It’s that time of year again, and I can’t in good conscience let another holiday season start without mentioning the giant LED-lit Christmas tree in New York’s Rockefeller Center. It’s a bit sentimental for me, because when I first started writing this blog (three years ago this month!) LED lights on the Rockefeller tree were Learn More

Kenneth Cobonpue is a celebrated Filipino designer known for his work with bamboo, rattan, and other natural fibers. Until recently, Cobonpue had stuck mainly to the interior design world, creating award-winning furniture, lighting and home décor pieces for his design firm. But recently, Cobonpue delved into the automotive realm, designing the world’s first biodegradable vehicle, Learn More

Aside from the occasional outage, most Americans enjoy uninterrupted access to power and light. In other parts of the world, and even some parts of the US, the situation is not so bright. Globally, 1.5 billion people, one quarter of the world’s population, live without electricity, according to a United Nations report. Living without power Learn More

President Barack Obama recently toured American factories to call attention to the great potential of forward-thinking US manufacturing in the 21st century. And guess which LED lighting company was first on his list of places to visit? Cree Inc, in Durham, North Carolina. Elemental LED has long been a fan of Cree LED chips for Learn More

For all of their new-fangled charm, LED lights can be great tools for illuminating the past as well. Case in point: Foro Romano, or “The Roman Forum,” one of Rome’s most important historical sites, recently became awash in outdoor LED lights, thanks to a new initiative to better and more efficiently light archeological sites in Learn More

We’ve heard a lot over the last couple of years about different US cities “going green,” but greening the Big Apple? That seems like biting off more than even a doctor would recommend. The city has, however, begun the process of cutting energy costs in office buildings, which eat up 80 percent of the city’s Learn More

Kids are sponges for both fun and learning—so why not give them a toy that encourages both? The Calidu Rocking Horse, by German designer Günther Schunn, is a sturdy and beautifully-built stainless steel, oak and leather rocking horse that lights up with OLEDs (organic LED lights, typically employed mainly in TV screens, computer monitors and Learn More

Finally, an LED light table for the home décor sophisticate. By now we’ve seen plenty of those bright, flashing tables made with color-changing LED lights—great for an arcade or maybe a hipster hangout, but not so desirable for someone with, shall we say, subtler taste. The Arbonata Light Table, on the other hand, is a Learn More

Truth be told, most concerts aren’t necessarily “eco-friendly.” But a few weeks ago at one of the country’s largest music festivals, South by Southwest, General Electric showed its appreciation for Mother Nature via a solar powered, LED-illuminated carousel. The “Carousolar,” as it’s called, is a refurbished 1926 kids’ ride that boasts a solar-powered electric motor Learn More

Nearly 600 million people in Africa lack access to electricity, which means they also lack access to good-quality lighting, or spend far too much on fuel-based lighting each year. But much of that might be changing now, thanks to a joint project from the IFC and the World Bank, called Lighting Africa. The goal of Learn More