AN award-winning supermarket group has made the switch to LED lighting to enhance the retail experience for its customers while slashing harmful Co2 emissions. Tout’s Budgens in Somerset chose to completely refurbish its Cheddar supermarket with LED lighting after seeing the light quality and energy savings the latest LED technology can provide. They asked experts at award-winning LED lighting specialists MHA Lighting to devise a scheme for the re-launch of their Church Street store which would showcase the fresh, quality produce they are famous for to b...

To have better lighting in Arizona hospital’s parking lot for the security cameras to operate more efficiently, the Facilities Maintenance Department of Kingman Regional Medical Center approached Howard Industrial Sales in nearby Chandler to initiate energy savings comparisons and a lighting upgrade proposal in order to increase the light output in its vast parking lot. The medical center was using 250-watt HPS lamps in 88 fixtures throughout the campus, running on voltage ranges from 120VAC to 277VAC. The poles are mostly around 16-20 feet high, with some in...

Landscape Forms has released LEO, the novel, outdoor LED lighting solutions including pedestrian lighting of 12-16 ft height and streetscape lighting of 20-25 ft height. This has been designed by industrial designer John Rizzi. LEO uses LED light sources with a lifespan of 60,000 to 100,000 h producing more lumens with less wattage than conventional bulbs. It employs warm white LEDs liberating a more pleasant visual experience than cool white light. A Cyro-Acrylyte lens placed over the LED array alleviates and diffuses the light, providing an array of ligh...

Royal Philips Electronics has installed 149 LED streetlamps in six streets around the Durban International Conference Centre (ICC). The new street lighting is part of a joint initiative by Philips, State-owned power utility Eskom, the Department of Environmental Affairs and the eThekwini municipality, to demonstrate the significant advances being made in energy-efficient LED lighting. The new lighting offers energy savings of 47.4 MWh a year, or 26% when compared with the older 250 W metal halide street lights they replaced, and at the same time provides sup...

Facility supports rapidly expanding LED fixture manufacturer Lumenpulse Inc. , a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today unveiled its completed Corporate Headquarters located in Montreal, Canada. The office debut was celebrated on the evening of December 1, with an exclusive event titled the "Evolution of Light." A select guest list, including architects, lighting designers, agents and partners, investors and members of the media were treat...

AIXTRON SE has received an order from Arima Changzhi, a JV LED manufacturing company involving Changzhi High Tech Industry Investment Co., China, and Taiwan Arima Optoelectronics, for three 42x2-inch wafer configuration AIX 2800G4 HT MOCVD systems as well as three 11x4-inch wafer configuration AIX 2800G4 HT MOCVD systems. A local AIXTRON service support team will install all reactors.And AIXTRON G4 MOCVD systems will be used for the production of High Brightness LEDs.  ...

Lighting Science Group has received a 2012 International CES Best of Innovations Design and Engineering Award Honoree with its new low cost World Bulb™ – an omnidirectional 60-watt equivalent A19 LED bulb. The Consumer Electronics Association's (CEA)® International CES Innovations Awards recognize outstanding design and engineering advancements across 32 consumer electronics product groupings – Lighting Science Group's product was honored in the Eco-Design & Sustainable Technologies category. Compared with relati...

San Francisco Bay Area-based LED lighting company, Elemental LED, starts a new holiday promotion from December 1st to December 16th, 2011. The company note that the free shipping promotion is not offered on shipments to Canada or anywhere outside the U.S. and that delivery by Christmas is expected but cannot be guaranteed. Orders must be received by 2pm PST on Friday December 16 to qualify for free shipping, and to be shipped by the end of the day. Ground shipping carriers include both USPS Priority mail and UPS Ground. In addition, Elemental LE...

•    Eco-chic tree in President’s Park is adorned with thousands of GE LEDs, the latest in holiday lighting technology   In 1923, families gathered around the radio to listen as President Calvin Coolidge lit the first National Christmas Tree. Only imaginations brought the ceremony, and the tree located in what is now President’s Park, to life. Eighty-nine years later, families are still gathering to witness the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, but 21st century technology is giving them a front-row seat.   At 4:30 p....

Good news from the management of ASM Assembly Systems GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems) at the SIPLACE press conference in Shenzhen. SIPLACE COO in China, Herbert Hofmann, presented a whole series off innovative SIPLACE solutions for the following process steps: new product introduction (NPI), setup changeover and production run. Based on the globally leading SIPLACE placement platform, integrated hardware, software and service innovation will help especially electronics manufacturers in China and Asia to...

Next-Generation LED Module Family Features Award-Winning TrueWhite Technology, Industry-Leading Color Rendering Index (CRI) and System Efficacy Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) announces the commercial availability of the new LMH2 LED module family, designed to speed time-to-market for high-quality LED luminaires. The barrier-breaking LMH2 is the only LED module delivering 80-lumens-per-watt system efficacy combined with CRI greater than 90. The modules feature Cree TrueWhite Technology, a revolutionary way to generate white light with LED...

City decreases environmental impact by reducing energy consumption by 74 percent; replaces over 400 metal halide fixtures with LED technology. The parking garage at the City Hall in Austin, Texas, houses 750 parking spaces and must leave its lights on 24 hours a day, making for high energy usage and big electrical bills. After evaluating several manufacturers' LED products, city officials chose LED luminaires from Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry. By repla...

Introduction of LED lighting technology offers South African businesses an estimated annual collective energy savings of ZAR 41 million (approx. EUR 4 million) and reduces 60,000 tons of CO2 Johannesburg, South Africa - Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) and Eskom (The South African state-owned utility company) today announced the largest energy saving LED lighting deal in Africa to date. Under the agreement, 200,000 Philips MasterLED lamps are being distributed through Karebo Systems at discounted prices throughout South Afr...

China Import and Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China 160,000 sqm of exhibition space already sold for 2012 show Launch of new Business Matchmaking Programme More industry associations show keen interest in AGORA New name for LED summit Hong Kong association joins strong international line up of supporters The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, one of the world’s most influential and comprehensive lighting industry events has already sold more than 160,000 sqm of exhibition space for its show taking place 9 – 12 June 2012 ...

Philips has partnered with Ayala Museum by providing subsidized lighting using LED  units. At the signing of a memorandum of agreement, Rico Gonzales, country manager of Philips Electronics and Lighting noted that LED is fast becoming the standard of lighting for commercial and residential use due to its longevity and low-energy consumption. Philips’ 35-watt Luxspace LED units have replaced 120-watt incandescent lamps, which results in energy savings of up to 70 percent. In addition, Philips also installed its Dynalite lighting controls to allow the...

Starbucks located in the middle of the New York City’s Times Square Theatre District has undergone an LED lighting makeover. Starbucks joined forces with Focus Lighting, a New-York based architectural lighting design firm, and Florida-based LED Source on the store’s renovation.   The soft, warm hues featured in the store are made possible thanks to new LED lamps from Toshiba. The LED lamps are not only more energy efficient than traditional bulbs, they also have a longer life. Additionally, the bulbs don’t contain mercury or lead and so...

Switching from dry process to wet produces lower capital and manufacturing costs, scalability, and better throughput MicroTech has developed a wet process station for the etching of PSS (Patterned Sapphire Substrate) wafers used to increase light extraction and efficiency in high brightness LEDs. The wet station can improve manufacturing throughput, a major stumbling block to making LEDs price competitive with fluorescent lighting. As LED manufacturers look to decrease costs, the use of PSS becomes more important. The average light output power is reported to be...

Toshiba is to roll out the "Regza 32BE3," a 32V-size LCD TV integrated with its "Eco Chip," in mid-December 2011. The Eco Chip receives/detects signals from the remote after the TV is turned off with the remote. Its consumption current is as low as about 95μA. The Regza 32BE3 incorporates the Eco Chip and a large-capacity capacitor. The Eco Chip is driven by electricity stored in the capacitor, and AC power is cut by a relay. As a result, the standby power consumption of the TV is equivalent to the power consumption of an unplugg...

New Glasgow is to replace the current high-pressure sodium lights in street with LED lights in the coming weeks. In the spring the NDP government introduced legislation making LED lighting mandatory for roads and highways. Municipalities have five years to complete the conversion. Town CAO Lisa MacDonald said the town is proceeding with the conversion at this time, as there is financing available for the project. Last year New Glasgow converted 59 of its street lights in a trial and found they produced a higher level of lighting. Once converted, the change is...

Pressed on by its security department that was anxious to have better lighting in the hospital’s parking lot for the security cameras to operate more efficiently, the Facilities Maintenance Department of Kingman Regional Medical Center approached Howard Industrial Sales in nearby Chandler to initiate energy savings comparisons and a lighting upgrade proposal in order to increase the light output in its vast parking lot. Nestled in the foothills of the Hualapai Mountain range, the award-winning Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC) is a community-owned 235-bed...

LED company PowerSecure (POWR) has designed  new SuperTube LED lighting fixtures to replace overhead fluorescent tubes in commercial applications. The  new SuperTube LED lighting fixtures have passed UL certification and have already been installed for a customer.  They are specifically designed for indoor T8 and T12 retrofit applications and offer 75% greater efficiency over traditional lighting. In the meanwhile, they can reduce maintenance costs due to a long lifespan of 10 years.  ...

Westland's Annapolis Park subdivision is to replace LED street lightings under the $20,000 remaining in Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funds approved by the council . DTE owns the light poles and would replace 31 street light fixtures under a sole source bid. The new lights would be retrofitted onto the existing light poles and save an estimated $2,100 annually. In 2009, the city received $731,100 in grant funding that was used for energy retrofits at the Mike Modano Ice Arena — the single largest project — the Bailey Recreation Ce...

Honolulu based nonprofit Blue Planet Foundation is to build an 8-foot diorama that will use LED lights powered by the sun. It will be powered by a solar panel canopy designed and built by the Kaneohe-based solar design and installation company Sunetric. A battery pack will store energy produced by the panels during the day so the lights turn on at night. The Lego Enthusiasts Association of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii Solar Decathlon Team Hawaii are building the display. The public will have a chance to see the display on the lawn next to Honolulu Hal...

There is a 5,000-bulb illuminations display created by a acclaimed lighting artist in the grounds which will be switched on at 4pm on Saturday at the Holburne Museum. Bruce Munro's Field of Light can be viewed daily at the museum for free between 4pm and 7pm until January 8, with a magical display of colour and light flowing through the grounds and into its Garden Cafe. His inspiration came nearly 20 years ago while travelling in Australia, when he became transfixed by the way in which barren desert would burst into bloom after rainfall. Holburne director Alexande...

Researchers from the University of Washington and Finland's Aalto University have developed and tested a contact lens that wirelessly displays a one-pixel LED image on a contact lens. According to the research, the lens was tested on anaesthetized rabbits "with no observed adverse effects." The embedded display in the lens receives data wirelessly through a radio antenna and displays it using a sapphire chip with an embedded micro-LED. The entire system is powered by a silicon power harvester that draws energy from a battery up to 2 cm away. Unlike virtual...

Advanced lighting creates a customized, interactive and community-friendly entertainment experience  Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, today announced an exciting new client installation at BC Place Stadium, a landmark -- and now gem -- of the Vancouver skyline. After over 25 years of hosting a range of sports, musical, cultural, community and exhibition events featuring everything from a Pope John Paul II address, and Madonna...

Lighting Science has designed the BayLight industrial LED light to replace existing High Intensity Discharge (HID) lighting, matching the performance of conventional 400W HID systems, while offering up to 35% reduction in energy usage. The BayLight provides an L70 rated life of over 60,000 hours at 40°C and more than 100,000 hours at 25˚C. It is available in higher and hard to reach applications, such as large storage areas, where re-lamping can be costly and time consuming. Features as following: •    LEDs help to improve efficienc...

Nordson ASYMTEK announces that it has won the 2011 Global Technology Award in the category of LED Production Equipment for its Spectrum S-922 LED jetting system for dispensing silicone. The award recognizes the best new innovations in the printed circuit assembly and packaging industries. The award was presented at the Productronica Trade Fair in Munich, Germany on November 15th, 2011.  This was the fourth time Nordson ASYMTEK has won a Global Technology award. Nordson ASYMTEK's jet dispenser enables sticky silicon phosphor to be di...

Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth is to get an LED makeover, and currently it is under the process of test. According to Sundance's marketing director, there are more than 7,600 feet of LED cable to outline about 18 buildings, primarily along Main Street. It has taken workers about 5,000 hours to install the lights and 100 hours to program them. If testing goes well, the lights will be switched on after the Parade of Lights on Friday. The system is computer-operated and has 16 million color options with unlimited program combinations, such as lighting seque...

LED lamp manufacturer MSi, has supported Furniture retailer Talsma Furniture to replacing more than 700 traditional incandescent light bulbs in the Holland Michigan store with new LED bulbs. Benefits from LEDs, total energy savings are estimated at about 5,054 megawatts per hour every year, the equivalent of planting more than 1253 trees. The LED lamps have an expected life of 10 years, reducing landfill disposal....