The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has partnered with AmerTac to recall three AmerTac night lights due to the fire and burn hazards. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: LED Night Light Units: About 227,000 Importer: American Tack & Hardware Co. Inc. (AmerTac), of Saddle River, N.J. Hazard: An electrical short circuit in the night light can cause it to overheat and smolder or melt, posing fire and b...

Energy-efficient Lusio Essentials Bay Series fixtures provide high lumens per dollar for cost conscious commercial and industrial applications   Lusio Solid-State Lighting announced the general availability of a new line of high efficacy fixtures: the Lusio Essentials Bay Series.  Economically designed for cost conscious commercial and industrial lighting applications, Lusio Essentials Bay Series fixtures deliver high efficacies (lumens per watt) and high lumens per dollar because of unique housings engineered to ensure LED performance while minimizing costs...

Philips has developed new recessed LED Luminaires ArcForm featuring advanced LED engineering with state-of-the-art optics, technology integration and advanced lighting performance, suits for commercial applications such as offices, educational environments and retail spaces. The new product has brilliant color rendering and efficacies of up to 91.2 lm/W. Inspired by the classic curve, ArcForm's soft, understated, uniform architectural design evokes subtlety and sophistication. Its unique integration of MesoOptics technology and an innovative optical system ensure lig...

Newly, Lighting Science Group has released a 4" version of its revolutionary Glimpse™ LED downlight. Mimicking the lumen (light) output of a 50 watt incandescent or halogen bulb in a downlight, the 9.5 watt Glimpse maintains the same top-tier performance that has come to differentiate the company's LED products from competitors like Cree, Philips and GE, while offering an improved, innovative thermal design that reduces the amount of raw materials needed for assembly by up to 70 percent. Available in both a 4" and 6" form, the Glimpse's l...

San Francisco-based LED lighting company Lemnis, Inc , recently has rolled out three new lines of Pharox-brand LED replacement bulbs and seen a 500% increase in sales over average weekly sales based on the new every-day low pricing. The lowest-priced bulb, the 200-lumen Pharox BLU, broke the $5 price point with a suggested retail price of $4.95(1) sold exclusively through pharox-led.com. The Pharox XL 200 is priced at $8.95 and the XL 300 is $11.95. Finally, the Energy Star-qualified Pharox PRO bulbs (coming soon) are designed with the commercial and rebate...

Cree LR24™ Luminaires Installed at Monroe Elementary School Monroe Elementary School in Everett, Wash. recently installed nearly 450 LED fixtures by Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), making it the first predominately LED-lit school in the Everett Public Schools district. Cree LR24™ LED troffers now illuminate the newly rebuilt two-story, 68,000-square-foot elementary school, which serves about 600 students in grades K-5. “We looked at a lot of LED fixture manufacturers but only Cree had fixtures that met all of our requirements for hi...

American wholesale supplier BulbAmerica has supplied new energy efficient OLED lights for customers to replace incandescent light bulbs. According to the company, these OLEDs are made up of many layers of organic materials with various electrical properties. In order to construct white light OLED, scientists from Dresden University of Technology in Germany integrated four individual emitter layers of green, red, blue, and yellow, thereby optimizing the color to fill up the visible spectrum. Although the company also has offered a comprehensive portfolio of incande...

Borden Lighting has installed modern LED walkway lighting in the Presidio of San Francisco to enhance the beauty, safety and energy efficiency of the national park. Using Bridgelux LED arrays, Borden Lighting designed a unique indirect post top walkway luminaire. The Borden luminaire was developed to conform to "Dark Sky" lighting design concepts that effectively illuminate the pathway while preventing glare and light pollution. The original lighting design plan called for the use of Metal Halide luminaires, not for LED lighting. Borden decided to us...

Cree will install its exterior and interior lighting at US Embassies of Europe in Vienna, Rome, Madrid, Berlin and Lisbon, as part of the program led by the Alliance to Save Energy and The League of Green Embassies. The US Department of State provided $500,000 to partially subsidise the initial costs. And the completed installations are due to be unveiled over the course of 2012. According to Cree, compared with current lighting, the new installations will offer an energy saving between 45 per cent and 76 per cent, depending on the individual requirements of ea...

The new X10 platform offers a modular approach for luminaire designs from 1,100lm to 55,000lm. Optogan’s Chip-on-Board module (COB), so called X10, is based on the vision of scaleability and lean processing for luminaire manufacturing. Due to various possible sizes and forms of the elements, applications are found in LED retrofits, downlights, industrial and street lighting up to flood and stage lights. The X10 is a COB-block, consisting of 50 segments, it can easily be divided into LED elements of smaller sizes and power, and each of these can be used in sep...

Joining the ever-growing number of smart cities that have chosen more efficient technology to light their streets and saving money in the process, the City of Carpinteria in November 2011 completed its retrofit project of replacing all its existing city-owned high-pressure sodium (HPS) decorative street lights with energy-efficient LEDs. The lights are located on several blocks of Linden and Carpinteria Avenues in the downtown area and include lights on the Amtrak rail platform and its adjoining public parking lots.   According to the city’s calculations, each of...

Illuminating Engineering Society Selects 10 Acuity BrandsLighting Products for Annual Progress Report   Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting solutions, announced a total of 10 lighting products, including new LED lamps, luminaires and lighting control software, have been selected by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) to be included in its annual Progress Report. The Progress Report documents significant worldwide developments and achievements in the lighting industry,...

The NEC in Birmingham has completely refitted its Skywalk with award-winning LED lighting to improve the visitor experience while saving energy and lowering carbon emissions. The NEC asked experts at lighting specialists MHA Lighting to devise a bespoke solution for the Skywalk that would reduce energy bills whilst improving light quality. MHA Lighting were also selected to replace the traditional fluorescent lighting in their Concourse and Gallery suites with their unique LED lighting that uses wave guide technology to achieve energy savings of up to 80% wit...

The 2012 GE Lighting Revolution Tour rolls out this week GE Lighting is taking its energy-saving, cost-reducing lighting solutions on the road again with the 2012 GE Lighting Revolution Tour. This tradeshow on wheels is designed to give designers, distributors, architects, contractors, facility maintenance and utility executives a first-hand experience of GE's latest innovations in lighting technology. This year, GE will be hosting commercial users and officials in nearly 50 cities, showcasing new advanced-technology products and solutions in areas ranging from arc...

Recently, Seoul Semiconductor’s two Acrich2 AC-powered LED modules have passed the Component Recognition Program of UL. The modules, which operate directly from AC line voltages, contain newly developed high-voltage LEDs that utilize Seoul Semiconductor’s patented Acrich technology and a capacitor-free power-conditioning integrated circuit. The modules were investigated using the requirements contained in the Standard for Light Emitting Diode (LED) Equipment for Use in Lighting Products, UL 8750, First Edition, dated November 01, 2011...

The Sola 4 Fresnel LED lighting fixture from Litepanels, which is claimed to be “the smallest DMX controllable LED Fresnel on the market,” starts to sell. Based on the same breakthrough Fresnel technology as Litepanels’ Sola 6, the new Sola 4 features a 4-inch Fresnel lens and employs Litepanel’s LEDs for soft light quality in 5600°K daylight color balance with a smaller, more lightweight form factor. The compact new Sola 4 weighs 22 ounces and measures 9-by-8-by-7 inches. Its size and weight make it adaptable to both studio and fiel...

Five European Installations Yield up to 76 Percent Energy Savings Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), announces participation in a series of energy efficiency renovations across U.S. Embassies in Vienna, Rome, Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon. The installation of energy-efficient interior and exterior LED lighting by Cree is part of a visionary program spearheaded by the Alliance to Save Energy and The League of Green Embassies, a U.S. Department of State initiative to promote international cooperation in energy efficiency and clean technology. The range of LE...

Cooper products receive the most company awards in the lighting categories with four lighting products and two controls products.   Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, announces that six products have been recognized for ingenuity in Architectural Products 2011 Product Innovation Awards (PIA). Honored with the most company awards in the interior, exterior and controls lighting categories, Cooper Lighting received four product awards and Cooper Controls, a busin...

SemiLEDs Corporation (NASDAQ: LEDS), a leading developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, today announced that its UV LED chips are capable of emitting radiation at a wavelength of 390-420 nm with 40% external quantum efficiencies (EQE – a LED’s ability to convert electrons into photons) at 350 mA (up to 500 mW output power*, typical 3.3V forward voltage). “Our patented structure and metal alloy substrate allow us to produce and supply to the industrial curing market UV LEDs that are capable of operating at high c...

IMG Lighting has launched Beacon 600 Generation III, which is claimed to be the world’s brightest, dual warm & cool diode LED desk lamp. The Beacon 600 Generation III is the latest upgrade to the highly successful Beacon 600 and Beacon 600 LE by IMG Lighting LED Desk Lamps. The Beacon 600 Generation III employs the IMG Lighting High Modulus Chipset that drives an array of premium OSRAM50, 000 hour LEDs to produce 600 lumens with a mere 8.7 watts of power. It achieves a 32.5% energy efficiency gain over previous generatio...

Recently, Diamontex Co., Ltd. has utilized its chemical vapor deposition-based (CVD-based) diamond technology to develop a collection of LED lamps. The development of the material technology for the company’s LED lamps is led by a U.S.-trained materials science Ph.D. and a professor at the prestigious National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, company general manger James Chen and R&D team of seven specialists. Currently, the company has offered emergency lamps, high-power work lights, solar-powered streetlights, and intelligent dimmable lights as w...

Lighting Science Group has supported Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, for LED Street Lights installation. Lighting Science Group's PROLIFIC Series DBR and LSR4 street lights, complete with wildlife guards, were used to light of the streets of Pleasant Prairie. The DBR luminaires are compatible with smart grid services, remote monitoring capabilities, dimming, midnight dimming, and occupancy sensors; while the LSR4 fixtures offer a full cutoff optic that meets dark sky requirements. The Company's PROLIFIC Series street lights are the ...

At this year’s Light+Building Preview, OSRAM introduced a selected range of new products which will be shown at the largest and most important trade fair of the lighting industry: the first LED-substitute for the 75W-light bulb in Europe; its first LED-module in accordance with Zhaga standards; the sure course to the world of LED-street lighting as well as the latest generation of lighting management systems. “In the course of the past year, OSRAM has succeeded in establishing itself as a full-range supplier and is now in a position to offer products an...

GlacialLight is to showcase its newest products at LED China 2012 from February 20 to 23, 2012. Date: February 20-23, 2012 Venue: Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, China Booth #: N410 in Hall 9.3 GlacialLight's booth will be featuring several of their newest products including the recently released GL-FL12, GL-FL30, and GL-FL120 flood lights using Philips Lumileds LED Chips, Pollux Series Panel Lights, Capella Series dimmable down lights, and their innovative LED Drivers that make electronic transformers unnecessary while improving power co...

According to Viper Networks, its first office building clients which purchased the LED-O(R) T8 Tube products nearly six months ago, has received an annual 35% ROI (return on investment) based on reduced lighting cost and lower KWH usage charges. Over the last four months of 2011 (including mid-month installation in September, and October, November and December) compared to the corresponding months in 2010,reduced monthly electric utility bills have continued to grow. With an initial lighting investment of $12,400.00 to replace all existing T8 tubes in their offic...

Guangzhou LED International Exhibition 2012 Date: 20~23 Feb , 2012 Booth No: Hall 9.2 ,E395   Area:225sqm Venue: China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B , Guangzhou Products: KAKA series, p12 stadium display,curtain display, glass display, floor display,led street light,led flood light,LED Tunnel Light,LED Fluorescent Light,LED Downlight ect Theme of the Exhibition: LED Display LED Lighting Brief Introduction: LED CHINA has evolved into one of the most influential trade events for the industry. This is...

First-of-its-class product line delivers exceptional savings backed by optimal performance Finelite Inc., a leader in high performance commercial building lighting systems, unveiled a new, industry-leading 10-year warranty for its High Performance Recessed LED (HPR-LED) luminaire collection. At twice the industry standard for lifetime operating hours, this warranty also doubles the standard coverage terms for optimal performance over the extended lifetime of the luminaire. "This customer-friendly 10-year warranty demonstrates our absolute confidence in the robust...

San Francisco based LED company Elemental LED, has launched its new Reignbow LED Color Selector, to expand the uses for color-changing LED lights. The Reignbow LED Color Selector is a dual-slide dimmer and color picker. The slider on the left allows the user to dim RGB LED lights; the dimmer on the right allows the user to choose one color of light to display. The Reignbow fits into any standard light switch wall outlet. It is different from other LED color controllers in that instead of allowing the user to choose a color-changing pattern for RG...

Beaverton, Oregon’s Highland Chevron gas station and ExtraMile food market recently underwent extensive eco-renovations, including the installation of energy-efficient interior and exterior LED lighting by Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE). The addition of Cree LED fixtures supports Highland Chevron’s mission of becoming a zero-energy establishment. Rebuilt from the ground up, the Highland Chevron store is fully lit with Cree LED luminaires under the exterior canopy and inside the convenience store—delivering energy savings estimated at nearly 70 pe...

Next-Generation LED Module Family Supports 230 Volt Input To support the growing global demand for the Cree LMH2 module, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), announces the module is now available to lighting manufacturers based in Europe and Asia. The barrier-breaking LMH2 is designed to speed time-to-market and is the only LED module delivering 80 lumens-per-watt system efficacy combined with CRI greater than 90. The modules feature Cree TrueWhite® Technology, a revolutionary way to generate white light with LEDs. “Cree modules let us quickly...