Energy Efficient Lighting

• sEnergy Solution introducing motor-, lighting-, and thermal-control efficiency retrofit solutions - T-5 puts out as much or more light than T-8, but uses much less energy.  Fits T-8 and T-12 sockets.  Much more. (PESN; Oct. 20, 2006)

• Kazekamome™ Remote Hybrid System - The RHS is a standalone lighting standard that needs no wiring, no electricity, no underground maintenance and generates its own electricity totally from renewable wind and solar sources, to provide security lighting and freedom from blackouts.

• The Light Bulb That Can Change the World - While compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) of the past may have been efficient, but not so effective; but that is changing with recent improvements.  Wal-Mart envisions 110 million American households replacing at least just one ordinary 60-watt incandescent bulb with a CFL, resulting in an energy savings equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars off the roads. (FastCompany; Sept. 2006) (See Slashdot discussion)

• 100% natural light OLED - Scientist’s at USC have developed a new process for making OLED lighting that gives off a warm natural light that can light up an entire room. They believe this new material could be 100% efficient, giving off no heat and run for years. (PESWiki; Apr. 18, 2006)

• New materials for high efficiency organic solid state lighting - Direct conversion of electricity to light in "solid state" thin films of organic molecules, occurring in organic light emitting devices (OLED) -- which can be far more efficient than conventional "incandescent" light bulbs -- can be improved further with new charge-transporting organic phosphine oxide molecules. (EurekAlert; Mar. 30, 2006)

• Lighting > New LED Puts Incandescents, Fluorescents to Shame - Seoul semiconductor has created a light emitting diode that emits roughly 240 lumens and claims the highest efficiency (amount of electricity to amount of light) of any light source. Next objective is to make it cheap enough for the mass market. (Treehugger; Dec. 13, 2006)

• DOT-it LED light - LED lights take so little juice that they can run on next to nothing. A $10 stick-on light from Sylvania goes anywhere, and lasts up to 100 hours on three AAA batteries. Just press on it and it goes. With a little more thought about sustainability in the design process, affordable and green LED lighting could go mainstream very soon. (TreeHugger; Sept. 29, 2006)

• Light Waves Concept Introduces 22 Watt LED - "The brightest LED bulb in existence", screws in to all standard Edison bulb bases, has a lifespan of over 5 years and gives off 990 lumens- the equivalent to around 50 or 60 watts in traditional terms. 90% efficient in its energy usage. (BusinessWire; Mar. 22, 2006)

• The Incapacitating Flashlight - Soon cops' flashlights might not only temporarily blind bad guys: they might also stop them in their tracks by disorienting them and making them nauseatingly sick.  The flashlight uses a range finder to measure the distance to the target's eyes so that it can adjust the energy of the light to a level that won't cause permanent damage. (MIT Technology Review; Aug. 6, 2007)

• Solar Lighting Shipments Respond to Crisis Relief Effort - Responding to hurricane Katrina, Carmanah Technologies  is filling 500 orders for its solar-powered LED lighting, which is self-contained, can be installed anywhere in minutes and operate reliably for years without need of external electrical infrastructure. (Renewable Energy Access; Sept. 14, 2005)

• DaySwitch™ Adjusts Lighting Per Daylight Availability - The DaySwitch™, developed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, consists of a photosensor that measures daylight levels and sends a signal to the microcontroller that adjusts the power going to the lights. (PESN; April 25, 2006)

• Washer-like doohickey makes bulbs last longer - FBI agent founded company, LongLite, which sells a small item which you stick on the base of any incandescent bulb (regular or halogen) to make it last 3x as long, while using 10% less energy and burning just as brightly. (Murcury News; Nov. 28, 2005)

• Will Silicon Light Illuminate the Future? - Group IV Semiconductor is a frontrunner in the race to develop all-silicon solid-state light engines: long-lasting semiconductor devices that generate light up to ten times more efficiently than conventional bulbs and much more economically than today’s LED alternatives. (MIT Technology Review; Oct. 6, 2006)

• ProBright lightstrips transform outdoor lighting - It is the thinnest, longest and brightest electroluminescent lamp in the World. ProBright EL lighting is only 2mm thick and comes in lengths of upto 500'. The flexible lighting uses 1/10 the energy of neon and costs about $115 for a 60' strip. (NewTechSpy; Apr. 5, 2006)

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