The 24th annual Holiday Lights at Gring’s Mill in Wyomissing has taken place on December 2nd-30th, Wednesday through Sunday, 6-9 p.m., and closed December 24th & 25th. This year promise to be brightest year so far for the program, as several thousand more incandescent lights have been replaced with LED bulbs. The walk through light display combines festive ground light displays with trees strung with hundreds of lights. Of the trees decked out in lights, most of them have been converted to LED this year. Several of the ground displays have also been conver...

The 800-foot Tower Bridge in London will have an LED makeover with the support of General Electric and EDF Energy who are sponsors of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The bridge lighting will be installed by the French firm Citelum, which has designed lighting for landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, and the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. GE said that its multi-colour LEDs with variable intensity will illuminate the bridge's Victorian gothic turrets, granite and stone towers, as well as an a...

While energy-efficient products are an expensive form of lighting for many customers in the Asia Pacific region, the higher costs are increasingly justified by the higher efficacy and performance compared to traditional lighting products. As a result, demand for LED products is growing among customers in developed countries such as Japan and Korea. Moreover, a number of regional and national government programs are in place to promote LED lighting, and these initiatives will serve as a key driver of the market in the coming decade. LED is now viewed as an affordable and effic...

Gem Hsin Electronics, an LED lighting manufacturer, has made new advances in research and development of LED lighting products. The firm claims its latest developments enable wider beam angles than its competitors and unparalleled light uniformity. Combined, Gem Hsin's says these patented design achievements give its latest products a superiority that is unmatched in the LED industry. Gem Hsin has already started incorporating these cutting-edge research breakthroughs into their line of T5 / T8 LED Tube Lights.     Gem Hsin's engineers,...

OSRAM AG acquired the remaining shares in Traxon Technologies, Ltd. (Traxon) from its joint venture partner as of 9 November 2011. With this acquisition, OSRAM further strengthens its business in the strongly growing market for professional LED lighting solutions. Traxon specializes in applications for the architectural, shop and hospitality segments. OSRAM obtained a controlling 51 percent in Traxon back in 2009. The joint venture has since been operating under the name of "Traxon Technologies – An OSRAM Company". "We are supportin...

LED lighting is becoming mainstream and luminaire-­makers are jumping on the bandwagon with viable products now that the technology is more widely understood. In the early days few lighting firms could get their heads around semiconductor heatsinking and precision optical alignment, and few LED-makers realised that no one wants to install a reflow oven, or even lift a soldering iron, to make light fittings. Now the luminaire companies are learning to be a bit more high-tech, the LED-makers are getting a bit more practical, and connector firms are continuing to bridge the...

Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, released a customer case study focused on a project for the iconic 1950’s Cermak Shopping Plaza outside of Chicago, IL.  Already a clean-tech energy saver, the Lumenpulse LED fixtures are going further green with the building owner choosing to power them with wind turbines.   Built in 1956, the plaza has a rich history including cameo appearances in Hollywood movies (1992’s Wayne...

McGraw-Edison Valet LED Luminaires help Detroit Windsor Tunnel reduce overall electricity cost by 72 percent. The Detroit Windsor Tunnel, a subterranean passage connecting the United States and Canada, recently upgraded its lighting fixtures to include energy-saving LED products from Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry. Project goals, like providing ample lighting and reducing energy cost, were easily met with McGraw-Edison Valet™ LED Luminaire...

In another aviation lighting industry first, the LED Solar Runway Guard Light, created by Carmanah Technologies Corp (TSX: CMH) (Pink Sheets: CMHXF), together with ADB Airfield Solutions has been recognized as the Airport Technology of the Year by the Future Airport, a publication from Global Trade Media International. The award was based on a panel of experts from the aviation industry, that put forward a recommended short list of products they felt made the most difference in 2011. The panel included people from airport design, construction, airline ...

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, has introduced two new LED drivers to help designers optimize their solutions for automotive, industrial and general lighting applications. ON Semiconductor’s new NCL30051 stage, power factor correction (PFC) and Resonant Half Bridge LED driver, combined with the new NCL30160, a dimmable constant current step-down (buck) LED driver, provide an ideal solution for high-brightness LED driver applications where space is limited an...

Hubbell Outdoor Lighting Inc. is proud to introduce two new versatile LED products in their leading outdoor lighting portfolio. The new Roadway RM LED Series delivers a complete and powerful LED roadway solution producing 6087 lumens in a 3G rated traditional cobra-head. The Roadway RF LED Retrofit Kit provides a versatile solution to upgrade existing 100-175W cobra-heads in any NEMA compliant fixture. Designed to provide energy efficient LED solutions for roadway lighting, the Roadway RM LED Series delivers more visible and uniform light with s...

Dialight has developed its new DuroSite® LED Area Light, the newest addition to its class-leading line up of LED industrial lighting solutions. The DuroSite LED Area Light delivers 79 lumens per Watt to effectively replace up to a 250W HID unit slashing energy consumption by nearly 70 percent. The DuroSite LED Area Light offers a CRI greater than 70 in either cool white or neutral white CCT. The unit delivers optimum performance at operating temperatures ranging from -40°F to +149°F with instant on to eliminate the warm-up common wit...

Featuring E12 candelabra base and 120 A input voltage, 0.9 W Model LED15T4-SIW-120A delivers more than 23 lumens and spherical candela of 1.84 while drawing 0.18 mA current. Bulb is constructed with shatter-resistant polypropylene lens and Rynite® sleeve. Operating in ambient temperature range of -22 to +122°F, Model LED15T4-SIW-120A provides warm white light from 2,800-3,200 K, suitable for indicator lamps, theater aisle seats, night lights, step lights, and decorative lighting. ...

The Home Depot®, the world's largest home improvement retailer,  announces its Fourth Annual Eco Options Christmas Light Trade-In event. New this year, the Company has increased the savings, launching a tiered coupon program ranging from $3 to $5 off select energy efficient lighting. Now through November 13th, customers can bring in their old working or non-working Christmas light strings to be recycled and receive a coupon for up to $5 off the purchase of energy efficient seasonal LED string lights.   Through this exchange, customers can receiv...

Designed around LEDGINE LED platform, AeroScape series provides multiple distribution patterns, upgradability, and up to 86 lm/W efficacy. Modern edged design, which has low-profile architectural die-cast housing, comes in 2 pole mounted and 2 wall and surface housing sizes. While area and site fixtures feature straight and upswept arm style for daytime aesthetics, wall fixtures can be installed in up or down position for accent, task, or wall washing illumination. ...

System Solutions, part of the Gearhouse South Africa Group of Companies, has been commissioned by ANGT (Agence Nationale Des Grands Travaux) who represent the Gabon government, to design, supply and construct large format outdoor LED screens and a control system each for the brand-new stadium in Libreville and the existing stadium in Port Gentil.   The Amitie stadium in Libreville - a gift from the Chinese government - is currently under construction and is due to complete in time to host the 28th CAF Orange Africa Cup of Nations in January 2012 whic...

In Stamford, Conn., they’re taking green to the streets in the form of energy-efficient LED streetlights, which are set to replace more than a thousand high-pressure sodium streetlights in the city’s main corridors. This green retrofit is expected to save the city more than $146,000 per year. This improvement is being made possible, in part, by a federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant, a program that helps to fund energy efficiency and conservation programs across the country. Funding through this grant will allow the city to replace existing stre...

A Chinese plan to phase out incandescent light bulbs is boosting companies that make energy- efficient replacements. China will ban sales of incandescent bulbs that use 100 watts or more of power starting Oct. 1, 2012, the official Xinhua News Agency reported today. The ban will be expanded to cover any bulbs that use more than 60 watts in 2014 and to 15 watts in 2016. Cree Inc. (CREE), a maker of light-emitting diodes, which provide light using less energy than incandescent bulbs, gained 9.7 percent to $30.57 in New York, the biggest jump since Aug. 10. LED-maker S...

New research shows that diode lasers could eventually compete with LEDs for home and commercial lighting solutions. Sandia National Laboratories recently asked participants to rate various LED and diode laser lighting scenarios and found that in some situations consumers preferred the diode lasers. LEDs are commonly thought of as the most energy-efficient replacements for the century-old incandescent bulbs. What is not often known is that LEDs lose efficiency at currents higher than 0.5 amps. The diode laser actually improves at higher currents, which means it can provid...

The “BEKA LEDlume” is the latest range from the South African street lighting manufacturer BEKA. All variations of these luminaires are equipped with Oslon SSL LEDs by Osram Opto. The “BEKA LEDlume” series is designed to improve the energy efficiency and durability of lighting in the streets of the African continent. Back in 2010, BEKA equipped its luminaires for the World Cup stadia in South Africa with LEDs supplied by Osram Opto. Upon selecting the LED for the new street lights “BEKA LEDlume&rdqu...

Aixtron SE has announced that Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore, has received its new Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) system. Commissioned by the local Aixtron support team, the CCS 3x2-inch wafer configuration system is being used for research into ultra-high brightness LEDs and related material systems. Director of Luminous! Centre of Excellence for Semiconductor Lighting and Displays and Singapore NRF Fellow, Nanyang Associate Professor Hilmi Volkan Demir comments, “We have established a solid-state lighting (SSL) lab...

According to “The Global and China LED Industry Report, 2010-2011”, since Veeco launched the K465I in the Chinese market, its revenue soared 230%, putting a great deal of pressure on Aixtron. The report, available from reportlinker.com, says the LED market size climbed 58% to US$15.8 billion in 2010 from US$10 billion. The market size of LED for LCD TV backlight actually boomed to approximately US$3.9 billion from US$960 million driven by the explosion of LED-TV. The market share of LED-backlit LCD TV arrived at 26.9% in 2...

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces that more than 930 LR6(TM) six-inch LED downlights and LR24(TM) LED lay-in luminaries have been installed at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base as part of an overall renovation currently underway. Located outside of San Diego, Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps, serving as its prime amphibious training base for nearly 100,000 Marines. Prior to installation, Accelerated Electric, Inc., the electrical contractor for this project, and RA...

GlacialLight, a sub-division of the experienced technology maker GlacialTech Inc., is excited to announce that their display at INTERLIGHT MOSCOW will feature an exceptional line-up of high-quality and superbly designed LED lighting products for buyers and journalists to see first-hand. Interested parties are invited to visit the GlacialLight Booth #NO.T1.3, Hall 7.2, from November 8-11, 2011, at the Expocentre Fairgrounds in Moscow, to test products, ask questions, and procure GlacialLight's most advanced LED lighting solutions offerings. Dat...

Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com has announced the addition of a portable LED task light to its line of LED lighting products. The SCLED-H5 rechargeable LED task light provides both a spot beam and floodlight capability for applications where distance as well as wide area illumination is needed. A magnetic mounting base and integrated grappling hook allow users to easily secure this light in a variety of locations and a rechargeable and removable battery provides an economical power source. The SCLED-H5 rechargeable LED task light provides operators wit...

Pune based IT company, BMC Software has launched an initiative to " gain by saving" by replacing lighting fixtures in its Pune office facilities with higher efficiency LED lights resulting in over 65% savings in power. These savings have been utilized to donate solar power LED lighting system to a remote village near Sakur in Sangamner taluka of Ahmednagar district. Tarun Sharma, site leader and vice president of research and development for BMC Software said, "A significant part of the savings made from reduced power bills will be applied to the co...

Solid Apollo’s value based LED Wizard 10 Zone Controller incorporates the same features found in high end led controllers yet at a budget conscious price. Each RGB LED Controller provides users the option of controlling up to 10 zones individually or collectively from the convenience of a single wireless controller. The LED Wizard RGB LED Controller includes Solid Apollo’s exclusive Touch Wheel Color Selector which gives users the ability to dial-in any color of the rainbow at the flick of a finger. In addition, users can control brightness, col...

A smart office is one which uses less energy, where wireless sensors placed on workstations and personal computers "talk" to each and relay information about the room back to a computer or base station, which then "tell" individual LED lights installed on the ceiling how much to light up, dim or switch off. Such a smart grid lighting system can result in energy savings of some 45 per cent compared to conventional fluorescent lighting. Yesterday, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) announced a tie-up with JTC Corporation and Royal Philips El...

Researchers working at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently announced they had improved the performance of LEDs through the use of zinc oxide microwires. Scientists from Georgia Tech's School of Materials Science and Engineering affirmed they had been working to create technologies that could potentially improve the performance of LEDs, which are increasingly common in homes and businesses as a lighting source. The research was funded with grants obtained from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Department of Energ...

Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com has introduced a powerful LED hand lamp to its line of explosion proof approved work lights that provides the versatility of a compact hand lamp with the high output of an LED equipped bulb assembly. The EPL-FL26-LED-100 is a compact yet powerful work light that produces three times the illumination of comparable fluorescent work lights without the problems of fragile glass lamps and bulky ballasts or transformers. Equipped with 100 feet of explosion proof cord and constructed to withstand rigorous use, this lamp is ideal for close wo...