Amerlux has introduced SmartSite™, SmartSite™, powered by Intellistreets and network control system which integrates LED lighting technology. SmartSite is a 24/7 area-wide system that offers architectural luminaire styles, a robust platform, digital wireless solutions, Wi-Fi capabilities, and a myriad of homeland security features. It also offers multimedia solutions that can upgrade an existing infrastructure to provide information, advertising, security and entertainment for public spaces with streetlights that automatically adjust the lighting to illuminate t...

Recently, Researchers from Dresden's University of Technology (TU Dresden) have made a breakthrough on a highly efficient white top-emitting OLED design that feature "outstanding" color quality, and is compatible with flexible OLEDs. In this new design a refractive index matched microlens film was laminated to the top-emitting OLED to form direct optical contact. It has a CRI of 93, CIE coordinates of (0.472, 0.430) and an emission from 410 to 750 nm that almost spans the complete visible spectrum (380 to 780 nm). The efficiency is up to 30 lm/W...

Energy Focus has completed an installation of more than 600 new LED lighting fixtures for USS Chafee (DDG 90). According to a recent Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) press release, "The new fixtures have a minimum 50,000-hour lifespan compared to the 1,000-hour incandescent globes and 7,500-hour fluorescents. The ship is expected to save more than $50,000 per year using the new lights. Savings are expected to exceed $100,000 per ship per year when the scope is expanded to include the T12 fluorescent fixtures. In early 2012, USS Preble (DDG 88) is ...

CSL’s Concealed LED Lighting Sets the Stage for James Wall’s Covered Terrace Installation in Acclaimed Magazine’s Second Showhouse Endeavor   CSL® (Creative Systems Lighting), leaders in energy-efficient LED downlighting and concealed lighting, is featured in ELLE DÉCOR’s 2011 Showhouse, presented as an official satellite exhibit of Design Miami/ during Art Basel from Dec. 3 to Dec. 19. CSL’s 12-V Ultra Compact PDQ Strip Lighting and Invizilite Generation 2 concealed lighting—inclu...

Carmanah recently has received nearly $400,000 orders for EverGEN 1530 solar LED outdoor lighting system from a nuclear power facility, aiming to increase the security of the site by providing backup safety lighting in the event of a power failure. The solar energy-powered lighting system is designed for industrial-scale applications including parking lot and perimeter lighting, which have the ability to meet the security functions mandated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Additionally, through Lemnis Lighting's "buy one, give one" campaign, s...

EPISTAR LAB announces its highest efficacy with warm white high voltage chipset. With its outstanding efficacy, higher CRI, and competitive lm/$, the solution of direct red platform is widely used in warm white application. Recently, EPISTAR LAB has successfully achieved the warm white efficacy     of 216 lm/W at an operating current of 5 mA and CRI of 87 Ra at CCT of 2700K. Under a typical driving current of 15mA (or about 1 W operation equivalent), the luminous efficacy of 197 lm/W was achieved. EPISTAR LAB’s ...

Screen Master® C4SMT LED Designed with 20 Degree Tilted Viewing Angle Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, extends its high-brightness LED leadership with the commercial availability of the new Screen Master C4SMT and C4SMD 4mm LEDs. The superior brightness and unrivaled far-field pattern matching, combined with industry-leading packaging technology, can enable Cree LED customers to deliver a better viewing experience for their audience and achieve lower system and operating costs than previous generations of LEDs....

Ledzworld Technology, an innovative R&D and manufacturing company of high-end LED retro-fit lamps for professional users, has signed a patent license agreement with Cree Inc.   Cree, Inc. announced on Monday December 19 that it has granted five innovative LED lighting manufacturers licenses to select Cree patents through its recently launched remote phosphor licensing program. By making fundamental remote phosphor patents available through license, Cree is further enabling LED lighting adoption, as Cree innovations facilitate the development of LED lights...

Cree, Inc. announces it has granted five LED lighting manufacturers licenses to select Cree patents through its recently launched remote phosphor licensing program. By making fundamental remote phosphor patents available through license, Cree is further enabling LED lighting adoption, as Cree innovations facilitate the development of LED lights combining remote phosphor optical elements with blue LEDs. “Cree is committed to the development of innovative, energy-efficient LED lighting technology and this program provides access to important technology developed ...

Nexxus Lighting, Inc. has introduced its new PAR20 and PAR30 bulbs to its premium Array LED replacement lamp line.   The Array PAR30, which is equivalent up to a 75 watt halogen bulb, and the PAR20, which is equivalent up to a 50 watt halogen bulb, are both available in 2700 and 3000 degree Kelvin color temperatures and spot, accent, and flood beam spreads. Both bulbs are lightweight, fully dimmable and have been tested by accredited third party laboratories. The lamps suit for track lighting, spot lighting and numerous other accent lighting applications....

TC Interconnect Holdings Limited announced that it has obtained national quality standard certification for LED lighting products. Acquiring such certification is one of the stipulations to bid for Chinese government’s projects. Since the group’s LED road lighting products won the bid of the Project of Three National Ministries, it has obtained the Product Certificate and China Certificate for Energy Conservation Product issued by China Quality Certification Centre (CQC), which is an official recognition to the Group’s LED road lightin...

SiliconCore Technology has launched its breakthrough 1.9mm pitch LED display panel technology with a high integration, low power LED Driver integrated circuit for indoor applications. The device can drive up to 128 RGB (Red-Green-Blue) LED pixels resulting in a drastic component count reduction. The fine pitch technology also pioneers the use of “Common Cathode” RGB LED topology which results in up to 30% reduction in power dissipation and overcomes the overheating issue. Other innovations include ghost image elimination, true 16-bit color, dra...

Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting manufacturers, announced today the completion of an Atlanta Botanical Garden's seasonal light exhibit, 'Garden Lights, Holiday Nights,' which features green both as a primary festival color and as an operating energy principle. Nearly one million lights have transformed the garden grounds into a veritable winter wonderland, but Lighting Science Group's computer-animated LED installation on the Great Lawn serves as the display's undisputed flagship finale. Dazz...

Luminus Devices has made a breakthrough on its next generation CBT-90 white LED , providing equivalent system-level light output within medical and entertainment lighting, that formerly used 300W Xenon and 175W metal halide lamps. The CBT-90, consisting of a single 3mm x 3mm chip mounted on a metal core PCB, is now 25% brighter and capable of producing more than 2,200 lumens at its top end input current. Chuck DeMilo, Global Director of Product Marketing for the Lighting Business Group at Luminus Devices, pointed out that,"The new CBT-90 performan...

UV LED Curing Association publishes its inaugural UV LED Glossary of Terms.   This is the organization’s first major accomplishment since founders Integration Technology Limited, Lumen Dynamics, and Phoseon Technology announced the formation of the association just one month ago. The three companies are diligently working to define and establish agreed-upon UV LED-based guidelines for UV LED curing applications. The founders believe the association’s work will have a positive impact towards enabling the adoption of UV LED technology ...

Lumière architectural landscape lighting is used throughout Garden Lights, Holiday Nights high-tech “green” show. Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, is helping to brighten Atlanta’s Botanical Garden this holiday season by sponsoring the inaugural Garden Lights, Holiday Nights show, which runs through January 7. Cooper Lighting’s Lumière LED landscape lighting luminaires are featured in and around the major attractions in ...

Recently, Sharp has announced 50W Mega Zeni LED models featuring an efficiency of up to 100lm/W, a luminous flux of up to 4700lm and a (typical) CRI value of up to 93. It’s one of the first industrial LED solutions to replace traditional 50W HID lamps. According to Sharp, the devices are designed to maintain the same compact dimensions and high CRI values but with greater luminous fluxes. Sharp says they have a luminous efficiency of between 3590 and 4770lm, a light output of up to 100lm/W in standard operating mode and a service life of 40,000 hours at an...

SavWatt USA, Inc. will launch new LED Lights integrating the P2i process in which a patented Nano coating application is applied to the LED Light making them water, dirt, salt and fog resistant. According to Martin Gerber, SavWatt's CMO, "Last week Motorola launched the new Verizon Dr the P2i process in which a patented Nano coating application is applied to the LED Light making them water, dirt, salt and fog resistant.oid Razr; this phone was treated with a Nano application and is fully water resistant. 1,000,000 phones were processed in a 2 w...

O2Micro’s 8 claims for LED Architecture and methodology were issued under United States patent number 8,040,071. The company’s patented technology provides a very cost effective architecture, with fewer bulky components, making a solution suitable for smaller areas, such as lighting fixtures. According to Dr. Yung Lin, executive vice president, O2Micro, "The technology in this invention allows users to utilize minimum circuit components to achieve high-performance LED lighting applications for worldwide AC input."...

Introduces New Thermal Simulation Service and Advanced Photometric Testing   Extending the support services offered to LED lighting manufacturers that were launched this fall, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces the addition of two new Cree TEMPO offerings to its revolutionary design and evaluation services. The new TEMPO (Thermal Electrical Mechanical Photometric Optical) Thermal Simulation and photometric testing options are designed to remove barriers for LED lighting manufacturers and accelerate broader market adoption of LED lighting. ...

Lusio Solid-State Lighting’s LED high bay fixtures have been accepted in the 2011 Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Report. More than 30 representatives from lighting industry leading manufacturers and lighting design firms have consisted of a committee to judge the impartial judging process. The Committee evaluates each submission on its uniqueness, innovation, and significance in the lighting industry. Lusio was one of about 150 products recognized from submissions that included products and manufacturers from all categories of the lighting industr...

Recently, GE Lighting Solutions has rolled out a series of Tetra® LED lighting systems designed for channel letters. The new products feature outstanding uniformity and use fewer modules than previous models. Below are the main specifications:   Tetra miniMAX—for small channel letters 1.5 inches in depth or greater, the new products efficacy is 43 percent greater than the previous Tetra miniMAX with 81 lumens per watt compared to 57 lumens per watt, uses 26 percent less energy and has 80 percent wider stroke spacing in a 4-inch sign. Also power supply ...

Royal Philips Electronics' LED lighting solutions have supported Zürich's Hardbrücke for Switzerland’s largest LED project. Hardbrücke wants to upgrade the lighting under the bridge and to improve security for pedestrians. Therefore, bicycle and pedestrian paths, as well as an additional lane for public transport and a newly laid tram line need to take into consideration. To meet the demands, the chosen lighting solution consists of Koffer2 fixtures on the bridge, while the underside of the 2.3 km long bridge is lit with 1,750 LEDline2 lu...

UK-based manufacturer of cadmium-free quantum dots, Nanoco, has signed a joint development agreement with a global LED lighting company. The colour performance of the quantum dot technology attracts commercial LED lighting. As a result, the cooperators will see the university spin-out's cadmium-free quantum dots (CFQD) technology used in high volume LED lighting systems. The 12 month agreement with the lighting company is expected to be followed either by further development work or by proceeding to product launch. But they haven’t disclosed the financial d...

UK corporation Revend Recycling Ltd, has launched an innovative reverse vending recycling machine for the collection and recycling of domestic light bulbs and domestic batteries. The machine is the “FIRST” domestic light bulb reverse vending recycling machine of its type in the World and has been jointly designed and developed by Revend Recycling Ltd and Repant ASA, a corporation listed on the Norwegian Stock Exchange. Increased demand for recycling light bulbs and the international change over to CFL and LED domestic light bulbs and the recyclin...

Japanese based company NGK Insulators has released new wafer products for electronic device applications in ultra high brightness (UHB) LEDs. It has showcased at SEMICON Japan 2011 held between December 7 through 9 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba for the first time. The company targets wafer products as a major research and development theme in the electronics field. In the R&D line-up, there are bonded wafers that achieve new functions previously unavailable with a single material wafer, and GaN single crystal wafers that have low defect density and colourle...

According to Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM)’s president, Nobumasa Kemori, the company has decided to set up a mass-produce 6-inch diameter sapphire substrates line within its fully-owned subsidiary Okuchi Electronics based in Isa City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. SMM intends to inject the capital investment of ¥1.2 billion (US $120 million) including investment already completed. Through the investment, SMM will construct a continuous production system extending from fabrication of large sapphire crystals to substrate processing. Currently, 2- to 4-inc...

By selecting interior and exterior LED lighting products, City Furniture has reduced its energy usage by more than half.   Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology, is pleased to announce its inclusion in a new City Furniture superstore. City Furniture, one of Florida’s most successful furniture retailers, selected three energy-saving LED products from Cooper Lighting, to help achieve its initiative for LEED Silver certification for a new 94,000 sq. ft. superstore in Boca Rato...

Woodburn has embraced with LED lights as part of a new green initiative.West Virginia University students and members of the Morgantown community came together Friday evening for a timeless Mountaineer tradition: the lighting of Woodburn Hall. A $3.9 million renovation project to the historic building began in 2010.LED lights were selected to increase the bulb life cycle, reduce maintenance costs and reduce energy consumption.The new LED lights change from Mountaineer gold and blue to red and green for the holiday season. The lights on Woodburn will shift to white...

Recently, Koito Manufacturing Co Ltd has made use of the design freedom of LEDs to designed a head lamp and showcased it at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show 2011. The head lamp, named "Ganriki" (eye force), is shaped like a human eye and the most distinctive feature is its winker lamp (the part emitting yellow light in the picture). The LEDs vertically arranged on the fender side emit light downwards and inward while the LEDs horizontally arranged at the bottom emit light inward. The emitted light is guided to the light guiding path made by injection molding of ...