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Smart lights: Addressing Energy Drain
October 6, 2009The Almanac
The difference between today's manufacturing plants and those of the 1940s is night and day. Sophisticated robots that swivel and bend and do most everything else wheel around the floor, replacing men in overalls. Factories that used to produce Packards are now popping out Priuses.
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HID Laboratories Luminaire
July 20, 2009EC&M
Delivering 15,000 more mean lumens per lamp than traditional metal-halide fixture, the luminaire incorporates intelligent lighting controls and eliminates the need to replace or rewire existing installations.
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HID Labs Unveils Smart Green Industrial Lighting
June 17, 2009GreenerBuildings
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HID Labs brings IT Smarts to Industrial Lighting
June 16, 2009CNET News – Green Tech
HID Laboratories is the sort of company you get when you cross IT pros from Silicon Valley with lighting experts. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company plans on Tuesday to officially launch and detail its light fixture, called the SmartPod Luminaire, which it says reduces commercial and industrial lighting costs by 40 percent.
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HID Labs Launches Efficient SmartPod Lighting, Seeks Cash
June 16, 2009GigaOM – earth2tech
When you fly into a city at night, most of the lights you see through the window are high-intensity discharge (HID) lights used in stadiums, factories, airports and street lights. HID lighting makes up a $10 billion global market annually, with some 120 million HID lamps already installed in the United States alone, according to Thomas Weisel Partners. But the lights are inefficient, says Antonio J. Espinosa, CEO of year-and-a-half-old lighting startup HID Laboratories, which is launching a more efficient smart-lighting platform, called the SmartPod Luminaire, on Tuesday.
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Solar Installers, Warehouses Testing a Dimmer Knob for Big Lights
June 16, 2009Greentech Media
Antonio Espinosa opens up a ballast – the boxy device that controls the high intensity discharge (HID) lights you see at stadiums and big box retailers – and points to a large gray cube inside of it that is a crucial component in turning on the bulb.
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HID Laboratories Announces Industry's First High-Efficiency Smart Lighting Platform
June 16, 2009Sacramento Bee
Whitepaper
Compare electronic HID to fluorescent lighting options for high-bay applications.