U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Solid-State Lighting

DOE Solid-State Lighting Portfolio

The U.S. Department of Energy and its partners are working to accelerate advances in solid-state lighting — a pivotal emerging technology that promises to fundamentally alter lighting in the future.

No other lighting technology offers as much potential to save energy and enhance the quality of our building environments, contributing to our nation's energy and climate change solutions.

The L Prize logo: swirls of yellow and green and white, and to the right are upper case white letters spelling "L PRIZE", with a big white dot between the "L" and "PRIZE" with the caption: The Race for Super Efficient Light Bulbs--L Prize Partners stand ready to support the winning products.
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James Brodrick

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