Today, August 31st is the deadline for submitting your intent to submit forms for the Next Generation Luminaries 2012 Outdoor Competition. The Next Generation Luminaries Solid State Lighting Design Competition seeks to encourage technical innovation as well as recognize and promote excellence in the design of energy-efficient LED luminaries for commercial, industrial, and institutional applications. The competition [...]

When you ask an American about smog the place that 99% of the time will be the first to come to mind is Los Angeles. The city is well known for its traffic, poor air quality, and sprawl. However, according to a new study that has been published by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, [...]

After the tragic Fukushima Nuclear disaster last year, the German government moved to abandon Nuclear power in place of more eco friendly renewable energy. Having shut down eight nuclear plants right away and moving to be completely off of nuclear power in the next ten years, Germany has been working hard to produce their electricity [...]

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is one of the world’s premier cancer centers, and they’ve made the switch over to Seesmart’s LED Tube lights. The doctors and staff you’ll find there are absolutely amazing. I’m speaking from personal experience as I was diagnosed in their Pediatric center almost fourteen years ago (and am happy to [...]

As the wheel of technology turns, so do the wheels of cyclists around the world. In 2009, over 51,000 bicyclists received injuries and 630 lost their lives in the US. There are a number of activist groups who work to reduce, as well as prevent bicycle related injuries. An innovative group of industrial design students [...]

As we’ve seen in some of our previous updates, people are very creative when it comes to new and green ways to generate electricity. With such a wide variety of methods available, it’s great to focus on the methods that are ready for implementation. This is especially the case when the potential is as large [...]