Beira-Mar Norte bicycle lane boasts more efficient and sustainable lighting
Florianópolis, Brazil --- June 22, 2012 --- (NYSE:GE) --- Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina, Brazil, inaugurated the first phase of its new LED lighting project in March along the bicycle lane on Beira-Mar Norte, the city's main avenue. Distributor SQE LUZ led the project, timed to coincide with the commemoration of the city's 286th anniversary, in partnership with GE Lighting.
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio --- May 9, 2012 --- (NYSE:GE) --- From Las Vegas to Superior, Neb., GE's Evolve™ LED Roadway fixtures are saving cities big and small a bundle on energy costs. With the installation of more than 41,000 GE Evolve LED streetlights, Las Vegas will reduce combined electricity and maintenance expense to nearly $2.7 million a year, while in Superior, 600 LED fixtures have shaved $20,000 off annual spending for the town of 2,000.
SUPERIOR, Neb. --- May 9, 2012 --- (NYSE:GE) --- Like most municipalities, the City of Superior was looking for ways to save scarce tax dollars and keep utility rates down. The solution---a citywide streetlight replacement project, moving from high-pressure sodium lights to GE's energy-efficient LED streetlights, ultimately reducing the city's electricity costs by more than $20,000 annually.
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- May 2, 2012 -- (NYSE:GE) --- GE Lighting today announced it is aligning its Lighting Solutions sales and applications solutions teams with its North America professional sales teams under a single structure and single leader. Jaime Irick, who has been leading GE Lighting Solutions -- GE's LED and lighting fixtures business -- will now be responsible for all sales activities of all lighting technologies in GE Lighting's commercial and industrial product portfolio as general manager for the new organization named North America Professional Solutions.
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- April 10, 2012 -- (NYSE:GE) -- Each morning when you pour your cereal, a quick glance at the nutrition label tells you how many calories you're absorbing, what ingredients you're digesting and a myriad of other facts. Now, that same idea is being applied to light bulbs.
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- March 16, 2012 -- (NYSE:GE) -- GE Lighting President & CEO Maryrose Sylvester accepted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award last night at an awards ceremony in Washington D.C. It was the seventh consecutive year that GE's appliances and lighting businesses were recognized with the honor.
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- March 13, 2012 -- (NYSE:GE) -- For businesses intent on keeping up appearances, the two newest members of the GE Tetra® LED Lighting Systems family deliver superior light uniformity in shallow cabinet signs. GE Lighting Solutions introduces Tetra EdgeStrip and Tetra miniStrip, which are designed to replace T8 fluorescent tubes by offering a number of features that provide superior visual performance in any climate while delivering up to 90 percent energy savings compared to T8 lamps.
