The increasing popularity of light-emitting diode lights might have a downside for human health, researchers say. It has been know that "white" artificial light reduces melatonin production in the pineal gland. However, researchers have now qualified for the first time the degree of suppression depending on a person's exposure to different light sources. The multi-country study, published in the Journal of Environmental Management, compared high pressure sodium (HPS) bulbs, where give off an orange-yellow light and have been used in street lighting, with '...

LG announced it will invest $6.83 billion in green business sectors by 2015. The conglomerate says the investments - in electric vehicle batteries, LED lighting, solar PV and water treatment technologies - will generate $8.4 billion in revenue, while creating 10,000 green jobs around the world. It will also boost business for about 660 small and midsized enterprises in its supply chain. About a third of the investment will be in lithium batteries for electric vehicles (by 2013). It's also planning to get into the solar polysilicon business by 2014. Its LG Chem div...

Exar Corporation unveiled the XRP7618 an 8-channel constant current LED driver. Supporting up to 30V on its LED channel inputs, the XRP7618 is ideally suited to drive up to eight strings of multiple LEDs at currents up to 100mA. Several devices can be cascaded to drive additional channels. Key Product Features With a capability of 100mA per channel and outputs rated at 30V, the XRP7618 can control strings of multiple LEDs with better than +/- 1.5% channel to channel current matching. Multiple channels can be combined to increase current driving capabil...

Luminator congratulates Boeing on delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner. Luminator Aerospace, a preferred supplier, was selected to supply passenger information signs (PAX) and wireless emergency lighting system (WELS) lights and signs. The new LED lighting systems will provide greatly increased efficiency and service life. "The first 787 delivery is a major accomplishment, our design teams have worked closely with Boeing to achieve this and we look forward to the continued success of the program." – Riko Yap, VP Marketing and Business Devel...

Norburn Lighting is proud to introduce the Sōl™ Organic LED Chandelier from WAC Lighting. Sōl™ is an upscale decorative chandelier utilizing Organic LED panels, the world’s most revolutionary nanotechnology light source available today. Sōl™ is inherently sustainable, designed around energy efficient and environmentally friendly technology and individually crafted in WAC Lighting’s clean manufacturing campus featuring zero landfill status and inhouse UL Labs. Sōl™ features upgraded ORBEOS OLEDs from OSRAM ...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced its sponsorship of EDN’s Designing with LEDs event during the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) this week at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA. The September 27th LED seminar will bring together editors of EDN and EE Times, circuit designers, system architects, LED light designers, device packaging engineers, lighting component designers, academic leaders and the industry’s mover...

Reportedly, German Zweibrüder Optoelectronics has created a gaint flashlight as big as a Volkswagen Golf with an array of 19 high-powered LED lights. The Germans have built a flashlight that is four meters long. That is thirteen feet long in the old money, which marks a world record for the biggest flashlight (electric torch) ever made. It has placed its makers firmly into the Guinness Book of Records. Zweibrüder Optoelectronics designed this giant-sized device as part of the celebrations for the Lichternacht (the Festival of Lights), held in Solingen, i...

LED venture of US$120 million which has been co-opened by Taiwanese LED makers Epistar, and Lite-On Technology as well as TV maker Konka Group comes on stream in Changzou ,China on Sept. 23, 2011  Epistar has in the dominating position of the venture with a 60% stake. The venture is its first overseas and the biggest in mainland China capable of making epitaxy wafers and chips.Plus, this venture is its first that involves LED packager (Lite-On) and end-product maker (Konka) as co investors. At the same time, Lite-On owns a 30% stake and Konka hold...

A Richmond manufacturing company was selected to produce a new street light technology that could result in huge energy savings for cities, businesses and individuals around the globe. LAD-JD Lighting of Muncie designed a new patent-pending LED street light that uses 90 percent less energy than current street lights. The Muncie company then stumbled across Richmond's CMJ Corp. -- a Department of Defense contractor -- during Google Internet searches to try to find a nearby manufacturer that could mass-produce the technology. The unit uses just 13 watts of pow...

Silicon Valley is known for computer chips, software companies and social networks -- but not light bulbs. Switch Lighting, a San Jose startup, hopes to change that. Later this fall, the venture capital-backed company plans to release a new line of bulbs aimed at replacing the ones consumers typically use in lamps and other fixtures. Switch's bulbs are among a new generation powered by light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, a technology that many experts bet will finally displace the incandescent bulb that Thomas Edison invented more than a century ago, in part because they&#...

In October, 2010, China’s State Council officially recognized the optoelectronics industry as one of China’s emerging industries of strategic importance, with reference to its sub-industries including new-style display devices and LED. In 2011, the starting year of China’s 12th Five-Year Plan, CCID Consulting launched China Optoelectronics Industry Layout White Paper to facilitate China’s central and local governments in their layout planning of the industry, based on CCID Consulting’s analysis of China's optoelectronics in...

Fusion Optix announced today that it has completed a major upgrade to its in-house capabilities at its Woburn MA headquarters. The company is also embarking upon a new hiring program for technical and commercial personnel. Fusion Optix has expanded several processes to produce new products based upon the company’s CORE™ platform of innovations. The new equipment and clean rooms are fully operational and Fusion Optix has already begun sampling production ready products to OEM customers. The upgrades are focused primarily on the company’s line of Energy...

LED products makers are organising a two-day exhibition here from tomorrow to create awareness and promote usage of LED in the country. According to LED Manufacturers Association (LEDMA), the demand for packaged LED and LED products in the country stands at $ 1 billion and is expected to reach $ 35 billion by 2020. "LEDs are finding more and more application in signals, signage/displays, automobiles, Back Lighting Units (BLUs) for TV, monitors and mobiles," LEDMA President M V Ramana Rao said. He added that their main thrust is ...

Recently, Philips has rolled out three robust, high-performance LED inspection lamps: a penlight, a LED inspection lamp on 240 V or 24 V, and a LED inspection lamp with docking station. These lamps provide high light output to illuminate confined dark spaces, for instance when servicing a motor vehicle engine. Penlight (battery-driven) The compact, cable-free penlight is particularly user-friendly. Six high-powered LEDs provide a bluish light with an intensity of 120 lux. The LED pointer on the pen tip illuminates the working area precisely with 85 lux. The pe...

North Seattle, LED Company SolidApollo.com announces their Constant Current LED Light Strip designed to be installed in linked runs without the noticeable lumen degradation found in traditional linked LED Light Strips. The LED strip allows for longer runs with just one power source applied every 60 feet. The Constant Current LED Light Strip also provides the most stable light output of its kind, making installation more versatile for designers and installers alike. Solid Apollo provider of LED Lighting Solutions has designed a LED lighting solutio...

Baja Designs, Inc. the leader in off road lighting since 1992 is excited to announce the latest light in their LED lineup. The Squadron utilizes four CREE XML LEDs - the brightest, most efficient LEDs on the market to give you a blinding 3600 lumens. Alan Roach, engineer and Baja racer said: “You have to see this thing, the spot really gets out there but has nice side lighting and the driving pattern is incredible.” The light and optics were designed in-house by their experienced staff of engineers and racers. This light weighs in at a svelte 12 ounces ...

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, has expanded its portfolio of Constant Current Regulators (CCRs) to include the NSI50350A. This simple and extremely robust device is designed to provide a thermally efficient and cost-effective alternative to passive/discrete components or driver integrated circuit (IC) solutions for current regulation of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). The device is ideal for a variety of 1 watt (W) lighting applications including automotive, architectural l...

New architectural LED fixture for large indoor spaces brings high design consistency and fast ROI through energy and maintenance cost savings Lumenpulse Inc. , a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today announced the release and immediate availability of the Lumenbeam LBX (Xlarge) Pendant.  Developed for large interior spaces such as lobbies, atriums, convention centers and more the Lumenbeam LBX Pendant offers a greener, cost effective and d...

Grid Lay-In Fixture Integrates Seemlessly with Adura Technologies Wireless Control Platform   Lunera® Lighting, Inc. a Silicon Valley company that designs, manufactures, and markets next-generation LED lighting, announced today the commercial availability of Lunera’s first Adura Technologies-enabled luminaire, the 2240 SERIES. Based on Lunera’s award winning two-foot by two-foot architectural grid lay-in and surface mountable 2200 SERIES fixture, the 2240 SERIES comes equipped with a factory-installed Adura LC-1RD wireless...

At ISAL in Darmstadt (September 26 to 28, 2011) OSRAM Opto Semiconductors will be showcasing two new LED prototypes for headlights in the shape of the OSLON Black Flat and the OSRAM OSTAR Headlamp Pro. Both combine new chip and package technologies and are equipped with a ceramic converter. Their strengths include high light output even at high currents, a uniform light pattern, thermal stability and a particularly good contrast ratio. More and more flexibility is needed for the light sources used in headlights, the “eyes” of any vehicle....

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, is proud to announce that products from its Winona® Lighting unit, a leader in custom luminaire design and manufacturing, have been included as part of the National September 11 Memorial at New York’s Ground-Zero. The Memorial was architecturally designed to feature twin reflecting pools marking the exact footprints of the fallen towers. The pools are illuminated by 1500 feet of Winline™ 607 LED Submersible luminair...

Power backup solutions player Luminous Power Technologies has launched a LED based solar lighting product that it hopes would emerge as a low cost solution for rural home lighting requirements. The energy-efficient LED-based design of the new product with a single light output is on par with an 11W CFL and can be termed as single solution for daily household lighting needs, a statement from the company said. It offers uniform and constant bright light output over the entire battery voltage range and is specially designed for maximum energy harvesting from connected sola...

Report releases that Lighting Science Group has supplied LED bulbs for over a quarter of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 houses.   Parsons The New School for Design and Stevens Institute of Technology, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Old Dominion University and Hampton University, Middlebury College, The Southern California Institute of Architecture and California Institute of Technology, and Florida International University have spent nearly two years creating houses that blend affordability, consumer appea...

WAC Lighting's new Impulse uses an integrated multi-chip LED spot or low-voltage MR16 lamps.  Robustly engineered from solid die-cast aluminum, Impulse is a thermally efficient luminaire offering architectural lighting options. Additional optical beam spread and color temperature selections make this luminaire an all-in-one choice for lighting professionals. The Energy Star compliant luminaire uses a 12-watt multi-chip LED that offers a 50,000-hour potential life from ANSI compliant warm/neutral bins for optimal color consistency. Multi-chip technology imp...

Power Integrations has a reference design for an 85%-efficient, 15W PAR38 downlight driver that it claims will deliver flicker-free dimming without the use of electrolytic bulk capacitors. Based around the firm’s LNK405EG LED driver IC, it is designed to provide flicker-free performance across a broad range of triac dimmers. Typical TRIAC dimmers were designed for incandescent lights that use an order of magnitude more power than LED lights of equivalent lumen output. According to the supplier, the low current requirement of LED lights, especially...

CCFL T8 tube with embedded ballast Directly replacing T8 tube, do not need to remove ballast Amazing Comfortable: Over Ra 85 Peak Durable: Lifespan over 50,000 hours, Switch on/off times over 100,000 times Super Healthy: UV-cut It is ideal for any indoor places where need comfortable lighting which like office, hospital, school, retail store and other commercial places. ...

Infineon Technologies AG has introduced a family of switch-mode LED driver ICs for a broad range of general lighting applications. The LED drivers combine thermal protection with output currents that range from 350mA up to several amps. The range has an integrated power stage, or can be used with an external power MOSFET, and achieve up to 98 percent efficiency, Infineon said. Applications range from MR16 halogen replacement to residential and commercial lighting, and street lighting. The drivers include support for both the analog and pulse width modulation m...

Gem Hsin, master of cool design and creative products, has launched the new Albite LED Home Lighting Series, featuring a floor lamp, wall lamp and ceiling lamp: albite.stand, albite.line and albite.sky, respectively. With the new Albite series, Gem Hsin is introducing an innovative new concept in LED home lighting, highly functional LED lamps that suit a wide range of home types, combining LED lighting seamlessly with the user's living space. The new Albite series of LED home lamps is different from older LED products. Competing LED lights use higher-...

2230 SERIES, 6430 SERIES and 6830 SERIES Designed for Low Voltage DC Control Systems Lunera® Lighting, Inc. a Silicon Valley company that designs, manufactures, and markets next-generation LED lighting, announced today the commercial availability of Lunera’s luminaires to be factory configured for compatibility with Redwood Systems control solutions. By using Lunera’s new fixture series in tandem with the Redwood Systems low voltage lighting control and building intelligence platform, the combined system will provide facility manager...

LED lighting manufacturer Evluma announces the renewal of its Sales and Marketing Agreement with Service Concepts. As part of the new agreement Service Concepts will work with Evluma to provide exclusive distribution for Evluma’s first Commercial and Industrial LED product, the soon to be released 50W Omnipar. Service Concepts is owned by 30 Midwest utilities and serves as a supplier to hundreds more. Evluma and Service Concepts have been working together to promote the Clearlight outdoor LED retrofits to the co-op market since July 2009. “Give...