Sunday, January 11, 2009

Led-World Exclusive -Cree Installs LED Lights in Pentagon

LED manufacturer Cree has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to supply over 4,200 recessed LED lights for the Pentagon, the company announced Tuesday. Financial details were not disclosed.

Testing commissioned by the U.S. government determined that Cree's LR24 recessed LED lights would offer a 22 percent energy reduction compared with fluorescent lights, and save the Pentagon 140 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year.

The government also commissioned a cost analysis that showed the lights would yield a payback of less than four years once things like energy savings, maintenance, and the expense of properly disposing mercury-laden fluorescent bulbs were taken into account, according to Cree.

The new lighting will be installed in Wedge 5 of the Pentagon, coinciding with the major Pentagon renovation already under way in that area.

The purchase also happens to follow the advice of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan recently proposed by President-elect Barack Obama in his January 3 address.

As part of his plan to reduce reliance on foreign oil and create more jobs, President-elect Obama has suggested that the government will "renovate public buildings to make them more energy efficient."

Analysts have predicted that LED lighting will replace incandescent bulbs, making LED lighting manufacturers a bright spot to watch for within the struggling tech industry.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

CREE'S (CREE) CONTRACT WITH THE PENTAGON HAS SIGNIFIED NUMEROUS VICTORIES FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND ITS SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY SILICON VALLEY AREA OF RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA. IT ADDS TO THE STRENGTH OF THE STATE'S NATIONAL GUARD SERVICES. CREE RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION FROM THE GLOBAL MEDIA WITH ITS VISIT FROM PRESIDENT MR. BARRACK OBAMA. THE PRESIDENT ADVOCATED THE FUTURE OF LED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY WHICH HE VIEWED AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL WASHINGTON D.C. NATIONAL CATHEDRAL LIGHTING. CREE'S LED LIGHTING IS ALSO POPULAR IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS WHERE THE COMPANY COMPETES WITH THE LIKES OF GERMANY'S SIEMENS INTERNATIONAL(SI)
JAPAN'S SONY (SNE), AND ITALY'S ENI
(E) SUBSIDIARY. IN 2007 GENERAL ELECTIC (GE) WHO BRINGS GOOD THINGS
TO LIGHT WANTED TO BUY THE COMPANY.
THIS ADDED TO CREE'S "LED" TECH'S
GOAL TO BE A DOMINANT BLUE CHIP IN
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY AND WALL STREET'S
NYSE-EURONEX (NYX). CREE AND GE ARE
SIMILAR TO GROUPONS (GRPN) AND GOOGLE (GOOG) DEAL WHERE GROUPON WAS OFFER 6 BILLION FROM GOOGLE BEFORE ITS IPO. NOW BOTH CREE AND GROUPON CAN LOOK FORWARD TO GLOBAL
TWEETS FROM FACEBOOK (FB) AND TELEVISION MEDIA. DISNEY'S (DIS) ABC AFFILIATED HAS ALREADY BROUGHT A LOT TELEVISION COVERAGE TO CREE. SHARES AS OF SEPTEMBER 2012 ARE NEAR $30 AND SHOULD SEE A 12 MONTH
RISE IN 2013. CREE HAS ALSO CREATED
A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH DUKE ENERGY
(DUK), AND DAINTREE FOR THEIR WIRELESS BUSINESS. THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT FOR THIS SOUTHERN SILICON VALLEY RTP COMPANY.

WALTER WEBB-FREELANCE WRITER

Anonymous said...

FREELANCE WRITER WALTER WEBB LOOKS AT A LIST OF COMPANY WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM TECHNOLOGY NO MATTER WHO WINS THE PRESIDENCY. THE YEAR 2013 WILL BE A STELLAR YEAR FOR HARD WORKING TEKKIES.

1. USA - CREE (CREE)
2. GERMANY - SAP (SAP)
3. JAPAN - SONY (SNE)
4. FINLAND - NOKIA (NOK)
5. USA - IBM (IBM)
6. JAPAN - MITSUI (MITSY)
7. GERMANY - SIEMENS (SI)
8. USA - GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE)
9. INDIA - INFOSY (INFY)
10. USA- CASCADE (MSFT)
11. CHINA - CHINA MOBILE (CHL)
12. USA - INTEL (INTL)
13. TAIWAN - GIGAMEDIA (GIGM)
14. USA - NETSUITE (N)
15. USA - COGNIZANT (CTSH)
16. USA - DELL (DELL)
17. BRITISH-PSION PLC (PSIOF)
18. USA- QUALCOMM (QCOM)
19. HONG KONG - LENOVA (LNVGY)
20. USA - CISCO (CSCO)

WALTER WEBB-FREELANCE WRITER

Anonymous said...

FOR A LIST OF TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES TO SELECT FROM YOU CAN VIEW THE ARTICLES OF FREELANCE WRITER WALTER WEBB IN.....................

1.@WALL STREET JOURNAL
2.@BLACK ENTERPRISE MAGAZINE
3.@HUFFINGTON POST
4.@DECCAN HERALD-INDIA
5.@KOREANUPDATES.COM
6.@GETSATISFACTION.COM
7.@THE HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP
8.@STREETINSIDER.COM
9.@CURVY MAGAZINE
10.@THE SMOKING JACKET
11.@GHUBAR MAGAZINE
12.@HBCU BUZZ.COM
13.@IDELAY.WORDPRESS.COM
14.@SOJONES.COM

WALTER WEBB-FREELANCE WRITER

Anonymous said...


ITS 2013 AND CREE IS ONE OF THE REASONS NORTH CAROLINA'S RESEARCH TRINGLE PARK WAS CHOSING THE NUMBER TWO SILICON VALLEY (250,000 POPULATION GROUP) AREA IN THE UNITED STATES.

WALTER WEBB-FREELANCE WRITER@ DOW JONES WBIS + TELEVISION.COM