Ideal measuring system for mid-sized SSL luminaires and LED modules Instrument Systems, the global market leader for LED metrology, launches a new measuring system for Solid-State Lighting applications with the LGS 250 Goniophotometer. The LGS 250 was developed specifically for the analysis of angle-dependent spatial radiation properties from small to medium-sized SSL luminaires, lamps and LED modules. This closes a gap with the very large goniometers. The horizontal alignment of the Type C coordinate system facilitates a particularly convenient and com...

Lately, NEC has brought the old Bluetooth speaker idea into the design of LED ceiling light. According to the company, the users connect their phone to the light via Bluetooth and an Android application, which then lets them control the music as well as the light. And they can also create effects by synchronizing light and sound. Light fittings are in the middle of rooms. Then this system enables light and sound to spread from the center of a room to the entire space. It also enables the user to control the effects with a smartphone. Currently, it’s just a con...

Power Integrations has rolled out an LED-driver reference design DER-322 for a 100 W incandescent bulb replacement in an A19 form factor - an industry first. DER-322 describes a non-isolated, 93% efficient, high-power-factor (PF) LED driver designed to drive a nominal LED string voltage of 78 V at 230 mA from an input voltage range of 195 VAC to 265 VAC (47 Hz -- 63 Hz). The LED driver utilizes the very low-profile LNK460VG from the LinkSwitch™-PL family of ICs from Power Integrations. DER-322 fits neatly inside the A19 form fac...

Builder magazine subscribers name Halo the leader in Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in Past Two Years and Brand Used Most.   Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, announced that its Halo brand of recessed, track and surface lighting products has once again been named the Brand Leader in lighting by Builder magazine. Awarded for the fourteenth consecutive year, Halo was given top honors in the lighting categories of Brand Familiarity, Brand Used in Past T...

New XLamp® LEDs Designed to Optimize and Simplify Luminaire Designs Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces new mid-power XLamp® ML-C and ML-E LEDs, bringing increased versatility and flexibility to a wide spectrum of lighting applications. Designed to accelerate the adoption of LED lighting, the expanded XLamp ML family now offers red, green and blue color options, high-voltage and three different price-performance options in the proven and reliable ML package. The ML LED high-voltage options can enable the use of more efficient, smaller ...

Wafering tool supplier Silicon Genesis (SiGen) has launched its second-generation production system for fabricating thin-silicon solar wafers, as well as HB-LED, and 3D semiconductor packaging wafers.   The system tailored for silicon, GaAs, germanium, SiC, GaN and sapphire materials. The new GenII PolyMax system targets high volumes, aiming to replace wire wafer saws with a kerf-free wafering tool. The system creates thinner wafers than are possible with wire-based slicing. The proton beam-induced wafering design was created over 6 years with numerous equ...

Bridgelux ‘s awarding-winning RS LED arrays have been selected by HELLA Lighting for the company's first down light designed specifically for the commercial and retail lighting markets. With Bridgelux LED array technology, the HELLA down light features an innovative, very low profile luminaire. According to HELLA, the luminaire will deliver an effective lumen output of 2600 lumens in 4000K neutral white. The new down light is designed to replace the traditional CFL and Metal-Halide lighting systems while consuming only 43 Watts of power. M...

Recently, Noribachi has added over 250 products to the Design Lights Consortium Qualified Product List (QPL), increasing the size of its category six fold and contributing 86% of the total product count. Design Lights Consortium, or DLC, was conceived as an independent certifier for solid state lighting. DLC certifies LED luminaires in seventeen application categories, making it easier for consumers of certified LED lighting to receive energy efficiency rebates from utility companies. One of the most important categories is the "Retrofit Kits for Outdoor...

Microsemi Corp. has introduced a revolutionary non-dissipative LED backlight driver called LX27901 for LCD TV applications. The company has claimed it is the first device of its type to provide LED driving capabilities in TVs based on the LCD Integrated Power Supply (LIPS) architecture. According to Amir Asvadi, vice president and general manager of the analog mixed signal group at Microsemi, "The LX27901 continues on our long tradition of innovation in high-performance display lighting solutions, delivering power-efficiency improvements in the 7...

Philips is to brighten the Nelson Mandela Bridge in downtown Johannesburg on 21 March 2012 in support of 10 000 runners’ 10km night race, "Nike Run Free. Run Jozi". John Westermeyer, marketing manager of Philips Lighting South Africa, said that, "This is part of our city beautification project and we are proud to be helping to light this event. Philips would like to wish all the runners the best of luck for their run through the city.” LED lighting is increasingly being used in cities and urban spaces to distinguish landmarks with colour...

Newly, GE Lighting Solutions has launched New Lumination™ Recessed LED Troffers bring the option of sleek, modern styling to traditionally uninspired commercial ceiling space. The chic, slim fixtures as thin as the width of a finger emit a crisp, pleasing light and instantly enhance the aesthetic of any room. When illuminated, the Lumination Recessed LED Troffers produce a perfectly even glow, delivering exceptionally uniform light to fill the space. While off, they appear free of a light source, while fluorescent fixtures are typically visible. The ultra-thin ...

SAFC Hitech®, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich® Group, today underlined its commitment to the Asia-Pacific electronics markets with the opening of its new multi-million US dollar facility in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The 270,000ft2 expansion significantly increases the site's existing capacity for the high-volume manufacturing of high-quality Trimethylgallium (TMG), Triethylgallium (TEG) and Trimethylindium (TMI) precursors for High Brightness LED (HBLED) applications. The site will also produce Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Chemical Vapor ...

Lumenpulse Wins International Seal of Quality for Outstanding Industrial Design Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today announced that it won a prestigious red dot award for its high-performance projector, the Lumenbeam LBX. The competition is hotly contested by manufacturers from all fields of industrial design including makers of cars, computers and furniture. Lumenpulse's Lumenbeam LBX was selected by a 30-member exper...

Lusio to display new line of high efficacy commercial and industrial fixtures at LEDucation 6, March 21st at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City   Lusio Solid-State Lighting announced plans to display the company’s newest line of  high efficacy commercial and industrial LED fixtures at LEDucation’s sixth annual educational expo sponsored by the Designers Lighting Forum of New York. The event takes place March 21st at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City.  Lusio recently announced the general availability of its new line ...

Zhaga members show the first Zhaga-compliant, interchangeable LED modules at Light+Building 2012 The international lighting industry has so far lacked clear guidelines to ensure the interchangeability of LED modules made by different manufacturers. With Zhaga that is now changing. Since its foundation in February 2010, the consortium has developed specifications for LED module interfaces. These interfaces enable easy LED module integration into luminaire designs and reduce overall system design cost. At Light+Building 2012, from 15 to 20 April in Frankfurt am M...

A Japanese research group led by Chihaya Adachi and Kenichi Goushi, professors at the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) of Kyushu University, has developed a high-efficiency phosphorescent OLED device without using any rare metal. It has an external quantum efficiency of higher than 5%, as one of the highest in the world for phosphorescent OLED devices that do not contain any rare metal.   Because phosphorescent materials can realize an internal quantum efficiency of 100%, they are popular in being using in high-efficiency OL...

For businesses intent on keeping up appearances, the two newest members of the GE Tetra® LED Lighting Systems family deliver superior light uniformity in shallow cabinet signs. GE Lighting Solutions introduces Tetra EdgeStrip and Tetra miniStrip, which are designed to replace T8 fluorescent tubes by offering a number of features that provide superior visual performance in any climate while delivering up to 90 percent energy savings compared to T8 lamps.   Both Tetra LED Lighting Systems feature GE’s patented OptiLens™ optical lens technol...

Switch Lighting™ introduces the first true 100 watt-equivalent LED replacement lamp using neutral white LEDs from tier one component producers like Cree   SWITCH Lighting™ announced the launch of the SWITCH100, an A series 100 watt-equivalent LED replacement lamp for select commercial channels. The SWITCH100 is the first true 100 watt-equivalent A lamp with 1600 lumen output and a radial flux as good as an incandescent available to the market. SWITCH Lighting was the first to announce a full family of wattage equivalents in LED r...

A new direction in Street Lighting The all new Dialight StreetSense™ Street Light is designed to meet the specific needs of street lighting designers where efficiency and reliability are keys factors. Of modular construction and designed for ease of installation, Dialight’s StreetSense Street Light utilises the latest LED technology to provide a roadway lighting solution with enviable cost of ownership. All of Dialight’s long life LED Luminaires are designed to meet the most demanding specification criteria while offering maximum energy savings, ...

Future Lighting Solutions, along with QM Lighting, completed the successful installation of new energy saving LED downlights at a number of the TaoHeung Group’s restaurants, in Hong Kong and throughout mainland China. Known for providing solid-state lighting solutions, excellent customer support, and comprehensive supply chain services, Future Lighting Solutions was chosen for this project because of its proven track record. Through the use of the company’s exclusive online Usable Light Tool, that simulates real-world conditions, Future Lighting Solut...

Linear Technology has launched a synchronous buck-boost DC/DC LED driver and voltage controller delivering over 100W for lighting. The new driver features 4.7V to 60V input voltage range. It suits for applications in automotive, industrial and architectural lighting. With an adjustable output voltage from 0V to 60V, the LT3791 can be used to drive LEDs in a single string. Its internal 4-switch buck-boost controller operates from input voltages above, below or equal to the output voltage. The chip's design uses three control loops to monitor input current,...

Seesmart, Inc. has secured a $2.3 million contract with Pasadena City College for LED lighting retrofit. Under the retrofit, more than 34,000 fluorescent tube lights in campus buildings will be replace with Seesmart LED tube lights. The contract for this massive project was issued using the California Multiple Award Schedules (CMAS). Pasadena City College’s anticipated LED retrofit benefits include significant energy savings of $720,000 and 3.7 million kilowatt-hours per year, and its carbon footprint will reduce by 5 million pounds per year. Addition...

Co-organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and  Taiwan Lighting Fixture Export Association (TLFEA), the third Taiwan International Lighting Show (TILS) will be held over four days starting March 13 at Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC). Compared to last year, TILS 2012 will grow by at least 20% with 782 booths and 321 exhibitors such as Epistar, Everlight, Delta, AMKO SOLAR Lighting, JAN CHENG, TAIWAN-N LIGHTING, Genesis Photonics, Wellypower, JUSTLED, BJB (Taiwan), F...

FZLED, maker of high-performance LED lighting products, is pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting at the 2012 Taiwan International Lighting Show from March 13-16, 2012, at the Taipei World Trade Center. Buyers, media, and the general public are all welcome to visit FZLED's booth (Hall 1, Booth #: A0816) view the company's innovative LED lighting solutions. Featured at the FZLED booth will be their newly designed LED downlights as well as their LED Panel lights. FZLED's brand-new LED Panel lights are available two new se...

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) (“K&S” or the “Company”) announced the formal launch of the LUMOSTM Capillary, a dedicated bonding solution for LED packaging markets. Nelson Wong, Vice President and Business Unit Executive, said, “Kulicke & Soffa continues to leverage our leadership position and strategic R&D investments to benefit our customers’ evolving process needs. With LUMOS, customers will benefit from rapid process qualification for any LED package type, with high yi...

GE Lighting is to present its latest roadway lighting productions which is designed to improve visual conditions, enhance safety and reduce energy use at the second annual Road Planning, Design & Construction Summit to be held at Oryx Rotana from March 12 to 14. According to the company, compared with conventional lighting, its roadway lighting solutions can potentially save about 60% of energy use. And under the support and partnership to the event, the company expects to strengthen its partnerships with the GCC authorities concerned by supporting them in their quest ...

Bulbs.com, an online distributor of light bulbs, starts to sell the new award winning Philips L Prize 10-watt LED light bulb that is designed to replace most standard 60-watt incandescent light bulbs. As the only winner of the prestigious L Prize - a US Department of Energy sponsored competition designed to spur development of ultra-efficient solid-state lighting products, the Philips 10 watt LED bulb is capable of producing more than 900 lumens and also has a 25,000-hour life, saving up to 80% in energy costs....

New Holophane Acrylic Washington PostLite® II LED Luminaires Deliver More Design Choices and Increased Energy Savings   Evolved LED technology provides increased lumens per watt, improved lighted appearance and reduced uplight and light trespass. Next generation Acrylic Washington PostLite® II LED luminaires from Holophane deliver more benefits and choices for a complete range of outdoor applications, including: city streets, parks, residential areas, campuses, walkways and parking lots. Enhanced LED sources reduce energy and maintenan...

Acuity Brands Launches Wall Switch Sensor with Convertible Neutral/Ground Connection for Meeting NEC 2011 Neutral Requirements   Allows contractors to have a universally code compliant solution regardless of job site wiring requirements Acuity Brands, Inc., (NYSE: AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, is pleased to introduce the new patent-pending WSD NGX (Neutral/Ground Exchangeable) wall switch sensor as an addition to its Sensor Switch® line of occupancy sensors. &nb...

It’s a switch that could mean as much as 77 percent in energy savings for grocery, convenience and specialty retailers—across all of their stores. That’s what’s behind the new ImmersionTM RH20 LED lighting system for horizontal refrigerated display cases, GE Lighting Solutions’ most advanced, energy-efficient solution in the horizontal LED refrigeration category to date.   The ultra-efficient Immersion RH20 LED system delivers energy savings where it can have some of the strongest impact—in refrigerated displays that are work...