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  • Litrospheres provide inexpensive, continuous light - A glow-in-the-dark paint company, MPK Co, has come up with self-luminous micro particles called Litrospheres which they say are inexpensive, non-toxic, and will stay on for 12+ years (half-life point) continuously.
  • Nanoflex can increase all lighting efficiencies - The nano optical coating on Nanoflex™ provides ideal diffusive and reflective surface to capture light rays from any light source including fluorescent lamps to enhance illumination by 50% on average, both for retrofits as well as new fixtures, enabling the reduction of the number of fixtures.
  • Directory:OLED - Scientist’s at USC have developed a new process for making OLED lighting that gives off a warm natural light that can light up an entire room. They believe this new material could be 100% efficient, giving off no heat and run for years.
  • Lighting >
    Levon Light - Leif Levon's environmentally friendly inductive light. No batteries. It operates on ambient superfluous light during the day and induction technology when the light is too dim. (PESWiki; Sept 13, 2008)

Conservation

  • Plasma > Luxim's tiny but powerful plasma lightbulb - Silicon Valley's Luxim has developed a solid-state plasma light bulb called Luxim LIFI™. It is the size of a Tic Tac and gives off as much light as a streetlight. Because it doesn't use electrical connections, more of the energy goes to light, rather than heat. (PESWiki; March 20, 2008)
  • Solsco Lighting Ltd - Solsco Lighting Ltd. was established in 1997. We specialize in manufacturing 12V DC Compact Fluorescent Lamps (DC CFL), DC LED light bulbs, DC fluorescent light fixture and solar panel products. We develops, designs and manufactures DC lighting products to suit the increasing demand in the global solar power market.
  • Never Ending Lightbulb - Ceravion has developed a bulb that is more than 3 times as efficient as CFL bulbs, will burn brightly for decades and doesn't contain mercury. Traditional bulbs convert only 5% of energy to light, CFLs make use of around 15%, but this new design converts over 50%. (TreeHugger; Jun. 22, 2007)
  • DaySwitch™ Adjusts Lighting Per Daylight Availability - The DaySwitch™, developed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, consists of a photosensor that measures daylight levels and sends a signal to the microcontroller that adjusts the power going to the lights. (PESN; April 25, 2006)
  • LEDs May Replace CFLs - A new type of super-efficient household light bulb is being developed which could spell the end of regular bulbs. The project involves making microscopic holes in the surface of LEDs to increase the level of light they give off. (BBC News; Dec. 28, 2007)
  • MG Electrical - The 8to5 Energy Saver is a high frequency ECG device (Electronic Control Gear) which allows you to change your inefficient and outdated T12 and T8 fluorescent lamps to the new energy saving and environmentally friendly T5 fluorescent lamp, without changing the existing fitting! It produces up to 65% energy savings, improved lighting, lower maintenance costs and reduced recycling and CO2 benefits.
  • Axis Technologies - Axis Daylight Harvesting Dimming Ballast can reduce fluorescent lighting energy costs by up to 70%. It utilizes an individual photo sensor to automatically adjust the amount of electrical current flowing to the light fixture and then dims or increases lighting in conjunction with the amount of available sunlight.
  • Encelium Technologies - The Encelium Energy Control System™ is a lighting control and energy management system for commercial buildings that controls fluorescent lighting loads. Utilizing continuous dimming and network technology, ECS™ independently addresses each fluorescent light fixture, reducing lighting related energy costs by 65 to 80 percent, with a payback period of one to three years.
  • ROMlight - High Intensity Discharge (HID) ballasts and fixtures provide electronically dimmable lighting with 50% savings in lighting energy costs, while maintaining or improving light levels. They are 80% lighter weight, quiet, cool running, and require 1/3 fewer fixtures.
  • Compact Fluorescent
  • Downsides of Compact Fluorescent Lighting - While we applaud the trend toward more energy efficiencies, like anything else, compact fluorescent bulbs have a down side. This page is presented to document some of those, so an informed decision can be made, and by pointing out the problems, solutions might be produced/encouraged.
  • GE reinventing the incandescent light bulb - General Electric announced advances that could raise the energy efficiency of incandescent light bulbs four times, to that of fluorescents. High-efficiency incandescent (HEI™) lamps will incorporate innovative new materials to provide the same high light quality, brightness and color while saving energy and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. (Inside Greentech; Feb. 23, 2007)
  • Moon Sensitive Street Lamps - Lunar resonant streetlamp dims itself depending on how much light the moon is putting out, saving energy and providing a consistent amount of light. Each LED lamp contains a photo-cell sensitive enough to detect subtle changes in moonlight and uses 95% less power than regular streetlamps. A nation wide switch to these lights would literally save gigawatts. (EcoGeek)
  • East Power Development Limited - manufacturers and exporters of high quality Energy Saving Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) and LED Replacement light bulbs, Which can direct replacement traditional light bulb and save up to 80% in electricity costs compared to standard incandescent lamps


  • LUMEnergi - Through the company’s new dimming electronic ballasts (DEB), lighting management control system (LMCS) and passive power line technology (PPLT) communications solutions, commercial building and lighting designers can create practical dimming fluorescent lighting solutions for intelligent building systems for both new and retrofit installations.
  • Fifth Light Technology - Dimmable fluorescent lighting ballasts allow dynamic lighting control to achieve maximum energy savings in a building's lighting system. All lights are addressable, individually dimmable and programmable from a single work station. With photo-sensors and a computer system light levels are automatically and imperceptibly adjusted just the right amount. Featured on the Discovery Channel.
  • Lightolier - Offers a new generation of intelligent lighting systems that give users unprecedented control over their illuminated environment in office, institutional and retail applications. The benefits include energy savings, improved occupant satisfaction, convenience and flexibility… while yielding attractive investment returns for the owner.
  • Advanced Glazings - Solera translucent window glazing diffuses natural daylight throughout interior spaces reducing glare, shadows and hot spots. Delivering soft daylight further into a building's deep space reduces the requirement for lighting from conventional energy sources and creates a more comfortable environment. High incident angle sunlight is more effectively harvested for early morning and late afternoon lighting.
  • Adura Technologies - Manufactures a wireless network lighting control solution for commercial buildings that is easy to install and use. It can reduce an office building's lighting electricity bill by 40% by adding greater control over lighting with the goal of only lighting spaces that are in use.
  • LED Fluorescent Tube Replacements - Ideal for grocers in cold case freezers and coolers. Ideal for schools due to vandalism of fluorescent tubes. Ideal for LEEDS efforts and those who want to reduce consumption by nearly 55%.

Renewable

  • 500 Solar Flashlight Give Away - SunNight Solar developed, with the assistance of the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program, supported by NASA, shaped by specific field work on their prototypes in Africa in the harshest conditions by scientists from the US Department of Energy and funded by research grants from the Rockefeller Foundation — they offer the next generation of portable, reliable and environmentally friendly lights for nightly use, for camping and outdoor activities, and a product which should be in every family’s emergency preparedness kit. (Digg; July 21, 2008)
  • Lamp Lit by Gravity Wins Greener Gadget Award - A Virginia Tech student has created a floor LED lamp that is powered by gravity, using a weight slide similar to the concept of a grandfather clock. The lamp puts out the equivalent of a 40-Watt bulb, and lasts four hours per cycle. The mechanism is expected to last 200 years. (PESN; Feb. 18, 2008)
  • The completely unpowered night light - Lunabrite glowing strip lights recharge fully in the sunlight and glow for between 3 and 12 hours after dark without ever needing batteries or electricity. It's completely child and pet-safe, non-toxic, weather- and UV-resistant and anti-microbial. (GizMag; Jun. 21, 2007)
  • Sunshine Solar Products Sales site for outdoor lighting for home & garden, decks, patios, powered by solar. "Improve your surrounding, help the environment while saving money with our durable, efficient, affordable solar lights and solar products."
  • Kazekamome™ Remote Hybrid System - The RHS is a standalone lighting standard that needs no wiring, no electricity, no underground maintenance and generates its own electricity totally from renewable wind and solar sources, to provide security lighting and freedom from blackouts.


  • Seacoast Lighting (.com) - Company based in New Hampshire, U.S., features outdoor solar lighting solutions, with many new colors and styles, including security lighting.
  • Nature's Lighting SunTracker - The SunTracking Daylighting System produces up to nine times more light than a passive skylight and distributes light more evenly over a wider area, without worrying about heat gain. It delivers light early in the morning, late in the afternoon and all winter. Electricity costs for lighting can drop to zero during the 12 hours a day it reflects light indoors.
  • SolLight - Solar powered LED lights for home, camping, boats, travel, emergencies and power outages.
  • Lehman's - Olive Oil Lamps Light up the night - Olive oil is 99 pure renewable fuel, so it produces NO smoke or odor and can't aggravate allergies. Safe since it can't catch on fire if tipped over. Use any green, renewable fuel like olive oil, vegetable oil, or liquid fat or grease. Tight-fitting lid for easy storage. Nickel element.
  • Solar Outdoor Lighting - Solar powered lights for streets, parking lots, pathways, transit shelters, billboards and signs and other lighting applications that benefit from being independent from the electric grid. Reliability, security and safety, as well as minimal maintenance are the greatest benefits of SOL solar lighting.
  • Solar Electric Power Company - SEPCO commercial solar electric lighting products include street lighting, billboards, traffic control, sign lighting, bus shelters, phone booths and warning lights, all powered by the sun.
  • EGIS - Heliostat reflects sunshine in a constant direction all day using a two-axis-rotor solar-tracker and a big mirror. This allows natural sunlight and heat to enter deep into the north side of a building, reducing energy consumption for lighting and heating.


  • Parans Solar Lighting - Sunlight is collected and concentrated by solar panels with an array of optical lenses mounted on roofs or facades. It is brought into the building through fiber optic cables and then flows out through luminaires. Exchanging half of a building’s electrical lighting for Parans Fiber Optic Solar Lighting can lower the energy costs by 20 – 25 percent.

Portable

  • Solar Nest - Aishwarya™ solar powered compact flourescent lamp provides 7-9 hours of uninterrupted lighting after a full charge, or 2-3 hours for a one day charge, for camping, fishing, power outages and relief operations.
  • Applied Innovative Technologies - NightStar® LED Magnetic Force Shake Flashlight is the perfect emergency flashlight - waterproof, no batteries, bulbs or maintenance required.

Fiber Optics

  • Fiberstars - EFO (Efficient Fiber Optics) downlighting delivers light comparable to conventional lamps with up to 80% energy savings for spot lighting, accent and display case lighting for retail stores, restaurants and commercial buildings. By transmitting light without UV or heat, ambient cooling requirements and maintenance are reduced, while fire safety is improved.

Silicon

  • Group IV Semiconductor - Developing all-silicon semiconductor devices that generate light up to ten times more efficiently than conventional bulbs and more economically than LEDs. Compact fluorescent bulbs are only about 20 to 25 percent efficient, while solid-state lighting can achieve efficiency up to 80 percent, but are too expensive to mass produce or aren't bright enough. Silicon may prove to be as cost effective for lighting as it has been for computing.

Light Emitting Capacitors

  • CeeLite - Light Emitting Capacitor (LEC) technology turns any surface into an energy efficient light source. Ranging in size from cell phones to 3’ x 6’, CeeLite LEC technology replaces traditional lighting where flawless surface illumination is required; in floors, walls, ceilings.

Plasma Enabled Devices

  • Applied Plasmonics - Plasmon Enabled Devices.
  • Silicon emits light with help of e-beam, nanoantennas - Applied Plasmonics Inc. has developed a way for silicon to generate light of any color using an array of nanoantennas and an electron beam, eliminating any silicon engineering and merely requires some fine-line lithography on the surface of the silicon. (EE Times; May 15, 2006)

Oddities

  • Chinese Man Invigorated by 220 Volts of Electricity - An unusual person in Heilongjiang Province, can light up bulbs by touching 220-volt power lines. When shocked by the generated current, he feels no pain or convulsions, but feels invigorated instead. He is even able to do diathermic massage for people by controlling the voltage. (Epoch Times; Jan. 20, 2007)

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