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Green LED Technology Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hi Score Corporation (PINKSHEETS: HSCO) announced today that it has been invited by the City of Coral Springs, Florida to bid on the supply and application of LED Street Lights.

Installing LED traffic lights may have sounded like a good idea when first proposed — after all, LEDs consume 90 percent less energy than the incandescent bulbs being replaced — but some city planners who made the switch are now wishing they could take a mulligan. Why? Apparently the bulbs just dont burn hot enough to melt snow and can become covered in a storm.

Chances are most suburbanites were unaware of the long dark night and its significance. Shoppers went on shopping in well-lighted stores, drivers went on driving on well-lighted streets, teens went on texting with well-lighted phones, and people went on watching television in well-lighted homes. Holiday lights shone from every mall, every neighborhood, and every street in town.

Some northern states are reporting a problem with light-emitting diode traffic lights: The cool burning LEDs don’t generate enough heat to melt ice and snow that accumulates in front of the lenses on the signals.

The first contact many consumers have with LEDs is when stringing lights on the Christmas tree. But improvements in the energy-efficient lighting technology mean that more people will start screwing in LEDs for general lighting next year.

While some cities around the country have found that energy-efficient traffic lights don’t burn hot enough to melt snow and can become covered over in a storm, the likelihood of that happening in Berks County is slim, according to a local company that sells the devices.

If you’re still wondering where to get your lights, check out the choices at Environmentallights.com. This San Diego company carries hundreds of holiday LEDs.

NEW YORK — If the wreaths, menorahs and trees were jarring when they appeared before Halloween and you decided to wait to decorate — or if you just plain procrastinated — now’s the time to get cracking.

New Mexico utility providers are encouraging residents decorating for the holidays to consider switching to LED light bulbs, which use six times less electricity than traditional mini-lights.

“LEDs lighting the way for Hawaii” will be held on Thursday January 7th at the Ilima Hotel Business Center