For Aviation, LEDs Pop Up on Wingtips, Landing Strips

For Aviation, LEDs Pop Up on Wingtips, Landing StripsUp to 5,000 new Airbus A320 aircraft will be equipped with more efficient and longer-life LED lighting on the wingtips. The deal between Honeywell — maker of the LEDs — and Airbus is a 30-year contract covering all future A320 aircraft, reports Eureka Magazine. LED lights in the forward parts of the wings will help with [...]

Read More Post a comment (0)

Remote-Controlled LED Light Bulbs Offer 7 Shades of White

Comments Off
June 16, 2009  |  LED, LED lighting, LEDs, Light Bulbs, light, light-bulb, lightbulbs, lighting  |  Comments Off

Energy-efficient LED light bulbs may be more expensive than CFL’s, but Sharp’s new DL-L60AV LED could be worth the high cost. The tricked-out bulb comes with a remote control that features a dimming function as well as the ability to select seven different shades of white… so your guests can never complain that they don’t [...]

Read More

Metrolight raises $3m, names Zvi Segal as new CEO

June 4, 2009  |  lighting  |  No Comments

Metrolight Ltd., a leading provider of electronic ballast solutions for energy efficient lighting, announced today that it has raised $3 million and appointed Zvi Segal as a Chief Executive Officer. Zvi Segal, a veteran of Orbotech Group, Applied Mater...

Read More Post a comment (0)

Lumens per watt: a useful graph

April 2, 2009  |  lighting  |  No Comments

Was looking into the background of lighting efficiency when I came across this chart on the web. Useful. BTW, Part L defines energy efficient lighting as anything that equals or betters 40 lumens per watt. Click on the chart to make it open up larger in another window.

Read More Post a comment (0)