June 2nd, 2011

New Records In Cleantech Offer Hope For More Affordable Solar Power, LED Lights

Cleantech companies— especially in solar— love to talk about how they’re breaking records. They issue press releases left and right about the most efficient this, that and the other. Such claims fizzle if they haven’t been verified by a third-party lab. They can also feel like greenwash, or Cola War style brand standoffs.

Broken records we love to hear about, though, are like these from… → Read More

October 13th, 2010

Energy Efficient Lighting Startup, Redwood Systems, Aglow With $15 Million Funding

Redwood Systems, a Fremont, Calif. company that makes and installs network-based LED lighting control systems for commercial facilities attained a $15 million series b round of funding, the company announced today. Index Ventures led the investment, and was joined by the company’s earlier backers Battery Ventures and U.S. Venture Partners. Neil Rimer, co-founder and partner of Index Ventures, will… → Read More

January 8th, 2009

House gets 150 LED lights, reduces power consumption by 80%

Japanese homebuilder Yamane-Mokuzai [JP] has reportedly received an order from an individual for a single-family house that will illuminated with LED lighting only. → Read More