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  1. Top 5 Benefits Of Led Bathroom Lights

    Top 5 Benefits Of Led Bathroom Lights
    LED, or Light Emitting Diode lamps make use of a lighting technology that uses a two-lead semiconductor light source. LED lighting is generally held to be superior to other lighting sources due to its brightness, lesser environmental impact, and long life. Very often used in bathrooms, LED bathroom lighting has several advantages.
  2. Does the future of LED lighting lie with high voltage LEDs?

    Does the future of LED lighting lie with high voltage LEDs?
    High voltage or HV LEDs operate on mains voltage 240V AC and have a current stabilization device fitted into the chip of the HV LED. This eliminates the requirement for a capacitor which is used in conventional LEDs to convert the voltage from mains 240V into the required DC output voltage. The capacitor is the weakest link in the chain and is often the first component to fail.
  3. How LED Lights are Saving Fishes’ Lives

    How LED Lights are Saving Fishes’ Lives
    Bycatch – the unwanted fish, dolphins, whales and birds that get caught in longlines, gillnets and trawlers that are discarded.
  4. IKEA Purchases Scottish Lighting Tech with View to LED only Lighting by 2015

    IKEA Purchases Scottish Lighting Tech with View to LED only Lighting by 2015
    There are few companies that are keener to see the transition to the inevitable (and welcomed) LED-only future than IKEA, and their new purchase of a large Scottish LED technology is set to see them make even greater, and more creative use of LED lighting technology.
  5. Ford Puts LED Lights into Mondeo

    Ford Puts LED Lights into Mondeo
    Ford has announced its first car with dynamic LED headlights, which according to them provide as much light as Xenon bulbs and last for the lifetime of the vehicle.
  6. How Lights Can Enhance the Security of Your Home

    How Lights Can Enhance the Security of Your Home
    A simple and inexpensive way to protect your home from intruders is to use light to your advantage. Burglars love the darkness as it protects them. A poorly lit property is like an invitation to steal everything inside.
  7. Aurora Mobile Showroom Coming To Downlights Direct

    Aurora Mobile Showroom Coming To Downlights Direct
    On the 22nd of July 2014, Aurora Lighting are traveling to our business in their mobile showroom to allow you the public to experience their lighting innovations and to show you the benifits their latest products on the market. Click here to view the more details about how to get involved.
  8. How to Replace All Your Household Bulbs with LEDs

    How to Replace All Your Household Bulbs with LEDs
    We can all agree that the best bulb ever is the LED. With a lifespan and efficiency way outstripping any other bulb, there really is no arguing with it. But where do you start when you’re replacing your bulbs when it comes to your home?
  9. Could an LED Revolution Give Us Light Like the Sun?

    Could an LED Revolution Give Us Light Like the Sun?
    Headed by a group of scientists over in Germany, is a project that aims to see whether LED lights can be revolutionised, providing a whiter light in the process. As a direct result of the research undertaken, they have devised a new luminescent material for LED bulbs, with the Phosphor it includes improving energy efficiency and makes the artificial light provided almost as natural as the light provided by the sun.
  10. LEDs and Sustainable Ethos Light Up Glastonbury Once More

    LEDs and Sustainable Ethos Light Up Glastonbury Once More
    Once again, this years Glastonbury Festival has been a resounding success - some minor flooding aside. With around 200,000 people descending upon a small farm in Pilton every year, at first glance at least, the festival seems entirely unsustainable. This is in fact, far from the case and there are a number of green pledges that the festival makes; including one pledge about LED lighting, which ensures the festival can keep going year after year.