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GE Home & Business Solutions Names Chip Blankenship President and CEO of GE Appliances
Fairfield, CT – December 12, 2011 – (NYSE:GE) – GE Home & Business Solutions today announced that Charles (Chip) Blankenship has been named president and CEO of GE Appliances, a global industry leader in major appliances...
Categories: Company News
Recent Appliance News
January 26, 2012
Consumers Still Cloudy on Phosphate Ban
GE clears up confusion with tips to fight filmy dishware
• While detergents with less phosphate are better for the environment, it creates a special dilemma for dishwasher users
• Get advice from GE Appliances and top detergent...
Categories: Dishwashers
January 23, 2012
GE Appliances Sweeps Builder Magazine Survey: #1 in Brands “Used the Most”
GE was #1 in brands “used the most” and in brands “used in the past two years” in all five appliance categories
GE was #1 in brand familiarity in four of the five categories
GE made history by sweeping five appliance product...
Categories: Appliances
January 11, 2012
Flint Energies and GE Help Consumers Save Energy Using New "Smart" Technologies
Flint Energies empowers Georgia consumers with smart grid-enabled home-energy solutions.
Pilot project aims to understand role of smart appliances in peak demand reduction and consumer energy savings.
Flint Energies will also sell GE's suite of...
Categories: Home Energy Management
January 09, 2012
GE’s “eco Kitchen” Appliances Help Consumers Save 20 Percent on Electricity
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Jan. 9, 2012 – (NYSE:GE) – Interested in a new, energy-efficient kitchen? Many consumers support the need to reduce home energy use through more efficient appliances. According to a recent survey, 78 percent of...
Categories: Energy Efficiency & ENERGY STAR®
December 13, 2011
GE Selects Glasgow, Ky., as High-Tech Energy Monitoring Pilot Site
Glasgow Electric Plant Board (Glasgow EPB), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and GE team up to help learn how modern appliances can help save energy.
20 Glasgow EPB electricity customers will be selected for an innovative home-energy...
Categories: Home Energy Management
Recent Lighting News
January 25, 2012
GE Lighting Rises to Tall Occasion to Illuminate New World Trade Center Complex
EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO — Jan. 25, 2012 — (NYSE:GE) — One World Trade Center, soon to be the tallest building in the United States and one of the tallest in the world at a height of 1,776 feet, is the main building of the new...
Categories: Commercial Lighting
January 11, 2012
New GE Lighting Dimming Controller Helps Light Streets for Less
Controller Brings Patented, Stand-Out Dimming Capabilities to LED and HID Fixtures
EAST CLEVELAND, OH – Jan. 11, 2011 – (NYSE:GE) – Faced with shrinking budgets, cities and states across the nation are being challenged to...
Categories: LED Lighting
January 04, 2012
Energy-Saving Equation: GE Lighting Helps School Campus Reduce Energy Costs by More Than $200,000 Annually
East Cleveland, OH — Jan. 4, 2012 — (NYSE:GE) — Cuyahoga Valley Career Center (CVCC) recently called on GE Lighting, in conjunction with CCG Energy Solutions, to create a lighting equation that would result in better quality...
Categories: Case Histories
December 21, 2011
GE Lighting Solutions and Dongbu Lightec Settle Patent Infringement Lawsuit
EAST CLEVELAND, OH — Dec. 21, 2011 — (NYSE:GE) — GE Lighting Solutions, LLC, today announced the settlement of a patent infringement lawsuit filed in May 2010 against Dongbu Lightec, formerly Fawoo Technology. GE Lighting...
Categories: Commercial Lighting
December 13, 2011
GE Lighting Announces Call for Entries for Prestigious GE Edison Award Competition
EAST CLEVELAND, OH. — December 13, 2011 — (NYSE:GE) — GE Lighting announces a call for entries for its 29th annual GE Edison Award competition, recognizing excellence and quality in professional lighting designs that employ the...
Categories: Lighting