SSL expected to save 46 percent

DOE Forecast: LEDs 74% of Lighting Sold by 2030

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has published an update of its report forecasting the energy savings potential of LED white-light sources. Energy Savings Potential of Solid-State Lighting in General Illumination Applications compares the annual lighting energy consumption in the US with and without the further market penetration of LED lighting. ...



An original Edison light bulb from 1879 from Thomas Edison's shop in Menlo Park

Protesters of the Incandescent Light Bulb

There has been some public resistance to EISA 2007 (also known as the “incandescent phase-out” or “light bulb ban”) and what it means for light bulbs. This is arguably the first monumental shift in the way people will light their homes since the early 1900s, when Edison’s invention replaced gas lamps. It got me to thinking – what ...



LED lighting from OCG

Office Canopy Group Solidifies UK LED Lighting Position

Office Canopy Group (OCG), one of the UK’s leading providers of business commodity items, has acquired UK LED supplier, Kudos Business Technologies, and  has secured an exclusive distribution agreement for breakthrough LED lighting technology from NeoPac Optoelectronics Inc. “OCG is focused on driving business savings driven by technology. ...



Film explores light pollution

Do We Need the Dark?

The City Dark is a feature documentary about light pollution and the disappearing night sky. The film follows filmmaker (and amateur astronomer) Ian Cheney, who moves to New York City from Maine and discovers an urban sky almost completely devoid of stars. He poses a deceptively simple question—“What do we lose, when we lose the night?” The ...