The state government has revived its plan to illuminate Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, a Unesco world heritage site with LED lights. The project is expected to cost Rs 7.5 crore. The lighting will also be done in keeping with the occasion such as the Tricolour on August 15 and January 26. The proposal was first mooted a few years ago but failed to take off after Central Railway (CR) returned the Rs 5.5 crore it had received from the central government to illuminate the building. CR has also now evinced interest in executing the project. A source said a meeting ...

Taiwan Puritic Corporation (TPC) has successfully improved the Aluminum Fin heatsink of 10W A19 to be upgraded to 16.5W A19 via the state-of-the-art ceramic coating and it can save significant cost. In recent yeas, TPC concentrates on Green Energy in order to have environmentally friendly products .The issue of heatsink plays an important role in LED and Solar Battery. The testing report of SGS shows that the heatsink of TPC can increase Luminous Efficiencies  and Light Extraction Efficiency. The ceramic coating can significantly decrease the temp...

Bright Energy Co., Ltd (BE)is one of the top manufacturers & suppliers in Taiwan specializing in LED streetlamp mainly, also projection lamp, ceiling light, solar-energy applied spot light, and other kinds of high-brightness LED devices, the product line is wide. We are also a supplier for public accommodation like governmental and university streetlamp construction, the feedbacks were all admiration. Temporarily we cooperate with LED chip supplier that comes from Japan, its anti-vulcanization decreases LED light-decay evidently, it also lengthen the lifetime, ...

Atlanta Botanical Garden Made Forbes' List for Top Ten Most Dazzling Light Displays Lighting Science Group Corporation® (OTCQB: LSCG), congratulates the Atlanta Botanical Garden for being recognized on the Forbes list of "ten most dazzling light displays in the world." For the second year, Lighting Science® partnered with the Atlanta Botanical Garden's seasonal lighting exhibit, "Garden Lights, Holiday Nights," which features uniquely custom designed, color-changing orbs. "We were absolutely thrilled to...

Recently, Shenzhen Spark Optoelectronics S&T CO., LTD, has won the biding of Ganchong Highway Lighting Project (from Ganzhou to Chongyi), which is a very important part of Xiacheng National Highway (from Xiamen to Chengdu). Around ten thousand lights will be applied in this project, including LED Tunnel light, Street light and Fog light. It is reported that Ganchong Highway is not only a major thoroughfare connecting southeast coastal area and southwest in China, but also the most difficult highway constructed in Jiangxi Province so far with the bigg...

Philips Taiwan has set up ambitious goal for 2013 LED lighting sales. According to Philips Taiwan President Edward Po, the company plans to boost its sales of LED lighting equipment in Taiwan by two to three folds in 2013 from 2012, and the number of its residential lighting showrooms will increase to seven by the end of 2013. Recently, at an international building-materials trade show held in Taipei, the company promoted its iF-awarded and Red Dot-awarded LED residential lighting products as well as LED intelligent lighting control system. In Po’s opi...

NASA's planning a test to replace fluorescent lighting panels in the ISS with a solid-state LED lighting module which produces blue, white, or reddish light depending on the time. It hopes that this change will serve as a counter-measure to the inevitable disruption of the body's circadian rhythm while in space — this would hopefully reduce insomnia, which can have a host of deleterious effects while in space. Sleep in space has long been a concern for NASA — back in 2001, a study showed that 50 percent of some Space Shuttle crews relied on medicat...

Philips Color Kinetics announced IntelliPower, its newest innovation for delivering high-bandwidth LED lighting control using existing electrical and physical infrastructures. IntelliPower makes it easy to deploy intelligent, digitally controllable LED lighting solutions in any situation where re-wiring is not desirable or feasible, including historic buildings, in-ground systems, bridges, and monumental exteriors. With IntelliPower, Philips Color Kinetics is building on its expertise and leadership in LED lighting to deliver the benefits of a state-of-the-art LE...

Industry’s first fully integrated LED drivers in industry-standard IC packages helps developers skirt design complexities Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) introduced two fully integrated LED driver micro-modules that eliminate the external components and complex layout placement challenges typical of LED driver designs. The 450-mA TPS92550 and TPS92551 DC/DC LED driver modules are the industry’s first to incorporate all the required power and passive circuitry into a single IC package to deliver up to 23W of power to...

Dialight has completed shipment of the initial phase of a major multi-phase project for the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA). This initial phase of the order, to provide LED lighting fixtures for a major waste water treatment facility in Puerto Rico, represents a value of over US$150,000. The total project value is worth approximately US$1 million for six PRASA water treatment facilities and delivery is due to be completed in 2013.   The project consists of hazardous and non-hazardous LED lighting fixtures, including high bay, low bay,...

UL Taiwan has pointed out that LED lighting firms have to face difficulties to enter different markets due to entry barriers. They need to face variations in safety standards and power voltages while trying to obtain local certification for the products. Otherwise, it would be difficult to bid for projects. For example, LED components need to pass LM-79 LED luminaire testing, which can take up to nine months. Even more, some firms have been waiting to get products tested for six months, which means the entire process will take about one and a half year. And because of t...

Thanks to the joint efforts among fellow vendors over cost structure improvement, technology advancement and quality enhancement, the global LED industry has indeed undergone a structural change that marks a big leap as compare with the industry couple years ago. While technology innovations bring prosperity, irrational price competition amid intensifying competition among vendors also drags margins further down. Customers’ content over a pricing sweet spot is indeed built on the stiff margin pressure among fellow LED vendors. Some have already found no profit by taking ch...

As part of its ongoing commitment to improving operational efficiency and reducing environmental impact, PPL Generation continually strives to reduce costs and lower internal energy consumption by implementing high-efficiency, modern technologies throughout its facilities. At its 1,700-megawatt Martins Creek Power Plant north of Easton, Pa., the company recently replaced the antiquated Xenon obstruction lighting system on the facility’s two exhaust stacks with state-of-the-art 270,000 candela LED High-Intensity Strobe systems from Dialight. The retrofit will...

Philips has brighten the monumental facade and inner courtyard of Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam with new, custom-designed LED lighting. Following the switch-over to Philips LED lighting for the indoor lighting inside the luxury hotel a number of years ago, the exterior of The Grand is now also being illuminated by LED lighting. The purpose of lighting the inner courtyard is to highlight the aesthetic features of this impressive building. The LED lightline starts with a number of ground spots immediately below the hotel's monumental entrance gate, bringi...

LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. (LRL), a Halifax-based manufacturer dedicated in LED-based street and area lighting products, announced a contract with Nova Scotia Power, an Emera Company, to supply up to 85,000 Satellite™ series fixtures for deployment across the province. The fixtures will be installed starting in Q4 2012. The new light fixtures will replace existing 70 – 400 watt high-pressure sodium fixtures. The installation of the new energy efficient fixtures will provide energy savings of approximately 58% (or a total of 32,479,000 kwH per year). I...

LED EXPO 2012 will be held 14-16 December in Pragati Maidan Exhibition Centre. The exhibition will gather more than 250 exhibitors around the world to present the latest LED products and technology trend. The Taiwanese high power leading LED manufacturer - Edison Opto will exhibit the newest series products to demonstrate their remarkable R&D achievements in 2012.   The introduction of Edison new products: Edison Opto’s PLCC series are known for excellent luminous efficacy. The PLCC 3014 series can reach 110lm/W with 0.1 and 0.2...

Recognizing the impact lighting can have on forward thinking retailers, OSRAM SYLVANIA unveiled the U DESIGN Lighting Experience Center at its Winchester, Kentucky manufacturing plant, where retail lighting designers can customize an LED lighting solution that meets their unique design requirements and helps increase sales and profits. At the U DESIGN Center, retailers can vary beam spread, color temperature, color rendering, optics and drivers and review the ROI for their specific application, comparing LED versus traditional lighting technolog...

In December 1923, America stood by as the National Christmas Tree in Washington D.C. was lit for the first time. Ninety years and several generations later, the event tonight promises to capture the magic of the first lighting with one major difference: the tree’s LED lighting shines as bright as ever but consumes 80 percent less energy (4,000 watts vs. about 20,000 watts) compared with incandescent technology. This year, GE Lighting marks its 50th year of lighting the National Tree. A National Christmas Tree of the past sparkles as part of the illumination ce...

Walmart Canada announced a first-of-its-kind sales floor LED lighting retrofit, with all of the overhead sales floor lighting at its Brampton North (located at Highway 10 and Bovaird Road in Brampton, Ontario) supercentre from conventional fluorescent lighting to high efficiency LED 4-foot retrofit lamps. The retailer estimates this small change could save approximately 283,000 kilo-watt hours (kWh) per year, which will results in a savings of up to $26,000 per year. "We're very proud to be the first large Canadian retailer to fully convert sales floor light...

Located on the highest hill of Oslo, Holmenkollbakken is one of the most famous ski jumps in the world and can be seen from anywhere in the city. This landmark is now illuminated by Traxon’s Liner Shield AC XB and Wall Washer Shield AC XB in cold and warm white hues. Controlled by an e:cue Butler XT, the entire steel façade is illuminated from the inside and underneath the jumping area in four dynamic scenarios. The installation illuminates a jumper gliding down the hill; it glows and pulses like a star or ice crystals on the façade; it contrasts...

New packaging system broadens array performance while reducing the cost of LED lighting LIVERMORE, CALIF., December 5, 2012 – Bridgelux, a developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions,  unveiled the Vero™ LED array, an innovative lighting platform that simplifies design integration and manufacturing and gives designers a more flexible LED lighting solution. The Vero next generation packaged array technology offers new advancements in design flexibility, ease of use, and energy efficiency today while also definin...

Coney Island’s Economic Development Corp. has tapped the seaside neighborhood’s biggest amusement operator to fulfill Borough President Marty Markowitz’s vision of overhauling the 262-foot-tall structure’s lackluster lighting system with more “bling” so it could become Brooklyn’s “Eiffel Tower.” Zamperla USA, which runs Luna Park and other attractions , was selected to install 8,000 colored LED lights across the Parachute Jump that will be programmable for shows and special events with music. “The P...

A total of 14 innovative products, including 13 LED luminaires, represent significant product developments and improvements to the lighting industry.   Cooper Lighting, a leader at the forefront of transforming the lighting industry and setting an unmatched standard for innovation and reliability, announces that 14 of its innovative and reliable products – include 13 LED luminaires – have been recognized by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Committee as providing “an advancement in the art and science of lighting.” Announced ...

Cree Interior and Exterior Fixtures Deliver Extensive Reductions in Energy Costs Along with High-Quality Lighting More than 130 locations of convenience restaurant chain Sheetz, Inc. now feature state-of-the-art LED lighting by Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE). The installation of energy-efficient Cree interior and exterior lighting at Sheetz® retail gasoline locations is delivering a 45-percent reduction in energy costs for interior lighting and 50–55-percent reduction in exterior lighting compared to the antiquated lighting it replaced. “L...

South West based Low Energy Designs are pleased to announce their success in the recent government backed iNets funding competition. The competitions are run to support the innovative use of microelectronics technology in new products and services. They offer support to enable external expertise to be used by a company to innovate, develop and grow.   As a leading UK manufacturer of LED lighting systems, Low Energy Designs are constantly looking towards product development, in line with customer requirements and market changes. Research and development is a key aspec...

Soraa will sponsor the lighting industry's first PlugFest in conjunction with the Illuminating Engineering Society of New York City (IESNYC) at their annual Control This! Event, to remove barriers to the rapid adoption of LED lighting.   IESNYC's Control This! 2012 is a daylong event expo and seminar series that will be held on December 5th at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City, and will showcase state-of-the-art lighting control systems and energy management systems.   "PlugFests are a mainstay of high tech ind...

The world-famous Empire State Building (ESB), has cooperated with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment and 14 time Grammy® Award winner, Alicia Keys to give a gift to New York City and the world by revealing ESB’s new, one-of-a-kind LED tower lights with a first-ever light show on the Landmark,which marks the official unveiling of a groundbreaking new LED lighting system, developed by Philips Color Kinetics (PCK).   Alicia Keys helped kick off the light show by flipping the switch live in Clear Channel New York City studios with E...

Any electrical appliances are required to obtain a mandatory conformity mark that prove that they are certified by national- or industry-accredited bodies. LED luminaries and LED backlight application are no exemption from this industry norm. The US-based Light Laboratory, Inc (LLI) – a photometric testing laboratory that specializes in testing luminaries thus outstands itself. LEDinside has the opportunity to meet up with LLI company CEO Jason Gee during the recent Lighting Korea about his views over company competitive grounds plus LLI’s profes...

General Electric Lighting, a division of General Electric (GE), has signed an agreement to acquire the Boulder startup Albeo Technologies. The purchase will help GE boost its ability to offer all-LED solutions to customers, especially in the area of industrial lighting. "This acquisition is a big boost for GE customers moving aggressively toward an all-LED building envelope in new construction and retrofits, including retail, commercial and industrial high-bay applications," Maryrose Sylvester, president and CEO of GE Lighting, said in a statement. ...

According to Philips Electronics India, the Indian LED lighting market is expected to touch $478 million by 2015 from the current $101 million in 2011." Speaking to reporters here showcasing Light Next − an interactive lighting experience centre, Nirupam Sahay, president at Philips Lighting said, the growth drivers from the segment are the decline in LED prices, investment by government in energy efficient lighting systems and the quick return on investment (ROI). According to him, Philips is uniquely positioned in the LED lighting segment across th...