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Willow Reading Lamp
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OPTILED News Feed
Jul 15, 2008 | 4:25 pm
USS Midway Chooses OPTILED as Bulb Supplier
The USS Midway Museum has purchased and installed Optiled Technology, LLC LED Bulbs on this great Air Craft Carrier.
Using over 2,000 Optiled H12 Festival Lamps supplied by One Solution Lighting and Controls (onesolutionlighting.com) along with 12 different weather resistant belts that hold the bulbs, Optiled products were installed because of the ECO friendly energy efficiency design, clarity, and reliability of the Festival bulb.
Read more here.
Feb 07, 2008 | 10:14 am
SCHWARTZ PROMOTED TO WESTERN REGIONAL SALES MANAGER
(February 2008) Michael Schwartz has been promoted to Western Regional Sales Manager for OPTILED LLC, a leading manufacturer of LED lighting solutions.
Previously employed as New Product Development Manager for OPTILED, Michael will be responsible for all sales activates in the Western United States and also the Central and Western provinces of Canada.
Michael's background in Lighting with international companies such as Targetti and Ellies Electronics has been a major reason for the continued growth at OPTILED over the last few years. His new responsibilities will include working with the local OPTILED sales representatives, calling on Architects, Lighting Engineers, Electrical Distributors and Specialty Lighting Shops. Additionally Michael will also be working with selected OEM accounts.
For further information, contact mediarelations@optiledtech.com
Jan 09, 2008 | 9:05 am
OPTILED HIRES NEW EASTERN REGIONAL SALES MANAGER
(January 2008) Optiled Technology, LLC, a leading manufacturer of LED lighting solutions, is pleased to announce the addition to its Sales staff of Kevin M. Wolff as Eastern Regional Sales Manager.
A 2004 graduate of Bridgewater State College. Kevin will be responsible for the geographic territory of Maine to Florida, westward to and including Alabama and north up to and including Ohio. Kevin's new responsibilities will include working closely with the Optiled sales representatives, calling on Architects. Lighting Designers, Electrical Distributors and Specialty Lighting shops. Additionally he will also work with selected OEM accounts.
For further information, contact mediarelations@optiledtech.com
Sep 04, 2007 | 1:59 pm
Signs and Displays Show 2007, Tokyo
OPTILED and distribution partner JESCO (Japan) present at the 2007 Signs and Displays Show in Tokyo, Japan.
May 31, 2007 | 10:33 am
OPTILED Six Star Featured in LEDs Magazine
Read the entire article here.
Mar 12, 2007 | 10:42 am
TXU Corp Abandons Plans to Build Coal-based Power Plants
The state of Texas is searching for eco-friendly alternative energy solutions in lieu of TXU Corporation's decision to abandon construction of eight new coal-burning electricity generation plants. Read more here.
Mar 08, 2007 | 2:25 pm
New York Times Reports on Australia Nationwide Shift to Energy Saving Bulbs
SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 20 — Australia looks ready to become the first country to phase out incandescent light bulbs in favor of more energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs, as part of its drive to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases...
see the complete article here
Mar 08, 2007 | 2:19 pm
Australian Country-wide Light Bulb Ban to Slash Greenhouse Emissions
The inefficient standard light bulb could be phased out within three years to save up to 800,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions...
see the full article here
Feb 27, 2007 | 9:27 am
New Line of Lamp Fixtures
Another enLIGHTened Idea from OPTILED: our powerful lamps have found new homes...OPTILED announces the release of a new line of fixtures! Indoor or outdoor, under cabinet or even underwater, there are eco-friendly choices for all your needs. Click here to see what's new.
Designers' Corner
MARK RAISSEN Lighting Design Consultant
Every so often you are offered the opportunity to work on a project that you gladly would do for free. So when I was called in by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to offer them some advice on improving the energy efficiency of the lighting of Frank Lloyd Wright's winter home (and masterpiece) Taliesin West, I jumped at the chance. If you have never visited Taliesin West, I urge you to do so. It is a masterpiece of Wright's vision of organic architecture that includes an incredible use of natural light through a tent-like roof of redwood and canvas.
My vision was to integrate cutting-edge LED lights into the existing fixtures so as not to change the master's original vision – something which those running the foundation understandably adhere to zealously! But given Frank Lloyd Wright's naturalistic approach to design, I felt strongly that the eco-friendliness of LED lighting better captured the essence of Taliesin West than a traditional incandescent ever could. Using a variety of different OPTILED LEDs, I was able to minimize their energy usage without qualitatively changing the appearance of a room or replacing any existing light fixture. My strategy for the experiment was simple: replace the incandescents in their existing fixtures (like the one you see pictured – an amber colored OPTILED Festival Festoon LED) with LEDs in some rooms but not others. I then walked the group through and asked for their reaction. Happily, the group was basically not able to figure out which rooms I had changed! Less energy, less maintenance, same look and feel. I had opened some eyes.
Still, convincing people that changing ANYTHING in a living landmark like Taliesin West is indeed quite difficult. Keeping it exactly the way it was when FLW, himself, was roaming the grounds is a noble cause. And while the Foundation at the moment is hesitant to make the change from incandescent to LED, time will tell whether Arizona makes the decision for them by following the footsteps of its neighbor to the West by banning incandescents altogether. On February 23rd (the day after the legislation was passed) I was called to a meeting with the office of California Councilman Levine to discuss the implications of their having passed the legislation banning incandescents. Given what I heard in that meeting, I would be surprised if California is the last to put this ban into place!
Mr. Raissen is a member of the
IESNA (Illuminating Engineering
Society of North America) as well as an Energy Star certified consultant.