2009-01-23

CRW Tech develops new LED landscape lighting fixtures

CRW Tech has developed new architectural lighting fixtures utilizing its innovative LED Projection Lighting System. The LED projection lighting engine produces nearly double the amount of surface light intensity achievable utilizing standard low power LED bulbs.
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2009-01-21

Avago Technologies Announces 5mm Through-Hole Round LED Lamps for Electronic Signs and Signals Apps

Avago Technologies announced the availability of one of the world’s brightest 5 mm through-hole (TH) round LED lamps. The company says the LEDs are idea for use in a variety of electronic sign and signal (ESS) applications.
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2009-01-20

DOE announces Energy Star draft criteria for integral LED lamps

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released the first draft of Energy Star criteria for integral LED lamps and has posted these potential criteria on its web site. DOE has also explained why integral LED lamps are being included in the Energy Star program at this point and given an overview of the approach the agency took to decide on certain criteria. Also listed are several key issues that are up for debate and the expected timeline for revising and finalizing these criteria. What is an integral lamp?
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2009-01-19

Taiwan LED Sector Has Evolved into One-stop Shop

Over the past few years, Taiwan LED manufacturers, from chipmakers and packagers to lighting-module and lamp makers, are beginning to see a payoff from energy efficient products. Taiwan has ranked No. 2 in the global LED supplier, with 2008 revenue estimated to reach around US$1.9 billion, or 26% of world’s total.
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2009-01-13

Microsolar's LED lamps feature copper-aluminum bonding

Microsolar Corp. provides a copper-aluminum bonding Service and products. With the state-of-the-art technology called copper-aluminum bonding, Microsolar's LED lamps are allowed to input over 1.5Amp current into a 40milx40mil single chip with over 250 lm brightness.
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2009-01-13

LEDs Expect to Replace Light Bulbs in 4 Years

Incandescent light bulbs could soon become a thing of the past. The Ministry of Knowledge Economy is pushing a "15-30" move aiming to replace 30%of lights in the country with more energy-efficient LEDs by the year 2015. The European Union and Australia have announced plans to ban sales of ordinary light bulbs and halogen lighting within the next four years.
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2009-01-09

Moritex Introduces Bar-shaped LED Lamp

Moritex Corp developed a bar-shaped LED lamp ”SpectraTrue” in cooperation with Schott AG of Germany, its parent company, that has already released a bar-shaped LED. Moritex says with a high color rendering property, it can precisely reproduce the colors of products and showpieces.
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2009-01-06

CES 2009: Diguang to Showcase Wide Range of Innovations

Diguang International Development Co., Ltd. will present at the world-renowned annual consumer electronics trade show include CCFL/LED backlights, LED lamps, mini-size laptops, 19'' super-thin LED displays and other innovations at the International CES Exhibition in Las Vegas, January 8 to 11, 2009.
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2008-11-06

Installing Osram LED retrofit lamps, Maine College to save $30,000 per year

It’s reported that the Pineland Farms campus in New Gloucester, Maine installed over 200 street lighting fixtures retrofitted with Osram Sylvania LEDs. This first significant installation of Osram’s new fixtures is estimated to save the college $30,000/year in energy costs.
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2008-10-29

Para Light to supply LED emitters to US Lighting Heavyweight

It’s reported that Para Light Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading Taiwanese LED packager, won a contract to supply LED emitters to a leading auxiliary-lighting manufacturer in the United States, which sells lighting products to major retailers stateside.
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2008-10-08

Wireless-data LED lamps to replace lightbulbs, says Us Profs

It’s reported that new research from Boston University's College of Engineering, funded by a National Science Foundation grant, indicates that LEDs may be not only the integral lighting component of the future, but may also form the backbone of future wireless networks. The US government is funding research into using next-generation LED lighting as data network access points. Room or street lamps would link with devices using visible light, carrying data beyond over existing power lines.
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2008-10-06

LED lamp from DDP lowers power consumption by 85%

DDP has developed a 120-Vac line voltage lamp that reduces power consumption and maintenance costs in a variety of indicator applications. The 120MBLS-X-CX wide-angle LED operates up to a maximum of 130 Vac, while drawing less than 8 mA, which translates into 85% lower power consumption than a standard 120V mini bayonet (MB).  
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