On the demand side, it could promote market-led efficiency by encouraging real-time metering of all electricity use.
Outsiders tend to regard China as a paragon of export-led efficiency.
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With major countries promoting LED lighting, LED lumen efficiency has been improving and the LED lighting prices have come down over the years, making it an affordable alternative and marking a shift from traditional (incandescent and fluorescent) options to LEDs.
New in 2012, the EH line of LED TVs is ideal for consumers who value the picture performance and energy efficiency of LED technology, in Samsung's most affordable LED TV offering yet.
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The touch-screen Zune HD will be able to download high-definition videos, with the display enhanced by the use of a high-efficiency organic LED screen.
New car models like the Chevrolet Equinox, that combine car and sport utility vehicle elements for more efficiency, led the sales surge, up by 60% last month.
And further manufacturing savings and efficiency improvements to LED lights will come with each generation of technology.
Dr. Eugenia Ellis, a professor of engineering and architecture at Drexel University, who works with LED installations, said an efficiency improvement at the level Philips forecasts would be impressive.
The use of Big Ass Fans has led to huge gains in energy efficiency.
This is being taken further both directly within organisations and through the assembly government's Efficiency and Innovation Board led by Jane Hutt.
Long-dominant incandescent technology started to change in the 1970s when higher oil prices led businesses to think more about energy efficiency.
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In developing early data processing systems, the high cost of memory and storage led to a premium being placed on the efficiency of application data access and retrieval.
The important measure of success is the internal quantum efficiency, which shows just how good an LED is at making light.
On one such morning the attendees were a bit tardy returning after the coffee break which led him to give an impromptu lecture on productivity and efficiency.
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With this arrangement, Samsung and Nanosys will work together to create a new generation of cost effective, higher-efficiency products in the fields of solar, LED, memory, semiconductor, and display.
Although the amount of gas used to generate electricity rose 82% between 1997 and 2010, increasing efficiency in appliances that use natural gas has led to declining consumption of gas per customer over time.
Standard green features in each home include LED lighting, recycled glass countertops, a high-efficiency water heater, water-conserving fixtures including dual-flush toilets, FSC-certified bamboo flooring, EnergyStar appliances, zero-VOC paints, finishes, and adhesives, a whole-house ventilation system, low-E windows, high levels of insulation, a fully recyclable, heat-deflecting cool roof, exterior wood siding and decking made from FSC-certified cedar, and much more.
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The LED light is a semiconductor chip that requires another chip, called an LED driver, to supply stable power to LEDs, improve electrical efficiency and regulate performance.
Critics see the move, on which the government is consulting until April 20th, as another Conservative-led bid to water down employment rights in the name of boosting efficiency.
The combination of that consumer resilience and the efficiency-increasing measures many retailers implemented during the financial crisis has led to some surprisingly strong performance by retail companies.
This is a company that is specializing in LED lighting, has been extraordinarily effective in driving down the costs of high-efficiency lighting that is, over time, I think going to make a huge difference, not just for businesses who use the technology, but also for a country that needs to figure out how do we operate in a more energy-efficient way.
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Corporate buyers, usually led by finance chiefs, viewed the products as a way to improve cost and operational efficiency so paid special attention to the RFP process.
Other cleantech businesses that continue to look like good investments to venture capitalists include those producing products or software related to energy efficiency and those making improvements to existing businesses or products (making a better LED lighting system, for example).
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