Comments on: Raleigh, NC: LED City

By: North Carolina Hike At Winston-Salem Lake | LED Flashlights and Knife Reviews | DLK Blog

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:38:01 +0000

[...] North Carolina is known for its beautiful nature and its citizens’ love for it. Conservation and preservation are key. You can read more about how North Carolina is going green by reading about Raleigh, North Carolina’s designation as the first “LED City.” These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

By: Ann Arbor Next LED City | LED Flashlights and Knife Reviews | DLK Blog

Ann Arbor Next LED City | LED Flashlights and Knife Reviews | DLK Blog — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:25:05 +0000

[...] CNN reported today that Ann Arbor, Michigan will be the next city to promote energy-efficient lighting by replacing about 1,400 street lights with eco-friendly light-emitting diode – LED – bulbs. Ann Arbor joines Raleigh, NC and Toronto, Canada in the LED City initiative, both promoted in this blog (see “Raleigh, NC: LED City” and “Toronto becomes second LED City“. Ann Arbor will be the first national city to convert all of its downtown street lights to LED light bulbs. LED light sources use less than half the energy of traditional bulbs, last five times as long and are estimated to save a community like Ann Arbor about $100,000 per year [...]

By: NYC Subway System Installing LED Light Signals from Dialight | LED Flashlights and Knife Reviews | DLK Blog

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:24:34 +0000

[...] Dialight will be updating 13,400 incandescent units, more than 50,000 of the subways signals, with LED modules. The modules are based on the latest high-flux LED and driver technology which are projected to provide an 85% energy savings to the city (read more about energy savings through LEDs in North Carolina and Toronto). The LEDs brightness levels are also being touted as providing a safer environment for transit workers. [...]

By: Toronto becomes second LED City, joining Raleigh, NC in LED Lighting Initiative | DLK LED Flashlights and Knife Blog

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:43:50 +0000

[...] In February 2007, Raleigh city officials launched an “LED City” program aimed at fostering collaboration among city development groups as they install energy-efficient lighting that will be more cost effective and environmentally friendly to our cities. Raleigh launched the program with LED manufacturer, Cree. [...]

By: LED Lighting Market Revenues to reach $8.8 billion through 2011 | DLK LED Flashlights and Knife Blog

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:47:07 +0000

[...] The report estimates significant growth in both the mobile device LED market and the display backlighting market. These markets as well as the current outdoor lighting equipment market are currently utilizing LED lights the most heavily though, as this writer has pointed out in previous posts, larger scale home and city lighting are also being explored around the world. It will be interesting to see how our light fixtures, electronics, sporting equipment and appliances evolve over the next ten years as LED lighting technologies is funded and researched. [...]