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2. GE Lighting to Acquire LED Fixture Company Albeo Technology - GE Lighting
has signed an agreement to acquire Albeo Technologies, an LED fixture
manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado. GE Lighting officials say the
acquisition will help GE serve as an advisor to enterprise customers, as well
as offer a more complete and integrated family of LED-based solid-state
lighting (SSL) products. Albeo Technologies was founded in 2004. Albeo's range
of products includes high bay and low bay lighting fixtures as well as linear,
surface-mounted and under cabinet lighting. http://ledsmagazine.com/news/9/11/18
3. Siemens
Confirms Plan to List Osram via Spinoff - Siemens AG, the industrial conglomerate that owns lighting
manufacturer Osram, has confirmed its plans to see its subsidiary listed as a
separate company, subject to a shareholder vote. A plan to conduct an IPO of
Osram shares was finally shelved in July of this year. Instead, Siemens will
take a different route, and will spin off 80.5% of Osram’s shares to existing
Siemens shareholders. The transaction will result in Siemens’ shareholders
receiving one Osram share for every ten Siemens shares. However, Siemens still
intends to retain a minority stake in Osram, in which it wants to remain “a
long-term anchor shareholder.” To this end, Siemens AG will retain a 17% stake
in Osram following the spinoff, with the Siemens Pension Trust holding the
remaining 2.5%. http://ledsmagazine.com/news/9/11/22
4. $20 Billion Bonanza - SWEEP http://www.swenergy.org/ promotes greater energy
efficiency in a six-state region that includes Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New
Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. By
investing a total of $17 billion in best practice utility energy efficiency
programs, the Southwest region could realize $37 billion in utility system and
public health benefits --meaning $20 billion in net benefits or $2650 for every
household in the region today. The State’s utilities already have programs that can be expanded to
achieve the forecast savings. http://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2012/11/20B_Bonanza-COMPLETE_REPORT-Web.pdf
5.
Now
Accepting tED magazine Greenest of the Green Nominations -
Nominations for the 2013 Greenest of the Green contest will be accepted from
Dec. 3, 2012 through Jan. 18, 2013. The
Greenest of the Green award recognizes NAED distributors who have implemented
operational energy efficiencies in their own facilities. The award will be
presented at the 2013 NAED National Meeting. The winning company will also be
featured in the April 2013 issue of tED magazine. Contact: Misty
Byers mbyers@naed.org
6. Soraa and IESNYC Tackle Led Lighting
Compatibility - DATE:
Wednesday, Dec. 5th TIME: 11:00 am - 7:30 pm LOCATION:
The Metropolitan Pavilion (Located at 125 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011). In an effort to remove barriers to the rapid
adoption of LED lighting, Soraa www.soraa.com will sponsor the lighting industry's first PlugFest in conjunction
with the IESNYC at their annual Control
This! event. www.controlthis.org
7. Con Edison of New York City Accepts LED Tubes with Internal
Drivers for Rebate - In
recognizing the advancement of LED T8 technology, Con Edison announced recently
it is now able to accept LED tubes with internal drivers for custom rebate program
on a case-by-case basis. The requirements are:
- LED T8 with internal driver design must meet all code & safety requirements.
- Existing fixture retrofit and new fixture replacement are both applicable.
- The fixture must use non-shunted tombstones.
8. LED Streetlights Set to Light the Way on Cape
Cod and Martha’s Vineyard - According to a report published by The Lighting Group http://thecleanrevolution.org/_assets/files/LED_report_web1.pdf
this year, “Public street and park lighting accounts for 1-3% of total
electricity demand, depending on the region, and up to 40% of the electricity
bill of local authorities.” As part of their mission to promote energy efficiency, Cape Light Compact is working with towns across the Cape and
Vineyard to convert town-owned streetlights to LED fixtures. Starting in
January 2013, 140 streetlights will be retrofit in both commercial and
residential areas. http://www.energyefficiencymatters.org/author/neepenergy/
9.
Virginia
Beach Residents Upset About LED Traffic Signs - All eight LED signs, intended to
alert drivers of traffic problems and public safety issues, are scheduled to be
up and running in February, according to the city's Public Works Department.
Federal congestion mitigation funds paid the cost: $60,500 per sign, plus money
for fiber optic cables, infrastructure and a "state of the art"
traffic management system. The PWD said the
potential benefits, especially during construction, special events and storms,
outweigh the relatively minor aesthetic cost. Residents have concerns about how often the signs will be on and how
bright they'll be. They don't want them on all the time, flashing the
temperature or how long it will take to reach the beach. 11/26 The Virginian-Pilot
10. PACE: A Smart Way to Finance Retrofits for
Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation in TX - Property Assessed Clean
Energy (PACE) is a non-profit business association
organized for the specific purpose of promoting legislation in Texas to
facilitate loans throughout the state. PACE
is an innovative program that provides low-cost, long-term financing for energy
efficiency retrofits and improvements to existing structures on all types of
commercial, industrial, and residential properties. PACE loans will enable
Texans to save substantial amounts in energy costs, upgrade and enhance the
value of existing structures, and create thousands of jobs. http://www.keepingpaceintexas.org
11. California Public Utilities Commission 2010 – 2011 Energy Efficiency
Annual Progress Evaluation Report - Lighting represents approximately one quarter of residential
and commercial electricity use in California and has historically represented
half or more of utility program portfolio savings. California’s Strategic Plan cites energy
efficient lighting as a critical element of the Strategic Plan’s zero net
energy vision, and sets a goal of a 60 to 80 percent reduction in California’s
electric lighting energy consumption by 2020. California Assembly Bill 1109
(the also known as “the Huffman Bill”) will support this goal by phasing out
some traditional, low efficiency incandescent lamps by 2018. http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/NR/rdonlyres/89718A1B-C3D5-4E30-9A82-74ED155D0485/0/EnergyEfficiencyEvaluationReport.pdf
12.
2013 DOE Solid-State Lighting R&D Workshop January 29-31,
2013 • Long Beach, CA - As solid-state lighting technology
matures, the remaining questions get more complex. Where does future R&D
need to be directed to drive significant leaps in LED and OLED performance? How
can government and industry work together to find solutions, accelerate advances,
and hasten market adoption? Join DOE at the 10th annual SSL R&D
workshop. http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/ssl/longbeach13.html
13. ENERGY STAR Luminaires V1.2 - Attached is important correspondence
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concerning the proposal for
Version 1.2 ENERGY STAR Specification for Luminaires. Comments/concerns may be submitted no later
than Friday, December 14, 2012 to: luminaires@energystar.gov
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=archives.luminaires
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