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Kickstarter spotlight: Piccolo LED lamp

December 4, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Piccolo LED lamp

Here’s a gorgeous new lamp that’s sure to catch the eye — and funds, hopefully — of fans of energy efficient LED lighting. Mike Garner, founder of Manifold Lighting has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding project to start production on Piccolo, a stylish, USB-powered desk LED lamp (don’t worry, it works with USB wall plug adapters) that emits a nice […]

Filed Under: ecoSocial, Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: crowdfunding, ecoSocial, Kickstarter, LED lighting

Go meat! LEDs prolong shelf life

January 19, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Meat aisle

My non-meat-eater friends may want to skip this post. But the rest of us carnivores will be pleased by this new discovery. It turns out that those LEDS that are popping up at supermarket display cases don’t just bathe your food products in a crisp, energy-saving glow. They also extend the shelf life of some meats! […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: LED lighting, LEDs

Philips: Times Square Ball glitters with 32,256 LEDs

December 28, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Times Square Ball - Philips LED

Even surrounded by the visual overload that is Times Square on New Year’s Eve, the Ball is hard to miss. Yes folks, not only is it big — 12 feet in diameter and weighing 11,875 pounds — it’s also very, very bright. Now, thanks to Philips, the supplier of its lights, you also know exactly how many […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: EISA, laws, LED lighting, Philips, regulation

Stat of the day: $450M in energy savings from LED holiday lights switch

December 15, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

LED Holiday Lights

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, Americans stand to save $450 million in electricity costs a year if they switched to LEDs. Of course, not everyone has warmed to the lighting tech. In this Wall Street Journal piece, the author discovers that some traditionalists can’t get past the cold, artificial lighting cast by some […]

Filed Under: Stats & Figures Tagged With: holidays, LED lighting, LEDs, U.S. Department of Energy

ecoSocial: Causes trump brands in social media?

August 31, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

A recent post in the Social Media Examiner examined the “9 Reasons Why Your Content Is Not Shared on Social Networks.” All good stuff , but one reason stood out because it touches on a couple of factors that shape how green technology companies do business and how they’re perceived online. The highlight for me […]

Filed Under: ecoSocial, Featured Tagged With: American Express, Cree, Facebook, LED lighting, LEDs, social media, Twitter

LED lighting market’s pieces finally falling into place

July 13, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Switch Lighting bulb

LEDs have been in the news lately thanks to some advancements, deep price plunges and even some political drama. It’s all helping to heighten the lighting technology’s profile, but is it enough to make consumers sit up and take notice? Here are three stories that while loosely related on the surface, weave together to form […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: GE, government, laws, LED lighting, politics, solid-state lighting, Switch Lighting

MSI LEDs to light up the San Diego Air and Space Museum

March 30, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Today’s LED-related news offers a neat, practically literal parallel to the story of the solid-state lighting technology’s ascendancy. Deerfield Beach, Florida-based MSI announced today that the San Diego Air and Space Museum is replacing the tungsten halogen lighting it currently uses with the LED lighting manufacturer’s LED bulbs. Coincidentally, MSI’s LEDs are already being put […]

Filed Under: Cleantech & Renewable Energy Tagged With: LED lighting, LEDs, MSI

Top 10: Most popular ecoINSITE posts of 2010

December 31, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

It’s that time. Before we welcome a brand new year, here are 2010’s most popular posts according to you! 1. Stats of the Day: BP Oil Spill Google Results Back in June, I ran a little experiment. In terms of Google search results, how did BP’s recent oil spill compare against the previous top environmental […]

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Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Apple, ARM, BP, Calxeda, Chrome OS, Citrix, cloud, Cloud Computing, Google, green data center, green datacenter, Green Revolution Cooling, LED lighting, liquid cooling, MacBook Pro, Microsoft Dynamics, oil spill, Olivier Sanche, Philips, roundup, security, Smart Grid, Smooth-Stone, Stuxnet

Green gift guide 2010: Five last-minute green gadget ideas

December 16, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

In case you haven’t noticed, the clock is ticking on getting your 2010 holiday shopping done. Here are some great last-minute gift ideas that are still in stock (at least of this writing) and are sure to delight the green geek in your life. Curl up with a good e-book this Christmas: Amazon Kindle Smaller, […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile Tagged With: amazon, Apple, Gadgets, gift guide, green gadgets, guide, Kindle, LED lighting, LivingColors, media streaming, Netflix, Philips, streaming

Philips: LED lighting market to reach 5 percent in 2010

October 14, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 2 Comments

Sure, five percent of the global lighting market might not seem like a lot, but when you consider that LEDs only snagged just 2 percent of the market in 2009, it’s a sign of healthy growth. And it’s only going to grow bigger from there. According to this DigiTimes report, Philips expects LED lighting to […]

Filed Under: Stats & Figures Tagged With: LED lighting, LEDs, market, Philips, statistics, stats

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