Policy & Standard
Eliot Parkinson appointed GM of IQE's Cardiff III-V facility
May 15,2012
Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has appointed Eliot Parkinson as general manager of its III-V facility in Cardiff. Parkinson takes over from Adrian Meldrum, who has been acting as interim general manager alongside his ...
EPA Adds MET Laboratories to Its Certification Body for ENERGY STAR & ...
May 15,2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Testing and certification organization MET Laboratories as a Certification Body (CB) for Luminaires (including sub-components), Integral LED Lamps, & Set-Top and Cable Boxes under the ENERGY ...
Council to Turn Street Lights Back on After Road Collision
Feb 28,2012
Local authorities have recently caused controversy for implementing streetlight switch-off schemes. Northamptonshire County Council will switch a set of streetlights back on after a child was injured in a road traffic collision late last year. The ...
FAQs New Light Bulb Standards for a More Efficient California
Jan 04,2012
Beginning January 1, 2011 light bulb manufacturers will be required to meet new efficiency standards in California to save consumers money and energy. The standard, passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, becomes effective nationwide ...
Energy-Efficient Times Square Ball Rings in The New Lighting Standards
Dec 31,2011
Author(s): Monique O'Grady On Dec. 30, 2011, Alliance to Save Energy President Kateri Callahan joined Philips Lighting CEO Ed Crawford in New York City for media interviews about the energy-efficient LEDs in the 12-foot, 12,000-pound Times Square ...
Sep 21,2011
Why are standards important? They provide boundaries for designers; continuity for repetitive tasks; provide a baseline recommendation for HS&E and the legal system; improve product quality and indirectly productivity and probably most importantly, it ...
House Votes to Hamper a Law on Light
Jul 15,2011
The House voted on Friday to withhold funding to enforce part of a 2007 law that increases efficiency standards for light bulbs. The new standards, which would require most light bulbs to be 25 to 30 percent more efficient by 2014 and at least 60 ...
United Nations Efforts to Bring Electricity to 1.4 Billion People
Jul 15,2011
From Lenin to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 20th-century political leaders made the provision of universal electricity a centerpiece of their programs and oratory. "Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country," one slogan went. ...
Repeal Vote Set on Light Bulb Standards
Jul 11,2011
The House is expected to vote as early as Monday night on a measure to repeal efficiency standards for light bulbs that are scheduled to take effect at the beginning of next year. Bloomberg NewsPledge of allegiance: Thomas Edison's original ...
Jul 09,2011
The House is scheduled to vote this week on a daft and destructive measure that—in the name of individual freedom—would repeal national energy efficiency standards for light bulbs enacted by Congress in 2007.Though utterly without merit,the bill stands a ...
California Setting New Standard For Light Bulbs
Jan 12,2011
California has become the first state in the country to require a new standard for screw-base light bulbs. Experts say that the new rules, which took effect New Year’s Day, will save residents money and energy. California is already the nation’s ...
Global Campaign to Save Energy and Fight Light Pollution
Nov 03,2010
A citizen-science campaign is working to improve outdoor lighting and reduce energy costs. Dark skies are being lost all over the globe,and we are wasting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of energy in the process.In the US and Europe,over ...
Hello Lamppost: LEDs Put to The Test on a Wide Scale
May 19,2010
Governments and manufacturers are working together to make sure LED lighting is up to the challenge of lighting up whole cities. With over 34 million street lights in use across the United States,the U.S.Department of Energy(DOE)estimates that ...
Implementation of Nine Standards of China LED Lighting Industry
Jan 13,2010
Nine Chinese official-led industrial standards were approved by Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and were fully implemented on January 1st, 2010. The standards include: Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices -- Blank Detail ...
