Two years after breaking the 200 lumens-per-watt (LPW) R&D efficacy barrier, Cree, Inc. delivers another industry first with the introduction of the Cree XLamp MK-R LEDs. The new MK-R LEDs leverage ...

Progress in the LED lighting industry can best be measured in two separate metrics: pricing and efficiency. Pricing gets most of the attention, but so many factors affect it -- from the cost of ...

San Jose, Calif. — Avago Technologies has introduced a 1-watt warm white Moonstone power LED emitter for use in a variety of architectural, commercial, spot light, task, backlighting, and decorative ...

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, reports another industry-best efficacy record of 231 lumens per watt for a white power LED. This result is a ...

The race for LED manufacturers to improve the industry headline metric of lumens/watt is hotting up in the drive to improve the energy efficiency of lighting systems. But as sales of LED lighting ...

One of the ways -- if not the best way -- to track the progress of LEDs over the past few years has been through the metric of lumens-per-watt. As you can gather from the name this is an efficiency ...

Cree, Inc. delivers a new performance benchmark with the 170 lumens-per-watt (LPW) prototype LED light bulb. Cree, Inc. delivers a new performance benchmark with the 170 lumens-per-watt (LPW) ...

Driving the next generation of mainstream LED lighting adoption, Cree, Inc. introduces the breakthrough XLamp® XB-D LED. Driving the next generation of mainstream LED lighting adoption, Cree, Inc.

Previously white LEDs had a max of about 60 lumens per watt but the new White LEDs have 135 lumens per watt and match the best lighting alternatives The new LED can replace traditional fluorescent ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. The U.S. Department of Energy is cranking up the minimum ...