten years, even more positive features are on the horizon.

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2012-07-16 ElectroIQ

LEDs revenues grow even as prices fall through 2016

July 16, 2012 -- Light-emitting diode (LED) prices are declining, as revenues are growing through 2016, according to a report from Strategies Unlimited.

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2012-07-16 Citybizlist

Baltimore Convention Center to Save $18 Million Through Contract With Constellation

Constellation, a business unit of Exelon, and the Baltimore Convention Center announced an energy performance contract (EPC) to install approximately $10 million in water and energy conservation measures.

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2012-07-14 CleanTechnica

Another Light Bulb Deadline Looms — Where’s the Outrage?

What if they banned a light bulb and nobody cared? Given all the fireworks over the incandescent light bulb phaseout that began earlier this year, there should be another round of outrage over the July 14 deadline for phasing out another highly popular type of light bulb, the T-12 fluorescent tube.

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2012-07-12 PRLog

Acuity Brands Opens New State-of-the-Art Daylighting Training Center

Acuity Brands Opens New State-of-the-Art Daylighting Training Center as Part of Newly Renovated Sunoptics Facility

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2012-07-09 TMCnet.com

A Look Inside Lightfair

(Electrical Wholesaling Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) LightFair International 2012, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from May 9 to May 11, drew over 23,000 lighting industry professionals and exhibitors who showed the newest light sources, fixtures, control systems and support products that mak

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2012-07-06 PLSN

Charles Israel Assumes Presidency of IES

NEW YORK - Charles “Chip” Israel assumed the office of President of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) effective July 1, succeeding Denis Lavoie.

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2012-06-28 Docstoc

Solar Residential Outdoor Lighting Is Becoming The Product Of Choice For Millions Of Consumers

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2012-06-28 Virtual-Strategy Magazine

Worldwide Intelligent Lighting Controls Market to Surpass $4.3 Billion by 2020, Forecasts Pike Research

Lighting accounts for about 25% of the commercial building sector’s energy use. Lighting controls offer significant potential for reducing that energy use, and new technologies that have emerged in recent years have enabled a wide range of innovative strategies, from room-level awareness of occupanc

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2012-06-28 Free Patents Online

LED-Illuminated Sign

Abstract: The inventive LED-illuminated sign structure includes a frame, an outer shell and a plurality of separate LED emitters. The frame includes two opposite main support panels each having an upright outward surface, and shell-supporting members. The outer shell has a pair of opposite transluce

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2012-06-27 Yahoo! Finance US

Monrad Engineering's Christian Monrad wins GE Edison Award for Environmental Design

TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Christian Monrad, Monrad Engineering Inc., and Jim Benya, Benya Lighting Design, have won the international GE Edison Award for Environmental Design for their work on The University of Arizona’s Likins and Árbol de la Vida Residence Hall Projects.

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2012-06-27 Flixya - Blog

LED Bulbs, the Future of Lighting

Recent advances in Afire Emitting Diode (LED) technology acquire beforehand to LED bulbs overtaking Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) as the adopted low action addition to halogen.

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2012-06-27 WSMV Channel 4

NanoMarkets Announces Release of Latest Report on OLED Materials Market

/PRNewswire/ --Â Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has announced that it will begin shipping its latest report that analyzes the opportunities for OLED materials suppliers in both the display and lighting sectors over the next eight years.

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2012-06-26 About.com

What Is Light Pollution?

Discover the human and environmental effects of light pollution From Donnie Dann During the long history of life on earth -- for plants and animals as well as for humans -- the source of visibility at night was primarily celestial objects.

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2012-06-25 Wandtv.com

Germany Turns the Spotlight on LED Technologies

Germany Trade & Invest joins the LED/OLED industry to share investment opportunities in Germany

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2012-06-26 ThomasNet News

NEMA Urges Senate to act on Shaheen-Portman energy legislation.

- In its letter to all Senate offices, NEMA - along with other manufacturers, trade associations, and affected parties - encouraged U.S. Senate to take up Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2011 (S 1000).

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2012-06-26 SmartPlanet

GE caught paying for Olympic gold

This story is not the scandal that the headline might suggest. Rather, it’s a little ditty about modern, public, low energy, architectural lighting - and how to pay for it.

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2012-06-25 Flixya - Blog

How LED Light