Smart Lighting Will Save Trillions of Dollars, Gigatons of CO2

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Smart Lighting Will Save Trillions of Dollars, Gigatons of CO2 TROY, New York, December 18, 2008 (ENS) - A new generation of lighting devices based on light-emitting diodes, LEDs, will supplant the common light bulb in coming years, according to a paper published this week by two professors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Innovations in photonics and solid state lighting will lead to trillions of dollars in cost savings, and a massive reduction in the amount of energy required to light homes and businesses around the globe. http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/dec2008/2008-12-18-03.asp