DOE selects Sandia as National Laboratory Center for Solid-State Lighting Research and Development

Oct. 9, 2006 — U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman announced that Sandia National Laboratories is the new home of the National Laboratory Center for Solid-State Lighting Research and Development.

Sandia will conduct solid-state lighting research and coordinate related research efforts at several other national laboratories.

DOE will provide funding of $5 million for seven research projects in solid-state lighting, including $2.6 million for four Sandia projects, Bodman said. The funding comes from DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Sandia is a National Nuclear Security Administration laboratory.

“The research will be conducted at the new nanotechnology centers at our national laboratories,” Bodman said in a prepared statement, including the just dedicated Sandia/Los Alamos Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT). “This is part of nearly $20 million we are committing this year to support research and development efforts in this rapidly emerging technology.”

Bodman laid out the case for investment in solid-state lighting R&D, noting that 18 percent of all US energy generated – valued at some $55 billion – goes to lighting homes, offices, and factories.

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