Acuity Brands has released four white papers including LED Binning, Photometric Measurement, Lumen Depreciation and Color Quality, to help educate the marketplace about LED lighting and technology and associated issues in lighting design. According to Dave Ranieri, Vice President and General Manager, Lithonia Lighting® Commercial Indoor Products,  their goal is to provide the industry with tools to make the best possible decisions when selecting intelligent LED lighting and control systems....

The Russian city of Kazan requires two-thirds less energy thanks to LEDEL’s efficient street lighting with OSRAM Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs Reducing Russia’s primary energy consumption by 40 per cent by 2020 is one of the country’s core concerns. To help reach this goal the Republic of Tatarstan is tackling street lighting and has initiated a pilot project in its capital Kazan – a ward with around 25,000 households already benefits from the superior light quality of LED street lighting made by the LEDEL company. They have already...

Consumers get proven technology that will save energy and money with commercially available Philips AmbientLED 12.5 watt   The world’s first LED replacement for a 60-watt incandescent bulb is now also the first to earn ENERGY STAR qualification.  Philips Lighting announced today that the Philips AmbientLED 12.5 watt (also sold professionally under the Philips EnduraLED brand) has met or exceeded the light quality and energy efficiency requirements for a 60-watt LED equivalent set forth by ENERGY STAR, proving that it is a high...

In August of 2010, Neo-Neon LED Lighting International Ltd (Neo-Neon) won the bid, amidst a field of world-class competitors, for a prominent tunnel illumination project in São Paulo, Brazil.  Winning the bid on this significant tunnel project,  Neo-Neon gained a significant order for 1800 pieces of LED Tunnel Light fixtures and at the same time this project serves to improve the brand image of Neo-Neon as energy-savings, excellent quality of both product and service. Good tunnel lighting allows the user to enter, pass through and exit the ...

Sharp has introduced the highest LED device which has a luminous efficiency of 91lm/W with an input power of about 25W for lighting purposes.   The general color rendering index (Ra) of the new LED device is 83. It emits an incandescent color light. The mounting area of the LED device is as small as 24 x 20mm, and its thickness is only 1.8mm. The light emitting part has a round shape. It will start mass-producing on March 4, 2011, with a production rate of 100,000 units per month.  ...

Carmanah Technologies has supplied its latest EG340 solar LED outdoor lighting systems to heritage park located in Delegacion Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City. Based on the lighting performance, aesthetic design, and cost savings achieved in installation, the EG300-series solar lighting system was chosen by the City for the Parque Caneguin.  ...

Verbatim (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi) announced their new color-tunabe and dimmable OLED lighting panels called VELVE (these are made together by Mitsubishi and Pioneer). Verbatim says that the panels are already available - which makes the VELVE the world's first color-tunable OLED lighting panels. Verbatim apparantly offers just one size -  14x14cm, which is similar to Lumiotec's OLED panels.   Verbatim also announced that they will display the new panels at Fuori Salone, an exhibition held in Milan, Italy on April 12-17. Verbatim'...

•    Reference Design Enables Lower Cost LCD Panels to Produce Higher Quality Images •    Solution on Display at IIC China, Shenzhen February 24-26, 2011 at the Microsemi Booth 2C11 Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor technology aimed at powering a smart, secure, connected world, today announced collaboration with Sony® Corporation Semiconductor Business Group (“Sony”) for the first open market 3D-capable timing controller plus local dimming LED backlighti...

Mitsubishi Electric Australia has showcased a curved prototype of 100in Diamond Vision OLED screens at ISE 2011, targeting to digital signage and indoor advertising. The 384x384mm screens can be interconnected to create even larger panel sizes — a 100in version was displayed at CEATEC 2010 — and panel brightness is twice that of even the brightest LED screens available. The panels' resolution is at 128x128 pixels per screen. As a modular system, the Diamond Vision OLED screens are flexible and can be fitted to curved or rounded surfaces. &...

Recently, Philips Lumileds has released its new SignalSure mid-power LEDs, expecting to be the most robust and reliable surface mount LED available to the automotive industry.   The modules have undergone a rigorous Multi Environment Overstress Testing (MEOST) regime that exceeds the testing required by today’s standards for automotive signalling LED sources. And it is available in red-orange and amber colours....

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced the introduction of the TurboDisc® MaxBright™ Gallium Nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Multi-Reactor System for production of high-brightness light-emitting diodes (HB LEDs). MaxBright has already been accepted by a leading LED manufacturer and Veeco is currently shipping MaxBright systems to additional top manufacturers in Korea, Taiwan and China.  

To celebrate the Year of the Rabbit -- the fourth sign in the Chinese zodiac, Taipei is about to show a 360-degree giant rotating rabbit lantern made of LED at the 2011 Taipei International Lantern Festival, which will begin Friday. It will be held near the city's Civic Plaza and Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall Feb. 11-20 this year....

Nexxus Lighting has added its top selling Array LED bulb SKU to the ENERGY STAR Qualified LED Light Bulbs list.   Joining its R30 products, the Array MR16 also was recently approved.  The MR16 uses just 3.3 watts to produce over 150 lumens at a 3000 degree Kelvin color temperature and a color rendering index of 84.  The Company’s R16 and GU10 units also are approved for inclusion by ENERGY STAR. It has submitted additional lamps from its Array line to ENERGY STAR, including most recently its PAR38 LED...

LAcarGUY Dealership Group Accelerates its Green Agenda Retrofitting Lexus Santa Monica with Qnuru Smart Energy LED Lights   Qnuru™, the Noribach Group’s smart energy digital lighting division, announced that LAcarGUY has retrofitted its Lexus Santa Monica dealership with Qnuru’s Vector line of high wattage LED retrofit bulbs. LAcarGUY, comprised of 10 award-winning dealerships and two state-of-the-art body shops, is the number one hybrid dealer in the world and widely acknowledged as the foremost leader in the green automobil...

Orb Optronix, industry leader in LED Characterization Services and Systems, will be discussing IES LM-79 and IES LM-80 measurement services in Booth 529 during the Strategies In Light trade show at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA on February 22, 23, 24, 2011. Orb Optronix co-founders Rand Lee and David Bajorins will join Sales and Marketing Director Rob Leonard on site at Booth 529 to discuss IES LM-79 and IES LM-80 measurement services and give live demonstrations of the company’s products. They will be exhi...

Rugged, Low-Profile RoHS-Compliant Fixture Now Certified for Class I, Div 2 and Class II, Div 2 Applications Dialight (LSE: DIA.L), an innovative global leader in LED lighting technology, announced that its SafeSite™ Series LED Wallpack Luminaire has achieved Class I, Division 2 certification for use in hazardous locations, including oil platforms, chemical facilities and other potentially explosive environments. Offering superior energy savings and long-life performance with dramatically less maintenance than traditional solutions for haz...

Furniture Industry is Next Big Market to Take Advantage of LED Lighting Installation Saving Energy and Money! MSi Solid State Lighting has announced it will work exclusively providing LED lighting for The Furniture First buying group, a purchasing cooperative made up of retail furniture dealers with locally owned businesses around the United States.  Florida based MSi is one of nation’s fastest growing LED lighting manufacturers lighting up retailers like Macy’s, Abercrombie & Fitch, 9 West and Francesca’s, plus furniture r...

School officials aim to improve safety while reducing energy costs at Chippewa Middle School. Officials at Okemos Public Schools in Okemos, Michigan, needed to update the parking lot at Chippewa Middle School with goals of improving safety and traffic flow in the lot, reducing energy usage, and upgrading the performance of the outdoor lighting system. With input from middle school staff, a renovation plan was devised and Okemos Public Schools selected LED lighting from Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), for the parking lot upgr...

AIXTRON SE announced a new order for a CVD reactor from existing customer SemiSouth Laboratories of Starkville, MS, USA. The order is for an AIX 2800G4 WW deposition system in the 10x100 mm and the 6x150 mm configuration which will be used for the production of power silicon carbide (SiC) Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET) and Schottky Barrier Diode microelectronic devices. SemiSouth placed the order in the fourth quarter of 2010 and the system will be delivered in the second quarter of 2011. The local AIXTRON support team will commi...

Based on SGS, an international certificate organization, and according to the PAS2050 standard verification, Everlight Electronics has finished a world first Carbon Footprint Declaration for LED products Global Warming has influenced our environment deeply. How to control the emission of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) has been a serious problem for every country in the world. In order to give our customers excellent eco LED products, Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. [TSE:2393] take the leads in the world's first 3rd party verified Carbon Footprint Declaration ...

Helieon by Bridgelux and Molex Allows Upgrades as LED Technology Advances   Continuing its “Greening the Capitol” initiative, the United States Senate has renovated the largest hearing room of the Hart Senate Office Building using high performance, energy efficient LED lighting from Nila Inc.  The renovation program included the replacement of traditional incandescent lighting technology with Nila’s NH LED lighting system for enhanced video recording applications, as well as a custom down light installation using the Helieon®...

iWatt has expanded its family of digital LED driver ICs with its first power-factor-corrected (PFC) AC/DC Digital PWM Controller targeting 120V/230VAC offline commercial and industrial LED lighting applications.   Like its iW3602 and iW3612 siblings, the new iW3614 (3W – 15W) is designed for LED drivers used in space-constrained incandescent replacement lamps, offers hot-plug support and flicker-free compatibility with existing wall dimmers, and incorporates features to assure power efficiency, durability, and reduced size and component costs. ...

Lumen Dynamics introduces the new OmniCure® LED Light Meter which measures power and irradiance from a UV LED light source, directly at the cure site. The OmniCure® Light Meter is calibrated at 10nm intervals from 320nm up to 700nm which allows the ability to select the specific wavelength from a UV LED light source to obtain accurate measurements which are traceable to NIST. This latest invention is an illustration of OmniCure®’s ingenuity and ability to continue offering a high level of process control that customers count on. “Wit...

ANC Sports Enterprises has completed the installation of two new Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Vision video screens at Penn State University’s Rec Hall, home of the Nittany Lion gymnastics, volleyball and wrestling teams. Previously, ANC installed LED systems at the University’s Beaver Stadium and the Bryce Jordan Center.

Albeo Technologies has launched the C3-Series as the next generation of their flagship C-Series product family for general illumination applications. According to the company, building on the merits of the award winning C-Series, the new C3-Series offers the same superior patent-pending thermal design, long lifetime up to 100,000 hours, mercury-free construction, and maintenance-free operation. Customers purchasing the C3-Series will benefit from a 10% - 20% reduction in price depending on the configuration.  ...

LG is about to showcase its latest super narrow bezel LED based monitor the 47WV30 at ISE 2011 in Amsterdam. This 47 size LED monitor is according to LG the perfect solution to build-up you very own VIDEO WALL. This new Monitor features the LED BLU technology and comes with a 1366×768 resolution a 700cd/m2 brightness with a 1,300:1 contrast ratio. With a bezel size of just 4.2mm / 2.7mm (6.9 mm seam size) this monitor will offer seamless video quality with the least possible space between each monitors....

As part of a city-wide sustainability initiative, officials in Centennial, Colorado recently completed a project to upgrade each of the city’s traffic and pedestrian countdown signals from traditional incandescent units to Dialight’s high-efficiency, low-maintenance ITE-compliant LED traffic signals. The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG), not only improved visibility for drivers and pedestrians, but is expected to save the city $50,000-$60,000 a year in energy and maint...

Panasonic has unveiled its "Everleds" series comprising of an E26 base LED light bulb with a light distribution angle of 300° and an LED ceiling lamp capable of adjusting light intensity, color and distribution.   The key feature of E26 base LED light bulb is that its light source (LED package) is arranged in a circular shape inside a globe (a semi-spherical cover) and two light reflectors with apertural areas are used. And for the new LED ceiling lamp,it features a function to adjust light distribution. It is equipped with two types of LED ...

Reportedly, Netherlands-based PlantLab has taken advantage of red and blue LED lights to produce beans, corn, peppers, zucchini, tomatoes and strawberries in an automated indoor farm, which could lead to more efficient indoor food production, especially in climates with short sunlight hours. With single coloured LED lights, scientists at PlantLab are using the exact coloured that lights plants need for photosynthesis. According to the project overview, “Plants mainly need blue and red light for photosynthesis and far-red, a colour not even visible to the human eye ...

Diodes Incorporated has introduced it new LED driver, the AL9910. With standard SO-8 and high power dissipation exposed pad SO-8 packages, the AL9910 high brightness LED driver will support universal AC input voltages from 85V to as high as 265V. It utilizes a rugged high voltage process technology allowing it to withstand input voltage surges of up to 500V. It delivers an output of between a few milliamps and 1A via an external MOSFET operating at a resistor programmable switching frequency up to 300kHz. Removing the need for a start-up resistor,...