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Germany is another country to have recognised the energy-saving benefits of LED lighting. And as a result, German authorities and businesses are busy promoting LED use. A number of German cities have launched projects to introduce LED street lamps, the influential German car sector is examining the benefits of using LED light bulbs in their vehicles, and designers are discovering how LED light bulbs can produce versatile lighting effects. The interest in LEDS among Germans is sign …

On Tuesday, an American and two Japanese scientists won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics for inventing a new energy-efficient and environment-friendly light source. Isamu Akasak, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura developed the blue light-emitting diode which led to the development of LED light bulbs. The bulbs changed the way we use lighting by offering a longer-lasting and more efficient alternatives to the incandescent bulbs created by Thomas Edison. LED light bulbs are growing increasingl …

Dr Gareth John, from the testing laboratory Photometric and Optical Testing, reviewed the new SimplyLED NxtGen Series III bulbs as part of his regular column in Lighting Magazine. "We knew it was good! During the design process of the NxtGen Series III we looked to tweak all of the little things that customers pointed out while maintaining the performance of the original NxtGen Series bulb. Out went the black casing to be replaced with the new silver casing which customers prefer. The LED c …