DOE announces LED projects to receive $12.5 million

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $74M (million) in research and development (R&D) funding as part of the Building Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies (BENEFIT) program with $12.5M of the total going to projects in the LED and solid-state lighting (SSL) sectors.

Even as the DOE has moved to enact policy against regulations that encourage the use of LED lighting, the agency continues some level of funding for the energy-efficient technology. Several of the new projects, however, have a distinct quality of light angle, a trend we have noted pervading our LED and SSL sectors.