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Full Lifecycle Sustainability a Key Feature of New Solar Landscape Lighting from Qnuru

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

Solar Cell Development to Benefit From IMEC Expansion

IMEC, the Belgian nanoelectronics research institute, has announced that it has begun expanding its Leuven campus facilities. With this extension, IMEC will expand its research on low-cost and high efficiency solar cells, and biomedical electronics

8 Apr 2009

Even a Small Increase in Lighting Efficiency Means Dramatic Energy Savings

Roughly 20 percent of the electricity consumed worldwide is used in lighting. Though this consumption represents a large drain on resources, it also presents a tremendous opportunity for savings. Improving the efficiency of commercially available light bulbs could translate into dramatically lower energy usage

7 Apr 2009

Compact Fluorescent Bulbs Could Soon Be More Efficient and Dimmable

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

7 Apr 2009

Energy Efficient Retrofit for Empire State Building

World's most famous office building's more than $500 million upgrade program to incorporate comprehensive project with goal to reduce energy use by nearly 40 percent

6 Apr 2009

Study Shows Natural Daylight Is Preferred Light For Building Interiors

A decade-long trend in building science research indicates people are more comfortable, productive and feel healthier in buildings that use daylight as the primary source of workplace illumination. Advances in lighting research and technology at UNC Charlotte have opened up new horizons for daylighting

6 Apr 2009