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SHARP Labs of America seeks grad student R&D interns

Sharp Labs of America — The Advanced Video and Display Technologies Department in SHARP Laboratories of America is seeking Graduate Student R&D Interns for the summer of 2011 in Solid State Lighting. We are looking for Doctoral or advanced Masters level students with exceptional research and development credentials as well as strong hardware prototyping skills.

Philips offers three-month internship in light and well-being/stimulation

Philips — Royal Philips Electronics is a world-wide diversified Health and Well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through timely innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, lifestyle and lighting, Philips integrates technologies and design into people-centric solutions. The candidate will be doing foundational research into the emotional and biological effects of light and the methods to quantify these effects through simulation. 

Adaptive Exterior Lighting Guide

Adaptive exterior lighting is a relatively new concept recognized by the lighting industry and energy regulators as a potential method to increase energy savings in outdoor applications. This method of lighting effectively reduces energy use in spaces with low occupancy rates where a minimum light level is required for safety or other reasons, preventing the lights from being completely extinguished. This is a guide for implementing adaptive, energy-efficient exterior lighting.

CA Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan: Lighting Chapter

Lighting accounts for approximately 25 percent of California’s energy use, making energy-efficient lighting technologies a vital part of the state’s strategy for meeting its legislated climate goals. The Lighting Action Plan details the lighting portion of the California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan, a comprehensive roadmap outlining solutions for reducing California’s energy consumption.

Tyco Electronics launches solderless LED socket

Tyco Electronics — Tyco Electronics (TE), a global leader in engineered electronic components and solutions, launches the solderless LED socket, Type LS, designed specifically for use with the new Philips Lumileds LUXEONTM S LED. Debuting at Strategies In Light 2011 in Santa Clara, California, the new product offers a solderless termination that complements this newly-released lighting-class LED by Philips Lumileds.

Energy experts to help Navy get greener

UC Davis — UC Davis today agreed to help the U.S. Navy find new ways to use less energy and to derive more of the energy it does use from renewable sources such as the sun and wind, instead of oil and coal. The primary focus of the new partnership is to cut the energy the Navy uses for outdoor lighting on its bases.

Energy experts to help Navy get greener

Bringing Daylight Indoors

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Lorne Whitehead
Professor of Applied Physics
University of British Columbia

Dr. Lorne Whitehead of the University of British Columbia (UBC) spoke on advances in daylighting technologies for buildings. Dr. Whitehead introduced the SunCentral Core Sunlighting System, a device that harnesses daylight to illuminate the windowless cores of buildings.