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Warner Wants Navy To Consider Using T-LED Lighting On Bases

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Tuesday, March 24th, 2015

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Warner Wants Navy To Consider Using T-LED Lighting On Bases

U.S. Navy photo of the USS McCampbell (DDG-85)

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) wants the Navy to consider using tubular light emitting diode (T-LED) lighting on bases, according to a letter obtained by Defense Daily.Warner asks Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment Dennis McGinn in a March 19 letter for the technology to be added to the unified facilities criteria (UFC) so the service bases could access the technology. T-LED lighting is already being installed on Navy ships as they provide safety and efficiency advances…

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