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Lite-Inside Wardrobe Rails Honored as One of Building Products Top 100 products

Hettich America's innovative Lite-Inside wardrobe rails has been honored as one of Building Products Top 100 products. The 2009 Top 100 award is an editorial award recognizing products that generated the most editorial inquiries in 2008.

14 Apr 2009

Novaled Introduces Novel Defect Tolerant OLED Structure at Finetech Japan

Novaled's Defect Tolerant OLEDs maintain the appearance of a homogeneously lighted-up surface even in the case of electrical shorts, thanks to the use of its proprietary electrode design. One OLED element consists of two comb-shaped interlocked electrodes, which give a uniform light emission.

14 Apr 2009

Silicon Constellations' LUXEON Rebel Based Noveseo Light Modules Reduce Cabinet Depth by 50%

New 4"-deep illuminated way finding signs at the Mineta San Jose International Airport in California are half the depth of standard signage in the same class, thanks to LUXEON Rebel based light modules designed by Silicon Constellations of Santa Clara, California.

9 Apr 2009

Renovated Facility and DOE Investment Strengthen Company's Leadership in Efficient Lighting

OSRAM SYLVANIA has opened an expanded clean room dedicated to solid-state lighting research and announced research and product development awards from the U.S. Department of Energy totaling nearly $2 million.

9 Apr 2009

Qnuru Launches Revolutionary Line of Solar Powered Landscape Lighting Fixtures

Qnuru today launched a revolutionary line of solar powered, landscape lighting fixtures that efficiently capture the sun's energy within expressive forms that are manufactured with full lifecycle sustainability in mind.

8 Apr 2009

Imaging Source Launches Four Low Cost 3 Megapixel USB 2.0 Color Cameras

The Imaging Source, an international manufacturer of industrial cameras has just launched four low cost 3 megapixel USB 2.0 color cameras. The cameras ship in robust industrial housing with a C/CS mount and are optionally available with a trigger input. The frame rate is 10.9 fps at a maximum resolution of 2048x1536 pixels.

8 Apr 2009

New Type of LED Made from Inexpensive, Plastic Like Organic Materials

Roughly 20 percent of the electricity consumed worldwide is used to light homes, businesses, and other private and public spaces. Though this consumption represents a large drain on resources, it also presents a tremendous opportunity for savings.

7 Apr 2009

Energy-Saving Compact Lightbulbs will now be More Efficient

Long touted as an energy-saving alternative for home lighting, compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) now have the potential to be even more efficient, as well as dimmable, thanks to research at Queen's University.

7 Apr 2009

Schneider Optics Introduces 6mm Cinegon 2.1/6mm Lens

Schneider Optics, a worldwide market leader in high quality lenses for industrial applications, has introduced the 6mm Cinegon 2.1/6mm lens to its line of market-leading compact Schneider C-mount lenses for high resolution mega pixel CCD and CMOS cameras for machine vision applications.

7 Apr 2009

Cree Awarded ENERGY STAR Qualifications for its LED Downlights

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq:CREE) has been awarded ENERGY STAR(r) qualifications for its LED downlights. The product line, including the LR6, LR5 and LR4 downlights, has demonstrated LED lifetime and fixture efficacy that qualifies for the stringent commercial rating, as well as the residential rating.

2 Apr 2009