The student Ming Ma from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method to manufacture LEDs that are brighter, more energy efficient, and have superior technical properties than those on the market today. His patent-pending invention holds the promise of hastening the global adoption of LEDs and reducing the overall cost and environmental impact of illuminating our homes and businesses. Seeking Brighter, Smarter LEDs Conventional incandescent and fluorescent light sources are increasingly being replaced by more energy-efficient, longer-lived, and envir...

Hitachi Cable has launched a new mass-production technology for GaN-templates as shown in  Figures 1 and 2 below. The process allows high-quality GaN single-crystal thin film to be grown on a sapphire substrate and the company plans to start selling these templates. Using this product as a base substrate for an epitaxial wafer for white LEDs the company claims it makes it possible to drastically improve productivity of white LED epiwafers and the LED properties. Therefore, this product is expected to become an effective solution to improve the position of...

NanoPoint™ enables fast, practical design qualification and highly sensitive process monitoring by leveraging critical patterns KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) announced NanoPoint™, a new family of patented technologies for its 2900 Series defect inspection system. NanoPoint represents an entirely new way to discover and monitor defects, at optical speed and on existing optical defect inspection equipment. NanoPoint's value has already been demonstrated on early metal layers, where line-edge roughness (LER) on dense pattern had previously l...

Third quarter 2012, Aeon Lighting Technology Inc. (ALT) has submitted the ALTLED® A55 LED light bulb, with a 360° omnidirectional lighting, for Energy Star certification—approved in January 2013. For many consumers and clients, this has opened up many opportunities for them as well as ALT. ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy" designed to promote energy efficient products and practices through financial incentives and high standards. One of the reasons...

American donut franchise Dunkin’ Donuts’ flagship store in Indonesia will lead the way in green lighting by being the first of its franchise outlets in Southeast Asia to employ a complete LED solution. The Palembang store is the 300th outlet, and the largest, for Dunkin’ Donuts in the country,with aseating capacity of 200 and serving a continuous stream of customers daily. In creating an inviting ambience, the GE team will fit out369 light points at the store with an energy-efficientretail solution comprising its LED Tetra Series andLED lamps. Do...

MetLife, Inc. recently took out an energy savings policy with GE Lighting (NYSE: GE)—upgrading to Evolve™ LED outdoor lighting in parking lots at 10 office locations and switching to more energy-efficient T8 fluorescent indoor lighting at its 650,000-square-foot administrative center in St. Louis. Combined, these lighting solutions will save MetLife approximately $360,000 a year while consuming about 3.5 million fewer kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity. MetLife is a leading global provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs serving ...

Expanded access to eldoLED driver portfolio allows lighting manufacturers to easily enhance their LED offerings with deep-dimming and color changing capability. Acuity Brands, Inc. announced that Acuity Brands Lighting has extended its business partnership with OEM Lighting Sales agency to represent the complete eldoLED® LED driver portfolio across the United States and Canada. Original equipment manufacturers will have access to the eldoLED comprehensive line-up of intelligent, full dimming LED drivers for white and dynamic color LED applications....

LED luminaires feature tunable white light engines for exceptional efficiency and color quality.  Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) will demonstrate luminaires with patent-pending tunable white light engines at LIGHTFAIR® International 2013, April 23-25, in Philadelphia 2013. These light engines are capable of varying in a continuous manner warm or cool white color temperatures and adjusting hue. The ability to control the lighting spectrum enables the luminaires to mimic the natural variations of sunlight. “By using tunable white light engines...

The City of Los Angeles and GE Lighting are moving forward with an expanded pilot program to measure the performance of a GE LightGrid™ Outdoor Wireless Controller that GE expects to introduce later this year. The decision follows the successful completion of a preliminary trial and aims to give the city more experience in adding LightGrid controllers to existing light poles, and more data on complete system performance from the controls to GE’s central management software. “The City of Los Angeles has led the nation in the installation of energy...

Customer from Bolivia has undertaken a local dental hospital lighting replacement project in March of 2013, replacing traditional spot lights with Spark LED down lights . It is used around 400pcs of LED down light . The hospital said that by using SPARK’s LED down light (SHENZHEN SPARK OPTOELECTRONICS S&T CO.,LTD. ), the lighting effect has been greatly improved, saving as much as 60% of the electricity. Also the 4000K color makes the hospital looks brighter and warmer. This project started from December of 2012, having ...

Building owners looking for strategies to control costs for the largest consumers of energy in commercial buildings - heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and lighting - now have a new solution. GE Lighting (NYSE: GE) and Trane, a brand of Ingersoll Rand (NYSE: IR), are announcing a new way for building owners to apply advanced control strategies for lighting, heating and cooling operations with solutions backed by the most well-known names in the industry. GE's LightSweep™ Modular Lighting Control Solution can now be seamlessly...

Marvell, Sharp and Orama collaborate to provide the first Digital LED Lighting System delivering a full range of the light from nature driving a new wave of LED lighting   Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) and Sharp Electronics announced the results of a of a collaboration to develop a  Smart Digital LED Lighting System designed to enable custom-featured solution in lighting automation and control.   The Digital LED Lighting System allows wired and wireless network control, which includes lumens, brightness, CRI and CCT creating a Full Sem...

Comprehensive wireless technology portfolio provides superior results compared to competitive “one size fits all” wireless systems.   Acuity Brands, Inc. will be demonstrating its industry-leading portfolio of wireless lighting controls at LIGHTFAIR® International 2013, April 23-25, in Philadelphia. The booth will feature four distinct indoor and outdoor wireless technologies, allowing attendees to learn first-hand about the features and benefits of each technology and determine the best options to meet their lighting control goals. “Wireles...

Samsung Electronics provides under the name LC013/26/40B new chip-on-board (COB) LED packages before. The new LEDs provide a high light yield of 129lm / W and have a compact light-emitting surface (Light Emitting Surface: LES). The new LEDs are suitable for Powerful lighting for indoor and outdoor use as well as for applications with directed light (spot light). "We are proud to present today our COB package with family Performance of 13, 26 and 40W and a luminous efficiency of 129lm / W. The LEDs are based on our first-class chip and Phospho...

Lighting Science Group Corporation®  announced that in honor of Earth Day 2013, it has partnered with Rebuilding Together®, a national non-profit charity, to support the organization's rebuilding of homes that were affected by Hurricane Sandy. With the purchase of the newly released "Edison-inspired" Definity™ A19 LED lamp from Lighting Science, the company will donate an LED lamp to Rebuilding Together. The lamps for purchase in the program include the Definity Omni-directional A19 40-watt equivalent LED lamp, the Definity ...

•    New LED reveal® bulb uses GE technology to avoid dull yellow rays while saving energy •    GE Lighting’s Chief Innovation Manager answers five questions about consumer LED lighting New reveal® LED light bulbs available this fall from GE Lighting promise to save energy while putting colors and patterns in a whole new light. GE’s new 60-watt standard incandescent replacement reveal LED light bulb is engineered to have the familiar size and shape of an incandescent bulb and deliver big energy savings...

•    GE Foundation donates $500,000 and GE Lighting commits volunteers to two local nonprofits •    GE Lighting opens museum highlighting its impact on the progression of lighting design and application •    GE Lighting announces a sweepstakes for a chance to win a home lighting makeover To celebrate GE Lighting's 100 years at its headquarters—Nela Park in East Cleveland, Ohio—the GE Foundation has donated $500,000 to two Northeast Ohio nonprofit health centers: Neighborhood Family P...

Excellence Opto, Inc. will be exhibiting at Booth #3357 in LightFair International 2013 happening next week on April 23-25, 2013 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.  Lightfair International is the world's largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference with innovative products from high-end design to cutting-edge technology.    Don't have a ticket to LFI 2013? No worries! Excellence Opto, Inc. will be happy to provide you a VIP pass to the LightFair International 2013 for free. For more information, em...

Duris S 5 is the latest high-tech addition to the Duris LED family from Osram Opto Semiconductors. This new LED component offers an impressive lifetime of more than 35,000 hours. And in contrast to other components it can withstand much higher temperatures in the applications – up to 105 degrees Celsius (°C). Duris S 5 is ideal for indoor lighting – in retrofits, in downlights or in panel luminaires. The package for Duris S 5 is made from highly robust synthetic material that is resistant to aging caused by high temperatures and short-wave blue light. ...

Long-term collaboration for growth of 6-inch GaN-on-Si wafers planned AIXTRON SE today announced that the University of Cambridge has successfully commissioned another multi-wafer Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) MOCVD reactor at its new facility at the Department of Material Science and Metallurgy. The CCS 6x2-inch system will be configured to handle single 6-inch (150mm) wafers (1x6-inch).  “We will be using the systems to expand our research efforts for LED and electronic devices based on gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxy on 6-inch silico...

Philips’ newest high-power emitter, the LUXEON Z ES, offers excellent colour consistency through a 1-step MacAdam ellipse in warm white colour options. With a micro-footprint, undomed design and full spectrum availability, LUXEON Z ES from Philips Lumileds enables high lumen density solutions with precise optical control. The LUXEON Z ES is available with below blackbody binning, a key feature required for superior colour perception in specialty retail and hospitality applications. It also offers 10-15 percent superior Colour over Angle (C...

Soraa has announced its new perfect spectrum SORAA VIVID 2 and PREMIUM 2 LED MR16 lamp lines—the first ultra-efficient replacements for 65-watt and 75-watt halogen lamps, available for both 12V and line voltages.   A technological breakthrough made possible by Soraa’s recently announced world-record performance GaN on GaN™ LEDs, the new SORAA LED MR16 lamps deliver the industry’s highest light output, while rendering vivid colors, richer reds and whiter whites, transforming ordinary lighting in any space into extraordi...

Digital Lumens has announced the launch of a strategic partner program that will bring the proven advantages of integrated intelligence – energy efficiency, flexibility and fine-grained control – to the full range of commercial and industrial lighting applications.   “Our vision has always been to make every light intelligent, which drives radical energy efficiency and builds a platform for distributed building intelligence,” said Brian Chemel, Founder and CTO of Digital Lumens. “By extending the LightRules management platform and our unique...

Luxim Corporation is to show its latest Light Emitting Plasma  2.0 Technology at LIGHTFAIR 2013. They’ll be displaying their latest LEP 2.0 technology at the show, including groundbreaking new SMART chip technology that advances their product lines with additional benefits, and the new STA75 lamp, which replaces a 750W Metal Halide system with 40% energy savings and 4X lamp life. In addition, they'll display a selection of OEM fixtures like the BLP1000, a new high mast luminaire by Bright Light Systems. Visit at booth #3011 and s...

The future of lighting unfolds at the Lighting Inspirations experience center at Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) booth #801 during LIGHTFAIR® International in Philadelphia. Tours of the Lighting Inspirations experience center will run every 20 minutes during exhibit hours, April 23 – 25, 2013. Lighting Inspirations will take participants on a journey to understand the future of lighting including technological advances, environmental consciousness and expected changes in the industry. The tour explores the newest lighting opportunities created by i...

Visitors attending the 2013 Lightfair International Show at the Philadelphia Convention Center will be introduced to a broad range of new, high performance lighting products from Lighting Science Group Corporation® (OTCQB: LSCG). The Lighting Science booth (number 1715) will showcase products that are cutting-edge, environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient that supports their mission of unleashing the science of light to make people and the planet look, feel and heal better. Products on display will include: Definity™ high performance Gimbal PAR...

On March 23, 2013 Green Ray LED Lighting a California/New York start up reached a milestone in the LED lighting world with the introduction of 173 Lm/W LED’s T8 lamp. US Department of Energy through its program “Lighting Facts” issued the label to Green Ray LED’s T8 lamp and the lamp became as of today the world’s most energy efficient light approved by DOE. Independent test results concluded to date, no others have surpassed its standing 173 Lumens per Watt. This is a global record in efficiency for this type of ligh...

In order to meet the growing demand for sustainable lighting, Technology Foundation STW and Philips have taken the initiative to form the ‘Advanced Sustainable Lighting Solutions’ partnership. With eight recently approved research project proposals, the program is now officially launched. The aim of these projects is to develop innovative, efficient lighting that will also be available for new applications. The five-year program has had the sum of three million euros allocated to it: each of the partners will pay half. The initial results are expected in 2014.&n...

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) will hold a Technology Tuesday educational series on April 23 at Lightfair International (LFI) 2013 in Philadelphia. Technology Tuesday will explore advanced technologies that are paving the way for solid-state lighting. “The purpose of LFI 2013 is to pair industry experts with lighting professionals to help advance the lighting industry,” said Steve Lydecker, Acuity Brands Senior Vice President of Technology.  “Technology Tuesday allows attendees to learn about revolutionary technologies and take an...

Audi’s LED headlights are reported to be recognized by The European Union as an energy efficient technology that can help cars reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions. According to a press release from Audi (media credentials required), LED headlights can achieve this greater fuel efficiency because they use less power– a little more than half what traditional halogen lights on low beam setting would use. The EU Commission found in its studies of the technology that LED headlight-equipped vehicles emit 1.61 fewer grams of carbon dioxide per mile than...