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DuPont Wins US DOE Grant to Develop Solid-State Light Using OLED Techniques

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.

17 Nov 2009

C. Crane Announces Shipping of New GeoBulb MR16 LED Light Bulb

C. Crane, a pioneer in direct-replacement LED light bulbs, is now shipping the new GeoBulb® MR16 LED Light Bulb

17 Nov 2009

Research on Optical Properties of Antarctic System to be Presented at University of Helsinki

The system has an important part in the global climate due to its size, its high latitude location and the negative radiation balance of its large ice sheets. Antarctica has also been in focus for several decades due to increased ultraviolet (UV) levels caused by stratospheric ozone depletion, and the disintegration of its ice shelves.

17 Nov 2009

3M Granted Ex Parte Injunctions in Retroreflective Fire Coat Trim Patent Infringement Case

The Duesseldorf district court has granted 3M Deutschland GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 3M, preliminary ex parte injunctions against two suppliers of retroreflective and fluorescent fire coat trims for infringing a 3M patent.

16 Nov 2009

Researchers Develop Nano-Colorsorter Device That Sorts Light in Tiny Spaces

Looking sharp and looking for light - Berkeley Lab researchers have engineered a new class of bowtie-shaped devices that capture, filter and steer light at the nanoscale

13 Nov 2009

QD Vision Demonstrated Quantum Light Optic Technology to President Obama

QD Vision's green-tech Quantum Light™ technology platform lit up President Obama’s recent tour of laboratories at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where low-power, long-life Array™ Lighting LED lamps from Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ Capital Market: NEXS) are utilizing breakthroughs in quantum dot technology from QD Vision, Inc. to emit high-quality warm LED light.

13 Nov 2009

Chemists Use Short Laser Pulses to Study Green Fluorescent Protein

Charting femtosecond energy flow could aid redesign of molecules to improve light capture

12 Nov 2009

The Lighting Quotient to Announce its New Corporate Identity at Greenbuild Conference

The Lighting Quotient, a leading architectural lighting manufacturer of sustainable lighting solutions, will demonstrate its energy-efficient portfolio of products at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo (Booth #333), November 10-13 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. After undergoing a corporate rebranding in October, The Lighting Quotient will officially reveal its new identity at the show, an ideal venue to highlight the company’s focus on sustainable lighting.

12 Nov 2009

Huffington Post Article Features ClearLite’s ArmorLite SAFETY ECO CFL

Clear-Lite Holdings, Inc. (“ClearLite”) (OTCBB: CLRH), a leading innovator of eco-friendly, energy-saving “natural” lighting and the ArmorLite™ SAFETY ECO CFL™, A Safer CFL™, today announced that a Huffington Post article by science writer Kate Kelly about the safety concerns surrounding mercury in CFL bulbs featured ClearLite’s ArmorLite SAFETY ECO CFL, which will be in stores soon, because it has a safety coating that helps capture broken glass and mercury, if the bulb breaks.

12 Nov 2009

Renaissance Lighting Introduces New High-Efficiency All-White Solid-State Downlighting

Renaissance Lighting, a leading innovator in the development of energy-efficient, architectural-grade, solid-state LED downlight fixtures, introduced its new solía™ brand high-efficiency all-white solid-state downlighting at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Phoenix, AZ, the largest annual gathering of representatives from all sectors of the green building movement. The launch of the solía brand and its ENERGY STAR-qualified solid-state LED downlight fixtures represents a major technological milestone both for the Virginia-based lighting fixture company and solid-state lighting’s increasingly important role in advancing the green movement.

12 Nov 2009