Lighting

Program Saves Enough Energy Thus Far to Power 72,000 Homes; Nearly 3.8 million CFLs purchased will save Virginians $150 million in energy costs

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 17 -- Virginians are saving about 1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity through Dominion Virginia Power's compact fluorescent light bulb instant discount program. That is enough energy to serve 72,000 typical Virginia homes, based on 1,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity a month, per home. Click here to learn more: http://www.dom.com/dominion-virginia-power/customer-service/energy-conse....    » read more »

Technology Enables Energy Efficient, Reduced Cost and Enhanced Quality Lighting Source

WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 16, 2009 – DuPont announced that it has been awarded a $2.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a two-year project to develop a solid-state lighting source using low-cost organic light emitting diode (OLED) solution-processing manufacturing techniques.    » read more »

Lawmaker says “energy efficiency is the next frontier.”

November 3, 2009 -- Washington, D.C. – At a Capitol Hill press conference today, Representatives Jane Harman (D-Venice) and Fred Upton (R-MI), both members of the Energy & Commerce Committee, cheered an agreement on outdoor lighting efficiency standards between environmental and industry groups. Also in attendance were Senators Jeff Bingaman, Mark Pryor, and Lisa Murkowski.    » read more »

New Industry and Advocate Agreement to Boost Streetlight Efficiency; Save Electricity and Money

WASHINGTON (November 3, 2009) -- A breakthrough agreement between electrical manufacturers and energy efficiency advocates, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, will create the first national standards for street lights, parking lot lights and other outdoor lighting. The standard will save electricity and money for consumers, taxpayers and local governments.    » read more »

November 3, 2009 -- Washington, D.C. -- Today, lighting equipment manufacturers and energy efficiency organizations announced agreement on a legislative package that would create new minimum efficiency standards for many types of outdoor lighting products. If enacted by Congress as new legislation, the agreed-upon new standards would reduce U.S. lighting energy use by about 24 to 42 billion kWh annually, equivalent to the annual output of 3 to 6 new 1000 MW power plants (the typical size of a new nuclear unit).    » read more »

Biggest energy saver in history of Energy Department

June 29, 2009 -- Washington, D.C.—New national minimum energy efficiency requirements for light bulbs will save more energy than any other standard ever issued by any administration, according to a coalition representing environmental and consumer organizations, state government, and utilities. The new standards, announced by President Obama today, will make the hundreds of millions of fluorescent tube lamps that light offices, stores, and factories more efficient.

They also will phase out conventional incandescent reflector lamps, effectively extending the phase out of inefficient incandescent products initiated by Congress in 2007 to the common cone-shaped bulbs used in recessed light fixtures and track lighting.    » read more »

Traffic and Pedestrian Light Retrofits with LED Bulbs Will Cut Electric Bills

May 13, 2009 -- Santa Fe, NM – New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced that $5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has been allocated to the State Energy Program to provide traffic and pedestrian light retrofits at intersections throughout the state. Older, incandescent bulbs will be replaced with LED- or light-emitting diode- bulbs, which use significantly less electricity.    » read more »

April 21, 2009 -- WESTAMPTON - Lauding the company's commitment to spur innovation and investment of New Jersey's green economy, New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine today visited Lighting Science Group, a leading global provider of environmentally-friendly LED lighting solutions. The company moved its headquarters to Westampton at the beginning of 2009.

"The story of Lighting Science Group, without a doubt, is one that is made for New Jersey," Governor Corzine said. "It was 130 years ago this year that Thomas Edison successfully tested and filed for a patent on the light bulb, a discovery that forever changed the way we go about our daily lives and the way we consume energy.    » read more »

ACCRA, GHANA, May 9, 2008—The World Bank Group has selected 16 companies and organizations as winners of the Development Marketplace competition for their innovative products or services tailored to Sub-Saharan Africa’s off-grid lighting market.

LED lighting at home in Accra, Ghana: Photo by The World Bank, International Finance Corporation and Lighting Africa

The winners will receive up to $200,000 to implement projects that offer affordable, clean, and safe off-grid lighting and that improve access to lighting for people living without electricity across the region.    » read more »

May 9, 2008 -- ESCANABA – A pilot project between the Michigan Department of Management and Budget (DMB) and one of Michigan’s “green” technology companies will help the state “flip the switch for energy savings."

At a press conference at the Escanaba State Office Building today, DMB Director Lisa Webb Sharpe announced the partnership with ilumisys, a Michigan-based company that focuses on next-generation and solid-state lighting technologies.

Over a four-year period, ilumisys will replace 200 four-foot long fluorescent tubes in the Escanaba facility with three successive generations of LED lamps. The first generation was installed last week. Each generation is expected to be more energy efficient.    » read more »

Funding to total $27.8 million with industry contribution

February 12, 2008 -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that DOE will provide up to $20.6 million for a total of 13 projects aimed at advancing solid-state lighting (SSL) research and product development. Combined with industry cost share, investment in these projects will total $28 million. SSL lighting is an advanced technology that creates light with considerably less heat than incandescent and fluorescent lamps, allowing for increased energy efficiency.    » read more »

January 15, 2008 -- WASHINGTON, DC - Americans are more than making good on their pledges to help fight climate change by replacing their lights with Energy Star qualified CFLs (compact fluorescent lights). EPA estimates that Energy Star CFL sales for 2007 were nearly double those in 2006, accounting for approximately 20 percent of the light bulb market in the U.S.    » read more »

October 23, 2007 -- New York City, N.Y. – The 20-day national Energy Star Change a Light Bus Tour concluded today with nearly 1 million Americans across the country pledging to change more than 2.6 million lights to help fight climate change. This represents a potential savings of nearly $70 million in energy costs and prevention of 1 billion pounds of greenhouse gas emissions. EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson ended the 10-city tour at Manhattan's Union Square.    » read more »

11 October 2007 -- In the poorest parts of the world, especially in rural villages and outlying city slums, people are confined to their homes by darkness at night. The only light they have usually comes from a smoky fire or an air-polluting kerosene lantern. But an entrepreneur from Houston, Texas is trying to change that by distributing flashlights powered by energy from the sun in developing nations.    » read more »

New Programs to Help “EmPOWER Maryland”

ANNAPOLIS, MD (August 9, 2007) – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) today announced four new energy efficiency programs to save Maryland residents both energy and money. The programs will focus on increasing the energy efficiency of Maryland homes and saving energy through the use of compact fluorescent lights.    » read more »