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Department of Energy Report Takes the Pulse of LED Savings

Thursday, May 16, 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) just released a report that details the savings gained from switching over to energy efficient LED lighting by the U.S. market. The report, entitled Adoption of Light-Emitting Diodes in Common Lighting Applications, breaks down the 2012 cost savings of the following categories of lighting. Indoor lamps (residential) Indoor luminaires [...]

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CEC Sets Workshops to Discuss Appliance Efficiency Request for Information Responses

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Last month, I wrote about the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) invitation to participate in the 2012-2013 Appliance Efficiency Rulemaking Request for Information (RFI) by submitting data on products that the state is considering for efficiency standards (click here to read the blog). The information submittal deadline is May 9th. The commission isn’t wasting any time [...]

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U.S. EPA Shines Light on Latest Lamp Specification Draft

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA) distributed the latest draft of their ENERGY STAR® Lamps Version 1 program specifications. The new specification, in development since mid- 2011, is intended to replace the existing CFL and LED ENERGY STAR program specifications. Draft 4 includes a number of changes from the previous draft: Updated definitions [...]

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U.S. Proposed Battery Charger Standard Moving Forward

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has just published a new Federal Register notification regarding its March 2012 notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) on efficiency standards for External Power Supplies (EPS) and Battery Chargers (BC). While many stakeholders were hoping for a final decision on the proposed efficiency levels by now, the DOE’s latest notification [...]

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The power industry is ready to save the world

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

By Paul O’Shea Okay, maybe it’s not quite that amazing but the industry has already saved 50,000 TW/h over the last 20 years and will continue to save more. The plenary speaker at this year’s APEC show in Long Beach, CA was Dr.Jayant Baliga from NC State University and he talked about “The role of [...]

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Need some recipe suggestions for Raspberry Pi

Friday, December 21, 2012

So, recently, our friends at Newark / element14 were kind enough to send over a complete Raspberry Pi kit for us to tinker with. ^This is what a full Raspberry Pi kit looks like straight out of the box (hard to believe this is a full computer here)^ We’ve covered most of the basics surrounding [...]

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What is your connectivity style?

Monday, December 10, 2012

By Christina Nickolas, Editor Broadcom Corp. just announced the results of the Broadcom Connectivity Study, which is a survey of 2,500 U.S. adults measuring connectivity trends across behavioral and demographic lines in today’s digital life. Read study here. After reading it myself I believe my connectivity style to be “Always On”. Let me know what yours [...]

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