Lately, the Department of Energy (DOE) has released May 2011 Lighting Facts Product Snapshot of LED replacement lamps, which aims to help lighting retailers, distributors, designers, utilities, and energy efficiency program sponsors understand the current state of the LED replacement lamp market and its trajectory. The report uses verified performance data from the Lighting Facts product list, which now has nearly 1,000 LED replacement lamps registered, to compare their performance to standard technologies and the new performance levels mandated by the Energy Inde...

The Liberty Bell, Symbol of America’s Freedom and Independence, Gleams Under the Glow of MSi’s Super Efficient LED’s. The National Park Service has chosen the super efficient MSi iPAR 38 LED lights to illuminate the Liberty Bell in Downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2003 the bell was moved into the new Liberty Bell Center, a glass and steel pavilion that allows it to be viewed by the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This new setting is perfectly suited for the kind of efficient, bright and long burning light provided b...

Industry Veteran Detailed How Property Owners and Facility Managers Can Gain Control of Lighting Energy Use and Expenditures With State-of-the-Art Technology   During the recent “Advanced Lighting Solutions” web cast, Terry Mocherniak, co-founder and chief operating officer of Encelium Technologies, detailed how property owners and facility managers can achieve maximum energy efficiency through state-of-the-art lighting control technology. The webinar was hosted by CoR Advisors.   “Although lighting is typically one of the large...

Hirose Electric USA has released a multifunctional connector system, which provides wire-to-board, board-to-board joint and short-circuit sockets. The DF59 Series connector requires a small connector, small DC motor drives and power supplies. The connector's low-mated height at 2.5mm and its overall size of 8 x 9mm is used in narrowly-mounted LEDs. According to Rick van Weezel, Hirose's vice president of sales and marketing, the DF59 offers system designers ultimate flexibility and carries the company’s unique “swing lock” design. Moreove...

TDK Corp recently has released the structure of the see-through OLED panel which started mass production in March 2011. The see-through OLED panel features a passive-matrix type and has a screen size of 2.4 inches. Its pixel count is 240 x 320 (QVGA). It can display color images. The brightness and transmittance of the new see-through OLED panel are 150cd/m2 and 40%, respectively.   TDK used metal electrodes as negative electrodes so that the company's proven manufacturing technologies can be used to start volume production as soon as possible. Then...

Currently, Japanese conglomerate Mitsui Group has made a $3.5 million investment on LED lighting control developer Redwood Systems which computerized direct current lighting control systems aimed at improving energy efficiency. The system is capable of gathering data on things like temperature and room occupancy with sensors or motion detection cameras. That data can then be used to adjust lighting under the system's control. The system can also be set on a schedule via a Web-based platform. It uses servers to supply electricity to light fixtures via Ethernet cables usi...

It’s said that Hawaii Energy has developed a partnership with Toshiba on providing an opportunity to qualifying Hawaii small Businesses and nonprofit organizations to receive free, energy efficient LED lamps at no cost. This offer will be available while supplies last. Participants must agree to install the LED lamps prior to June 30, 2011. Through participation in Hawaii Energy’s Lighting the Future offering, participants will be able to see first-hand the energy and cost savings available through the use of LED lighting. Hawaii Energy is a rate...

Recently, a San Francisco Bay Area-based LED lighting company, Elemental LED has released a video that showcases their LED strip light and LED light bar products installed at Sloane Bar of San Francisco. Additionally, the company also provided the lighting for the bar, which included warm white LED Strip Lights underneath the bar's edge. The lights create a soft, warm glow along the entire length of the solid wood bar. While demonstrating the visual appeal and versatility of LED lighting products, the video promotes Elemental LED's project m...

The name Luzinterruptus which installed LED lighting and tiny animal figurines around the cities of Madrid and Barcelona operated by Urban artists. The project, entitled “Implanted Nature”, filled with soil and a rooting agent to add to the plants were a flock of small plastic animals including horses, sheep and cows and LED lighting. In order to respond to the lack of green spaces, they all covered by small portable domed “greenhouses” which protect from pollution and heavy rain. Fifty of the tiny green spaces were installed over five hours in one ...

Highly-integrated Driver Utilizes Unique Control Method to Equalize Current Between Multiple LED Strings National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today introduced the LM3466, a highly integrated linear LED driver that simplifies the design of high power, wide area lighting fixtures such as streetlights.  The LM3466, with just a few passive components, provides a complete system that drives each LED string from any off-the-shelf AC/DC constant-current power supply. LED drivers today often require multiple components to accurately drive a str...

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation recently is announced to install a six-meter OLED globe at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, Japan. The OLED "Geo-Cosmos" display will be unveiled at the museum as the world's first large-scale spherical OLED screen on June 11. Hanging 18 meters from the floor, the globe is an aluminum sphere covered with 10,362 OLED panels, each measuring 96 x 96 millimeters. Mitsubishi Electric used its scalable OLED technologies to create the globe, which replaces a globe comprising LE...

Lately, decided by the National Park Service, over 2700 MSi iPAR 38 LED lights will illuminate the Liberty Bell located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. MSi LEDs offer many advantages such cost savings in energy and maintenance. LED lights consume far less energy and produce almost no heat meaning reduced cost for both electricity and cooling. In the situation found at the Liberty Bell Center the typical tungsten halogen light burning day and night will typically need replacement every two months. The equivalent LED light burning 24 hours a day will last u...

Philips today announced the New Zealand release of its LED (light emitting diode) range of light bulbs for the home. Delivering significant energy savings and with an exceptionally long life, LEDs are set to provide a step change in home lighting. Philips’ range of LED light bulbs use up to 80% less energy and can last up to 25 times longer than an incandescent bulb and are fully compatible with existing light fittings, making it hassle-free to make the switch.1 As well as presenting an opportunity for households to reduce their energy use, the Philips LED light b...

Solais Lighting has been chosen for a final LED test at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. he Department of Energy will formally supervise the outcomes of the test as part of a DOE Solid State Lighting GATEWAY Demonstration Project. The testing contains  he artworks of early modernist and a painting of Thomas Hart Benton. The museum is evaluating the ability of the LED lamps whether they can distribute lights evenly on the floors and at the same time spotlighting the art. The performance is evaluated by light output, the absen...

Uniform illumination in linear and flat lighting solutions The new product family in the low-power range from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors starts with Duris E 3. The small dimensions and wide beam angle of these new LEDs make them ideal for applications that require uniform illumination. These highly efficient LEDs can be used as replacements for conventional fluorescent lamps in T5 or T8 luminaires for example. Duris E 3 has been designed specifically for applications that call for uniform distribution of light, high efficiency and low procurement costs. The main ...

Toshiba developed a new portable OLED lamp - and they will make 100 units of this lamp, and donate these to quake-hit areas (50 units were already donated to the evacuation center in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture). Toshiba has no plans to sell these to consumers. The lamps run from either four AAA alkaline batteries or from the embedded rechargeable battery - and Toshiba bundle the lamp with a solar-panel (it can also be recharged via a USB port). The lamp measure 146x100x18.5mm (at the thickest part) and weight 180g without the batteries. There are no details abou...

Reportedly, Dubai Aluminium (Dubal), one of the world's largest single-site primary aluminium smelters operator , is evaluating the feasibility of converting its lighting system to energy efficient LED lighting. According to the company’s official, “The aim is to embark on plant-wide full scale LED lighting onversion at Dubal as soon as practicable.” Dubal will ensure that all unnecessary lights are switched off after working hours, wherever applicable; and that all computers/monitors are also switched off when employees leave after a shift at the offi...

Recently, Lunera Lighting has supplied its 6400 SERIES of LED fixtures and 2200 SERIES of luminaires in Volkswagen Group of America's Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL) facility in Belmont, California.   According to Lunera, its LED fixtures luminaires are capable of lighting up to 50,000 hours. Precision optics present in the LED luminaires allows the fixture to cast extensive illumination. Through Lunera's truLITE Color Consistency Process, each fixture can provide coherent light color. The 48" by 6.7" 6400 SERI...

Subaru of America, Inc. marked another significant event in the history of Automobile and Live Production industry by launching its all-new fourth-generation 2012 Impreza® models in 3D.   The glitz and glamour were centered in the middle of Manhattan at the Jacob Javits Center from April 22nd to May 1st 2011 at New York Auto Show, the last car show of the season. This year, not only did most of the Automobile Companies emphasized themselves as Eco-lovers, but they also aimed to spotlight and visualize their products in as in-depth a way as possible. ...

Recently, Finelite and MH Lighting provided the new Research Support Facility on the campus of U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden. The Research Support Facility is one of the largest ultra energy efficient buildings in the U.S., and was recently featured in The Wall Street Journal and the February issue of Lighting Design + Application (LD+A) magazine. High standards set for low energy usage The client set the energy-efficiency bar high-50 percent less energy usage than national codes and ...

Led by LEDinside , and assisted by ITRI, 2011 LEDforum China of International Market Trend and Lighting Applications has made a successful close on May 27th,2011. Specialists  including Philips, Osram, Veeco, Macroblock, Seoul Semiconductor have shared their experience about LED facility and the development tendency of LED. philips Veeco Aixtron Macroblock Epilight Seoul Semiconductor LEDinside ...

In the Past Two Years, the Nation’s Premier Department Store Chain Has Replaced Over 400,000 Hot & Costly Halogen Spotlights with Super Efficient LED Lights,including the amazing 12 watt MSi iPAR.   National Department store chain Macy’s has announced a wide ranging program to reduce energy consumption and waste as part of the company's comprehensive effort to promote sustainability and operating efficiency. Part of this program includes the continued replacement of halogen lighting with long life, super efficient LED lighting, inc...

FZLED, maker of high-performance LED lighting products, today releases their all new MR16-04 Series of LED spotlights. Available in 3 Watt and 5 Watt models, these LED spotlights have been designed and manufactured with extensive help from FZLED's R&D team in order to precisely shape the heat sinks and provide customers with the best cost-to-performance ratio possible. FZLED's commitment to making universally compatible products is also evident as their MR16-04 spotlights can fit GU5.3, GU10, E11, E14, E17, E26, E27, and B22 sockets and...

Wide Portfolio Allows Designers to Select the Right Device Based on Efficiency, Features and PWM Controller High efficiency, high current handling capability and small form factors are critical to power supply designers when selecting components for voltage regulator solutions. To meet this need, Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), a leading global supplier of high performance power and mobile products, developed its family of Generation II XS™ DrMOS [Integrated Driver + MOSFET] devices offering high efficiency and power density to enable d...

Solais Lighting, Inc. recently has been selected for a final LED test installation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. According to Solais Lighting, its 18 Watt PAR 30 Long-Neck LED lamps with 10°, 25°, and 40° beam spread met performance objectives and were selected from a wide field of competitors to participate in next-tier testing, the outcomes of which will be officially monitored by the Department of Energy through the installation's appointment as a DOE Solid State Lighting GATEWAY Demonstration Project....

Luminus Devices, and T-Opto, a Division of Toyota Tsusho America has introduced the SoloLux high output LED module, a high efficacy sub-system for high lumen general lighting applications that typically utilize a 175W metal halide source. The patent-pending module produces up to 6,500 lumens from a single source, and is based on Luminus Big Chip LED technology. SoloLux is available in color temperatures ranging from warm to cool, and is in process of attaining LM-79, UL1598 and ULIP66 accreditations. SoloLux will be available for sampling this summer with ...

After recently completing the installation of 637 solar panels on the roof of its carport which are expected to produce about 210,000 kilowatt hours of energy per year for its Alvarado Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Union City, California-based Union Sanitary District (USD) approached LEDtronics to explore energy-saving lighting solutions throughout its 33-acre wastewater treatment facility. Furthering its long-term plan to lower its carbon footprint and protect the environment by creating sources of renewable energy for its buildings and reducing energy usage and costs...

USB Powered Desk Lamp and exchangeable LED Tube Lamps featured alongside OEM/ODM Services Gem Hsin Electronics Co. Ltd., maker of LED lighting products, is excited to be participating at COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2011 from May 31 to June 4, 2011, at the Taipei World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan, with an exhibit at booth number G115 (Hall 3). Current and interested buyers, members of the international media, and the general public are all welcome to visit Gem Hsin's booth to speak with associates and get an up-close view of the company's...

California-based LittleFootprint Lighting recently has made use of plastic recycled from e-waste and sporting high efficiency LED bulb to design a new LED desk lamp HeronLED. This new lamp features an adjustable, ergonomic design, “warm white” light, and a replaceable LED bulb. And it uses 7-10 times less energy than the conventional desktop lamp. In addition,it’s made from recycled plastic and steel, which makes it easy to recycle when this product finally does bite the dust. While this lovely, bird-like lamp is at the price of $195.00, certainly...

Reportedly, Phillips’ LED lighting has been installed in Phoenix Children's Hospital, to create an escape for the hospital's patients and families and a distraction from the medical ailments surrounding them. The lighting design of the project was led by Dallas-based Scott Oldner Lighting Design using innovative interior and exterior LED lighting from Philips Color Kinetics. The lighting solution from Philips Color Kinetics was used to outline the building's distinctive architectural fins, while creating a visual canvas to display artistic animat...