2011-11-03

Larson Electronics' Magnalight Announces Addition of Versatile Magnetic Mount LED Task Light

Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com has announced the addition of a portable LED task light to its line of LED lighting products. The SCLED-H5 rechargeable LED task light provides both a spot beam and floodlight capability for applications where distance as well as wide area illumination is needed. A magnetic mounting base and integrated grappling hook allow users to easily secure this light in a variety of locations and a rechargeable and removable battery provides an economical power source. The SCLED-H5 rechargeable LED task light provides operators wit...
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2011-11-03

IT Company Donates LED Lights to Village

Pune based IT company, BMC Software has launched an initiative to " gain by saving" by replacing lighting fixtures in its Pune office facilities with higher efficiency LED lights resulting in over 65% savings in power. These savings have been utilized to donate solar power LED lighting system to a remote village near Sakur in Sangamner taluka of Ahmednagar district. Tarun Sharma, site leader and vice president of research and development for BMC Software said, "A significant part of the savings made from reduced power bills will be applied to the co...
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2011-11-03

Solid Apollo Announces Launch of New LED Wizard

Solid Apollo’s value based LED Wizard 10 Zone Controller incorporates the same features found in high end led controllers yet at a budget conscious price. Each RGB LED Controller provides users the option of controlling up to 10 zones individually or collectively from the convenience of a single wireless controller. The LED Wizard RGB LED Controller includes Solid Apollo’s exclusive Touch Wheel Color Selector which gives users the ability to dial-in any color of the rainbow at the flick of a finger. In addition, users can control brightness, col...
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2011-11-03

Smart Grid Lighting Test-Bed Sees Up to 45% Energy Savings

A smart office is one which uses less energy, where wireless sensors placed on workstations and personal computers "talk" to each and relay information about the room back to a computer or base station, which then "tell" individual LED lights installed on the ceiling how much to light up, dim or switch off. Such a smart grid lighting system can result in energy savings of some 45 per cent compared to conventional fluorescent lighting. Yesterday, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) announced a tie-up with JTC Corporation and Royal Philips El...
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2011-11-02

Engineers Improve LED Performance

Researchers working at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently announced they had improved the performance of LEDs through the use of zinc oxide microwires. Scientists from Georgia Tech's School of Materials Science and Engineering affirmed they had been working to create technologies that could potentially improve the performance of LEDs, which are increasingly common in homes and businesses as a lighting source. The research was funded with grants obtained from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Department of Energ...
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2011-11-02

Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com Introduces New LED Bulb

Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com has introduced a powerful LED hand lamp to its line of explosion proof approved work lights that provides the versatility of a compact hand lamp with the high output of an LED equipped bulb assembly. The EPL-FL26-LED-100 is a compact yet powerful work light that produces three times the illumination of comparable fluorescent work lights without the problems of fragile glass lamps and bulky ballasts or transformers. Equipped with 100 feet of explosion proof cord and constructed to withstand rigorous use, this lamp is ideal for close wo...
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2011-11-02

Cooper Lighting Partner to Promote the Use of Energy-Saving LED Lighting

Cooper Lighting, a leader in energy-efficient solutions offering the broadest selection of recessed downlights including the first ENERGY STAR®-qualified HALO LED downlight and IRIS high-performance architectural products, has partnered with LIPA to offer its universal All-Pro LED Retrofit Recessed Downlight to promote both energy efficiency and cost savings. Through its Residential Energy Efficient Lighting Program, one of the many programs under LIPA's Efficiency Long Island, customers can purchase Cooper Lighting's All-Pro...
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2011-11-02

LED Holiday Lighting Expands LED Christmas Lighting Line for Holiday Season

LED Holiday Lighting, premier online LED Christmas lighting retailer, is pleased to announce the expansion of their LED lighting product line with launch of their newly redesigned and completely restructured website. LED Holiday Lighting website is now easier to navigate and provides customers with more quality LED lighting products to choose from just in time for Christmas shopping. The updated product line features premium and commercial grade LED lighting products along with an array of NEW! LED decorative light products you won’t find anywhere else...
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2011-11-02

The University of Michigan’s “Big House” Gets Bright Makeover with Cree LEDs

High-Definition LED Video Screens Installed at Michigan Stadium Football fans of the University of Michigan kicked off the 2011 season enjoying a new look to Michigan Stadium, now complete with newly upgraded scoreboards from Lighthouse Technologies. The state-of-the-art video displays and scoring systems feature Screen Master® high-brightness LEDs by Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), delivering crystal-clear, high definition images to fans throughout “The Big House.” A college football icon, Michigan Stadium was built in 1927 and is the lar...
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2011-11-01

Infineon Technologies Utlizes AIXTRON G5 reactor for Power HEMT GaN-on-Si Development

Recently, AIXTRON has supplied its new AIXTRON AIX G5 HT MOCVD reactor to Infineon Technologies for the development of GaN-on-Si power HEMTs. In September 2011, Infineon Technologies confirmed process acceptance of the system in a 8x6-inch wafer configuration with the option to upgrade to 5x8-inch. Dr. Franz Auerbach, Senior Director R&D for Power Management & Supply Discretes at Infineon Technologies,said that “We look forward to further enhance our plans in the field of GaN on Silicon. Our teams are confident that...
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2011-11-01

US Department of Energy Municipal Consortium Releases Guidelines for LED Streetlights

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Municipal Solid-State Street Light Consortium (MSSLC) recently released model guidelines for specifying LED streetlights for municipal installations. This document was created with the input and cooperation of a working group of Consortium members as well as LED lighting manufacturers. The MSSLC created the model to serve as a starting point for municipalities considering new, or adding to existing, LED streetlight installations. Additionally, the guidelines will serve as a useful tool for putting together effec...
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2011-11-01

Stamford Saves with New LED Street Lights

The City of Stamford will receive a $357,000 rebate from Connecticut Light and Power for its use of energy efficient LED street lights made by General Electric. What’s more the City’s recent switch to the new GE Cobrahead lights will save it about $146,000 annually on its electric bill. According to a press release, Stamford plans to use the rebate funds to install an additional 467 GE LED Cobrahead streetlights next year. “The new LED streetlights are making an important contribution to Stamford’s sustainability efforts, as well ...
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2011-11-01

New Neighborhood Market to Feature Only LED Lighting by Walmart

Walmart will open its first store in the United States that utilizes all-LED lighting on the interior. The store, a Walmart Neighborhood Market, is located at 2111 N. Amidon, Wichita, Kan. The company said it expects to see a 40% savings on the energy-efficient lights, which also last at least six years beyond conventional lighting, reducing maintenance costs. "We are delighted to have all LED interior lighting in our newest Wichita store," said market manager Michael Overton. "This is part of Walmart's commitment to be a good steward of the e...
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2011-11-01

ON Semiconductor Introduces High Performance Multi-Channel LED Driver with Serial Interface for Easy Programming

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, today announced the introduction of the NCP1840, a multi-LED driver with the ability to drive up to eight LEDs independently, using any illumination pattern the user creates. The NCP1840 is ideal for multi-LED status indicators that communicate status and diagnostic conditions to the user, and can help differentiate an end product via LED animation. By utilizing the NCP1840, engineers can offload some of the work normally handled by the...
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2011-11-01

Bridgelux LED Arrays Selected by Ilsung Moolsan to Light Sheraton Hotel at D-Cube in Seoul’s D-Cube City

Project Supports Korean Government’s LED Lighting Penetration Goals   Bridgelux Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, today announced that luminaire manufacturer Ilsung Moolsan of Korea has selected energy-efficient Bridgelux LED arrays for the installation of 1000 of their high quality high performance downlights at the new Sheraton Hotel at D-Cube City in Seoul. Bridgelux’s award-winning RS and ES LED arrays are specified to light various areas of the hotel including lobby, lounge, publi...
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2011-10-31

Singapore Industrial Park First to deploy OSRAM’s HPMSL LED Street Light

OSRAM, one of the two leading light manufacturers in the world, announced today that Shun Li Industrial Park is the first to implement OSRAM’s High Power Modular Street Light (HPMSL) to illuminate the streets in the industrial estate in Singapore.    With the customers’ heavy reliance on ample around-the-clock outdoor lighting, the park made the decision to replace its aging high pressure sodium (HPS) street lamps with OSRAM’s new HPMSL solution for better light and power efficiency, as well as in a reduction of time and mo...
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2011-10-31

Mighty Bright Introduces LED Sewing Machine Light

Mighty Bright, designer and manufacturer of innovative LED lighting products, introduces the portable LED Sewing Machine Light at The International Quilt Market 2011, the premier conference and tradeshow for quilters and sewers, being held at George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, October 29-31, 2011. Mighty Bright’s new Sewing Machine Light is a versatile, energy-efficient and cool-to-the-touch LED light for use in sewing, embroidery, and detail-intensive projects. Mighty Bright’s Sewing Machine Light fills a gap in the craft ...
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2011-10-31

Taiwan LED Light Show Warmly Received in U.K.

An exhibition of Taiwanese LED lighting products in the United Kingdom has received a warm welcome, the show's organizer, the Taiwan Trade Center in London, said Friday. The organizer said the LED products' quality and designs earned high praise from visiting U.K. vendors, and it expected that Taiwan's share of the British lighting market would grow in step with rising global awareness of the need for energy efficiency. The show, held at the Gusu Art Gallery in western London, featured a number of top Taiwanese LED makers, including Navitas Gr...
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2011-10-31

Toshiba Develops New Heat Dissipation Structure for LED Light Bulb

Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corp announced the "Normal Light Bulb-type 10.6W," a new LED light bulb with a wide light distribution angle. Its light distribution angle is 260°, which is equivalent to that of a bulb-shaped fluorescent lamp. And the brightness of the new LED light bulb is equivalent to that of a 60W incandescent light bulb. It will come in two types, a daylight color type and an incandescent color type, whose luminous fluxes are 1,000 and 810lm, respectively. "As a light bulb with a wide light distribution angle, it has the h...
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2011-10-31

Greening Its Streets: City of Stamford, Conn., Will Save More Than $146,000 Annually with Switch to LED Streetlights

Faced with shrinking budgets and expanding responsibilities, municipalities are being asked to do more with less when it comes to city improvements. The City of Stamford was up for the challenge when it began exploring how to light its town more efficiently. The resulting solution, a switch to energy-efficient LED streetlights, will save the city more than $146,000 annually. To jump-start the project, the city was awarded an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant, an initiative funding energy efficiency and conservation programs across the country. The grant paved t...
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2011-10-28

Qube - an OLED installation with over 1400 OSRAM Orbeos panels

OSRAM unveiled a beautiful new OLED installation at the Qubique Berlin Tempelhof 2011 exhibition, which uses over 1,400 OSRAM round Orbeos panels. It was designed by Labme, OSRAM's new open source OLED lighting design platform. It is the largest OLED lighting installation ever produced, replacing Philip's Living Shapes OLED wall installation which had 1,152 Lumiblade panels. But the amount of panels is still small compared to Mitsubishi's 6-meter OLED GeoGlobe which uses 10,362 PMOLED displays. Anyway, here's a nice ...
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2011-10-28

Award-Winning Architecture Lighting Design Showcases Tivoli’s TivoFlex®.

Tivoli, the original innovator of linear LED solutions is pleased to announce that the University of Oregon’s (UO) John E. Jaqua Academic Center was recently awarded a prestigious Architectural Lighting Magazine's Light & Architecture Design award. The annual awards program honors outstanding and innovative projects in the field of architectural lighting design. The UO Jaqua Center was awarded a Commendable Achievement in the Whole Building Design Category recognizing and rewarding excellent lighting design. Architectural firm, ZGF Partner...
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2011-10-28

Future Lighting Solutions to Demonstrate Remote Phosphor Downlight Solution at Hong Kong International Lighting Fair

Future Lighting Solutions has announced plans to unveil its newest lighting innovation, the Remote Phosphor Downlight Solution at the Hong Kong International Lighting Fair, October 27-30, 2011. Visitors to the Future Lighting Solutions booth, located at 1D-D32 in the Hall of Aurora, will learn about the latest LED technologies and how they can help decrease time to market. Featured will be an innovative Remote Phosphor Downlight Solution, comprised of LUXEON® Royal Blue LEDs, a Cubilux mixing chamber from CerFlex International, a ChromaLit...
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2011-10-28

Autumn Lighting Fair Sets New Exhibitor Record

More than 2,100 exhibitors from 31 countries and regions a new fair exhibitor record are taking part in the HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition), which opened today and continues through 30 October at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Exhibitors from the Cayman Islands, Finland and Sweden are participating for the first time. The fair also welcomes more than 70 buying missions from 60 countries and regions, representing over 5,530 buyers and such companies as: Colinter from France, Daewoo International Corp...
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2011-10-28

LSI Industries (LYTS) Misses As It Finds Making Up For 7-Eleven LED Business Difficult

LSI Industries (LYTS) reported earnings results this morning that were significantly less than stellar as the company tries to replace the significant 7-Eleven LED business that propelled revenues last year.  The company reported an EPS of .05/share vs the analyst estimate for .10/share on revenues of $65.5 million vs the analyst estimate for $70 million.  That represents quarter over quarter decreases of 50% and 18% respectively. CEO Robert Ready commented on the quarter: "Overall our fiscal 2012 first quarter sales were weak as we worked to replace ...
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2011-10-28

Microsemi Unveils Revolutionary Driver for LED Street Light Fixtures

Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today unveiled a new LED driver designed specifically for North American street light installations. The efficient LXMG221D-0700040-D2F™ LED driver eliminates bulky step-down transformers typically used in street light fixtures in these markets, providing a single-step conversion from 347VAC or 480VAC down to less than 57VDC as typically required by LED fixtures. This allows manufacturers to design lighte...
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2011-10-28

Lighting Science posts 100% Increase in LED Lighting Products Orders

Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG) released news today that in the past year, it has received more than $100 million of LED lighting product orders, representing more than a 100% increase compared to the numbers from last year. One of the world’s premier LED lighting manufacturers, Lighting Science Group’s products are used in all sectors, spanning everything from the International Space Station to businesses and individual homes around the world. Major lighting retailers, companies, retail chains and various municipalities choose LSG’s produc...
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2011-10-27

COAST Introduces New LED Flashlights at Vegas AAPEX Show

COAST, the co-producer of LED Lenser lighting products, will feature several professional quality LED flashlights, specifically the HP7 High Performance and the A-Series Professional Use flashlight, which will be exhibited for the first time anywhere, at booth 476, at the AAPEX Show, held at the Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 1st through 3rd. The HP7 Flashlight, patent-pending, Pure Beam™ Focusing Optic system with Fingertip Speed Focus Control™ and lock the beam focus with the Beam Lock™ System, produces 19...
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2011-10-27

Encelium's ECS Part of Award-Winning Project, University of Colorado

The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) has honored the designers of University of Colorado Center for Community in Boulder, Colorado with a 2011 Illumination Award for Control Innovation. The 302,000-square-foot university property is configured with Encelium Technology’s Energy Control System™ (ECS). Encelium specializes in integrated lighting control systems for commercial buildings.   Respected as a technical authority on illumination, IES has a membership of nearly 8,000 professionals including architects, lighting and interior design...
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2011-10-27

Halogen Bulbs’ Days are Numbered: New Cree LEDs Deliver Unmatched Brightness, Color Quality and Consistency

Pushing LED brightness, color quality and consistency to new levels, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces another step in eradicating today’s energy-wasting halogen light sources. New XLamp® MT-G LEDs deliver higher brightness levels, unparalleled color quality and proven lighting-class reliability. The new MT-G LED is now more than 10 percent brighter, and can deliver up to 1670 lumens at 85C in warm white (3000K) color temperatures. Additionally, MT-G LEDs are now available in high CRI versions optimize...
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Tokushima, Japan - 6 March 2024: Nichia, the world's largest LED manufacturer and inventor of the high-brightness blue and white LED, has started mass production of the new UV-B (308nm) and UV-A (330nm) LEDs in its popular 434 Series packa... READ MORE

New XLamp® S Line LEDs enhance growth, last longer, lower energy costs Horticulture and other forms of agricultural lighting require application-tuned ratios of spectral content, high efficacy and long lifetimes. Whether you are interested... READ MORE