2015-03-30

LED Lights Can Help India Save $7 B Annually, Says Power Minister

By replacing inefficient incandescent bulbs with LEDs, India could save up to $7 billion per year, said the country’s Power Minister Piyush Goyal recently.
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2015-03-03

Providing “Eye Candy” Luxury Condos in Dallas

The Taylor stretches 17 stories high and houses 308 luxury units and amenities — providing upscale living in the heart of the uptown neighborhood in Dallas, steps away from dining, shopping, culture and entertainment.
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2015-02-26

French Ski Slopes Celebrates 50th Anniversary with LED Lights

A few days ago, to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the famous ski resort, LES MENUIRES, in the French Alps in the Savoie region of France, organized a special light show where LED lighting and video mapping were part of the festivities.
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2015-02-10

Renovated Ingersoll Rand Facility Lit up With GE LED Lights

Ingersoll Rand is committed to advancing quality of life by creating comfortable and efficient environments for its customers, and it has applied the company mission to its own building renovations at its North American Headquarters in Davidson, N.C.
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2015-02-02

DMEA Installs LED Lights on a Busy Street in Colorado City

Featured on both the KJCT8 News and KKCO NBC 11 News, DMEA (Delta-Montrose Electric Association) recently installed LED lighting on a busy Montrose corridor to pilot an upcoming program. In total, 32 LED lights were installed along the San Juan Bypass in between a section of older street lamps. Drivers and motorists driving through this section of road can see the clear transition from the older dim yellow lights to the new bright white LED lights. During this pilot program, DMEA is trying to solicit feedback from the public who drive on these streets everyday.
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2015-01-19

Luxonic’s Wireless Control Lighting System Saves up Energy Consumption

Luxonic’s LuxLink® Wireless control system significantly increases the sustainability of lighting schemes by combining multiple technologies to reduce energy consumption. Various sensors detect occupancy and measure available daylight to ensure energy isn’t used for lighting purposes unnecessarily and comply with the European standby power directives for stand-alone luminaires and those that relay data information as part of a networked system.
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2014-12-31

Sagamiko Illumillion Welcomes Festival Season with LED Palace

One of the largest lighting events in northeastern Kanagawa Prefecture, about a one to two hour train ride from Tokyo, Japan, has added a new sparkling LED palace to its display, according to a Japan.com entry.
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2014-12-25

Minimalist Style LED Smart Watch Nevo

Introducing névo, the French designed timepiece that connects the elegance of the past with the power of the future in a sleek modern watch with activity tracking, phone notifications, and unique LED goal progression indicators. névo combines style and practicality resulting in a beautifully useful tool for health conscience, active people. 
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2014-12-11

Medellin Colombia Christmas Lights Fiesta- Los Alumbrados

When a city lights up for the holidays some highlight certain districts and neighborhoods embellishing the areas of the city that are the most popular with visitors. However one city in South America goes all out creating extravagant and multicolored installations everywhere you look. If Christmas spirit was measured by the magnitude of lighting decorations Medellin Colombia would certainly be a top contender if not the gold medal winner with its famous Christmas Lights Fiesta- Los Alumbrados.
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2014-11-28

Nexus 6 Has Hidden LED Indicator Light Features

Google flagship smartphone Nexus 6 has hidden a RGB LED light on top of the speaker grill, according to a Xda Developers Report.
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2014-11-18

Hubbell Lighting Receives 6 Architectural Products Magazine Awards

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that it received six 2014 Product Innovation Awards (PIA) from Architectural Products Magazine. Hubbell Lighting’s Architectural Area Lighting, Beacon Products, Hubbell Industrial Lighting, Kim Lighting, Prescolite and Sportsliter Solutions brands all received awards in the lighting and electrical category. Over the past two years alone, Hubbell Lighting has won 70 industry awards for its new product innovations, including 10 Architectural Products PIAs.
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2014-10-31

Meijer Partners with GE Lighting to Educate Consumers about Energy Efficient Lighting

Shoppers who get ready for their annual trip to buy light bulbs due to the end of daylight saving time may be in for a surprise this year as traditional incandescent light bulbs begin to disappear. To help its customers through this transition, Meijer has partnered with GE Lighting, America's most trusted lighting brand, to create a new shopping experience to help its shoppers navigate the many options as they prepare for the longer winter nights.
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2014-10-23

Illumibowl: Colorful Disco LED Lights for Toilets

LED applications are getting creative by the day, the latest addition is a rather unique application of transforming the mundane trip to the toilet to take a leak into an experience close to hitting the disco dance floor.
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2014-10-22

Spark Optoelectronics: Choosing Vision Friendly LED Lights for Home Applications

Nowadays, people more and more care about health and always look for a variety of ways to do that. However, few of them know how important home furnishing LED lighting is to eye and skin health. Healthy home decoration is related to LED lighting, furniture layout, room and wall design.
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2014-10-14

Spark Optoelectronics: The Three Wrong Assumptions Consumers Make When Buying LED Lights

At present, LED illumination lamps and lanterns are more and more popular and pervasive with the explosive growth of LED industry output value. Moreover, people have fallen in love with LED lights and can’t leave them in daily life and work.
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2014-10-01

LED Lights in 10 Hollywood Blockbusters

Here at Valuelights we all knew LED lighting was awesome but we didn’t realise how much they had been snapped up in the media, hitting the big screens of Hollywood for their chance to shine with the stars. We’ve compiled the top 10 moments LED has gained its 15 minutes of fame, and schmoozed with the rich and famous.
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2014-09-30

Ford Invests in New LED Lighting at Manufacturing Plants Globally

Ford Motor Company is investing in the future as it begins installing LED lighting at manufacturing facilities across the globe. The new lights, valued at more than US $25 million, will save energy and money while improving safety and lighting quality.
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2014-09-24

2015 Super Bowl To Be Played Under LED Lights

University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ has installed high performance LED stadium lights from Ephesus Lighting, Inc., the leader in providing LED lighting solutions for sports facilities.   According to Amy Casper, CEO of the Syracuse-based company, the facility will be the first NFL venue to illuminate the playing surface exclusively with LED lighting.  
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2014-09-12

PNC Arena to Unveil New LED Lights

PNC Arena, home to the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, will usher in a new era for professional sports this season as the first NHL venue in the U.S. to feature LED lighting. The Centennial Authority has invested US $650,000 in the innovative new system. 
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2014-09-02

US Navy Ships Benefit from LED Lights

Secretary of the United States Navy, Ray Mabus, was excited to reveal that he is helping the Navy save millions of dollars, more than 150 million dollars to be exact, and is saving 3 percent of fuel costs per year for fleets being converted over to LED lighting by Energy Focus.
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2014-08-27

LED Lamps Provide Emergency Lighting in Nuclear Power Plants

Designed to replace 60 W A19 style incandescent bulbs in nuclear power facilities, DDP LA-11-4/130ACDC Series offers over 1,000 lumens of output while drawing 11 W. Units deliver full brightness on 40–130 Vac/Vdc input and will illuminate seamlessly when power switches from AC to DC. Incorporating high light-extraction LED technology, lamps provide upwards of 100,000 hours of operating life. 
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2014-07-28

LED Device PD.iD Tests Whether Drinks Are Spiked

A new portable LED device PD.iD can detect whether people’s drinks have been tampered with date-rape drugs.
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2014-07-24

Philips India Partners with Disney to Make LED Lights for Kids

Philips Disney light product series launched to woo over children in late September 2013 will now be making its way into the Indian market, as the company’s India arm partners with Disney India, according to a The Times of India report.
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2014-07-03

Light Pollution Alters Reproductive Cycle in Lemurs, Says French Scientists

Besides obscuring the stars, light pollution can also disrupt the reproduction of light-sensitive animals. French scientists have shown that light pollution can override the natural reproductive cycle of some animals, making them sexually active out of season.
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2014-06-19

Access Fixtures Expands Parking Garage Lighting Options

Access Fixtures is expanding its line of parking garage lighting by adding products that utilize the latest lighting technologies and feature durable housings. The new luminaires use LG LED modules, Cree LEDs or Osram Sylvania induction components. Employing long life lighting components and options like dimming, step-down dimming, occupancy sensors, and photocells for daylight harvesting, these new luminaires effectively provide light and enhance safety throughout any parking garage while reducing energy use and maintenance costs. 
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2014-06-18

Three More College Arenas Make the Switch to LED Lights from Ephesus Lighting

Three college sports and entertainment venues at Ohio University, Union College and the University of British Columbia have seen the future of lighting by joining the growing legion of North American higher education institutions to make the switch to illuminate their arenas with an innovative new LED lighting system from Ephesus Lighting. 
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2014-06-16

New Pedestrian Tunnel with Integrated Art-wall to Open at King’s Cross

A new 90m long pedestrian tunnel with LED integrated art-wall will open at King’s Cross at the end of June. The tunnel has been designed by Allies & Morrison and will link St Pancras International and King’s Cross St Pancras Underground stations to King’s Cross’ public spaces, restaurants, offices and homes, via One Pancras Square. 
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2014-06-06

Philips Dazzles Moscow VEGAS Crocus City Shopping Center LED with LED Lights

Royal Philips unveiled the largest project ever realized using its Color Kinetics connected architectural lighting technology – a media façade and lighting design for the newly built VEGAS Crocus City shopping entertainment mall in Moscow. 
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2014-05-02

LED Lights Save Endangered Sea Turtle Hatchlings

Artificial lighting is threatening the sea turtle population. After emerging from their shells in the wee hours of the morning, sea turtle hatchlings instinctively find their way to the sea by the light reflected on the ocean. Modern society is now posing a threat to their survival as the brightest light is no longer coming from the ocean, but from hotels and shops along the ocean front.
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2014-04-28

Campus’ Mood Shines Through new Interactive Philips Color Kinetics Light Installation

Students at Northeastern can display their feelings though a three-dimensional LED matrix set up on the side of Ryder Hall through a voting system. Students can select red for anxious, purple for exhausted, or blue for relieved.
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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