Solar pathway lights are a favorite garden light among homeowners, and with good reason. They don’t require outlets, they’re eco-friendly and energy-efficient, plus, thanks to the array of options ...

In a world where building energy efficiency is increasingly prized, pursued and rewarded, it’s no surprise that it’s also becoming not only expected, but mandated. Energy-related codes and standards ...

A LED light pipe is an optical fiber or a solid transparent plastic rod for transmitting light from an LED mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) to the user interface. Light pipes transmit up to 80 ...

LED lights are the latest thing in home lighting, using less energy and lasting longer than their incandescent cousins. How do they work? Find out in the latest installment of Appliance Science.

So last week [Caleb] posted an article about hacking a floating LED ball. In response, here’s a couple simple LED hacks or repurposings that I’ve come up with recently. LED Solar Glow Cube: If you’ve ...

Just when lighting aficionados were in a dark place, LEDs came to the rescue. Over the past decade, LED technologies — short for light emitting diode — have swept the lighting industry by offering ...

Infrastructure projects like the Tokyo Gate Bridge are now turning to LED lighting because of its economical and environmental advantages. But these devices still need the right current-limiting ...