Ben Cooper, Geoffrey Lewis and Tom Vladeck were students together at Pomona College when a lightbulb went off, literally. Entranced by making the world a better place through environmental ...

In a world where building energy efficiency is increasingly prized, pursued and rewarded, it’s no surprise that it’s also becoming not only expected, but mandated. Energy-related codes and standards ...

Smaller IC packages, ball-grid arrays, and a variety of solder pastes are prompting electronics engineers to look for better, more dependable lighting solutions for machine vision. “The ...

In modern buildings, lighting is more than just a basic function; it enhances the aesthetics of the building, increases safety and adds value to the property. Upgrading your lighting infrastructure is ...

The LED industry is in the midst of a rapid development cycle. In an effort to lengthen bulb lifetime, intensify colors, and create higher energy efficiencies, manufacturers are developing LEDs at an ...

My family has a cabin in the woods of Northern California. We built the “new cabin” in the late 1950s when the one built in 1922 had too many maintenance issues. Before our recent overhaul, its ...

Light at night. It’s what we want. It’s what we need. Whether you’re trail riding, on the jobsite, or high-speed haulin’ after dark, quality lighting provides reliable vision and safety. Much of the ...

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics was recently awarded to three scientists (Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura) for inventing the blue light-emitting diode (LED) roughly 20 years ago.

We see LEDs used in all kinds of projects but rarely does someone build a home lighting system from scratch with them. [Paulo Oliveira] decided to give the idea a try, included a fading power supply ...

Automation supplier IDEC Corp. got some attention last year when it finished outfitting one of its sales offices in Japan with LED illumination inside and out. The building is lit by 11,000 LED ...