Recently, Nexxus Lighting has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEP Ohio) to offer in-store rebates of $10 to $15 on select ENERGY STAR® qualified Array® LED bulbs. Under the collaboration, AEP Ohio, a unit of American Electric Power, will apply the in-store discounts to purchases made by residential consumers at participating retailers throughout its Ohio service area. The promotion will be in effect from October 26th, 2011 through December 31st, 2011, or until funding is depleted.&nbs...

Truck-Lite has developed an LED Perimeter lamp application that provides enhanced exterior visibility to either side or rear door lift gate areas of the trailer where conventional dome lamps won’t reach. This new product innovation uses crisp, white light LED technology to illuminate loading and unloading areas while increasing operator safety. Dome lamps may exude some incidental exterior light at the rear and/or side of a traditional trailer or box truck. However, when mounted at an ideal height, Truck-Lite’s LED Perimeter lamp directs about 20 square feet ...

ilumisys, Inc., developer and producer of next-generation solid-state lighting technology, announced today that it has granted a license for LED fluorescent tube replacements to LED Optics, a high-end manufacturer of replacement LED T8 tubes that is based in Boca Raton, Fla. The licensing agreement provides for royalty payments in exchange for rights to manufacture and sell products covered by the patent portfolio of ilumisys' parent company, Altair Engineering. "The LED marketplace is rapidly expanding, and it is becoming increasingly important that as a...

v2 Lighting Group, Inc., the high-end modern lighting company known for innovative designs and meticulous quality, today announced it will introduce its new LED lighting fixture, CORE, at LightShow/West in Los Angeles on October 26th and 27th. CORE is a cylindrical luminaire that can be easily modified to fit in (or stand out) in any commercial or residential design project—from Art Deco to mid-century modern to futuristic. It incorporates the industry-leading Xicato LED module to deliver the highest quality light available on the market today. The fix...

The production value of Taiwan’s LED lighting industry is estimated to hit three-year high of NT$198 billion (US$6.6 billion at US$1:NT$30) this year, according to Bureau of Energy, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). The bureau’s officials ascribed the new high of production value mostly to brisk investments by Taiwanese manufacturers over the past two years to cash in on rising business opportunities fueled by eco conscience and meet growing demand for energy-saving lamps in Europe and America. The investments have not generated results until ...

Designed for use anywhere, the WL-LED-12-M LED light stick from Larson Electronics’ Magnalight combines the convenience of rechargeable portability with the versatility of magnetic mounting. Containing 60 LEDs powered by an integral Ni/Hm battery, this LED light stick produces enough light to cover an area approximately 25 foot long by 20 foot wide, and will run for over four hours on a single charge. An impact, shock, and vibration resistant housing provides durable operation and makes this light suitable for indoor or outdoor use. The long life LEDs have...

The LED market is facing significant headwinds of late. The current downturn in the LED market is largely due to reduced prices for LED-based TV backlight and lighting systems. This is because of inventory adjustments, and increased competition from more backlight makers entering the LED market. The Bedford Report examines the outlook for companies in the semiconductor industry and provides stock research on Cree and Veeco Instruments. According to IMS' research, backlighting, which ranges across consumer electronics such as flat panel TVs and cell phones,...

Ledzworld Technology, an innovative R&D and manufacturing company of high-end LED retro-fit lamps for professional users, unveils its Chameleon Driver Technology during the International Lighting Fair in Hong Kong (Oct 27-30, 2011) These intelligent drivers create the world’s first MR16 range that is truly compatible. The biggest challenge for manufacturers of retrofit LED lamps is the compatibility with thousands of existing combinations of dimmers and transformers. The Chameleon driver of Ledzworld is a technological break-through. Its arrival ...

Bridgelux has developed Micro SM4 LED component to cater for the requirements of the $1 billion 20-40W lamp replacement market. According to the company,the Micro SM4 dramatically reduces the component count, cost, complexity and size of the lighting system, enabling a cost-effective, high performance LED solution for diffuse and directional lighting, such as 20-40 watt incandescent, 20-35 watt halogen, B10-style (candelabra), and low wattage compact fluorescent lamp replacements. Using only 4.6 watts of power, the Bridgelux Micro SM4 will deliver between 330 and 5...

Acuity Brands, a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, is pleased to report that its ROAM® wireless outdoor street light monitoring and control system continues to provide superior benefits to the City of Glendale, Arizona.  The ROAM system combines photo-control technology with remote monitoring and control capabilities to help manage and maintain outdoor lighting networks. The City reports that the ROAM implementation has been used as part of its comprehensive city-wide street light monitoring system since 2008, resulting ...

Diodes Incorporated, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, today announced the AL5802 linear LED driver. Integrating a high gain NPN transistor with a 30V rated pre-biased NPN output transistor, the AL5802 provides a simple, cost-effective and low EMI solution for controlling current in up to 9 low-power series-connected LEDs. With an open-collector output capable of operating between 0.8V to 30V, the SOT26 packaged driver supports 12V a...

Austriamicrosystems, a leading global designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, has announced the AS1123 constant-current, 16-channel LED driver with an on-chip diagnostic read-back function. The AS1123 is designed for use in industrial applications, indoor/outdoor public information displays, LED panels, and large LED video walls. Designed with a maximum LED supply voltage of 5.5 V, the new power-efficient AS1123 direct LED driver is optimized for LED panels where only a single LED is connected per output. The optimization of the LED d...

LED-based products accounted for 16% of Philips’ overall lighting sales of €1.89 billion ($2.60 billion) in the third quarter of 2011, growing sharply from a year ago and providing a rare bright note as the company detailed the wide-ranging cost-cuts that it previously trailed. Having said three months ago that Philips would implement measures to deliver annual savings of €500 million, CEO Frans van Houten now says that the company will cut 4500 positions across its business, 1400 of them in The Netherlands, as part of an €800 million cost-reduction packa...

ARTIST’S impressions of how Boston’s Christmas lights could look this festive season have been made public for the first time. Replacing tired and worn out displays that in places were as much as 40-years-old, the lights will be dynamic, bright, modern LED lights – mainly white, but with some colour, and use 75 per cent less electricity. They will cover all the areas of town that the former Christmas displays covered. Boston Borough Council is paying out its full allocated budget of £25,500 and Boston BID is contributing £10,000 to...

These compact LED light strips are said to be the brightest in their class at 67.2 Lumens/Watt (Wide) and 66.6 Lumens/Watt (Slim) respectively.  The LF1D Series retains 70% of its initial luminance at 50,000 Hours, according to IDEC. Offered in Cool White (Temp: 5700K), slim (10 x 1 LED array) or wide type (7 x 2 LED array) with 24V DC voltage, all LF1D light strips are manufactured with a sturdy die-cast aluminum housing and stainless steel front cover. LF1D light strips are also RoHS compliant, mercury-free and UL listed.Two cable options ...

Taiwan continues to dominate the global production of ceramic thermal substrates, accounting for more than 70 percent of total shipments and supplying to Cree, Lumileds, Osram, Philips and Edison Opto. Makers in the island will remain focused on this type amid wide adoption in high-power LED lighting applications. It boasts greater heat conductivity than other thermal substrates such as metal-core PCB or MCPCB. This emphasis on ceramic kinds also takes advantage of the fast-growing LED industry in the island. The latter’s production value in 2010 hit $5.6 bi...

Samsung LED announced today that it has received ENERGY STAR(R) initial qualification on their 35W equivalent MR16 LED lamp, officially making it the industry’s brightest ENERGY STAR qualified MR16 LED lamp in the market to date. The Samsung LED MR16 had to meet strict energy efficiency guidelines and pass rigorous reliability testing set forth by ENERGY STAR to meet the qualification requirements. LED Lamps that qualify for the ENERGY STAR mark are typically eligible for utility rebates which help reduce the overall...

Skeptics of energy-efficient light bulbs and machinery should take note of a survey by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, which last week reported a 2010 savings of $135 million to electricity ratepayers in the Pacific Northwest. According to a recent analysis by the council, the efficiency of electricity in the region improved last year by 254 megawatts, the equivalent power use of 153,900 homes. It represents the largest one-year gain since energy-efficiency programs began more than 30 years ago. A large portion of the savings - about 20 percent - is attributed t...

Enormous monetary savings can be made when using LED fluorescent tubes to replace general illumination in areas such as warehouses, offices, retail outlets, schools and car parks. Apart from electricity savings, the longevity of LEDs, means the maintenance costs, including the labour involved in replacing traditional tubes, are reduced significantly and thus, the replacement or installation of LED tubes over fluorescent lighting becomes very cost effective. T8 Long Life LED Fluorescent Tubes This LED lighting offers five times the longer life than that of tradit...

KLA-Tencor has announced that Epistar, a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of LED chips, has adopted its Candela substrate and epwafer inspection system. KLA says this order marks the growing adoption by LED device manufacturers worldwide of this advanced inspection system for wafer defect detection and classification at production-grade throughputs. The introduction of the Candela tool to Epistar's manufacturing process provides automated inspection methods for sapphire substrates to ensure vendor quality, and provides greater visibility into the GaN epi process ...

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "OLED Displays and Lighting Market to 2020 - Technological Innovations Lead to Cost Efficient Products and New Aesthetics" report to their offering. GBI Research, a leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest research, OLED Displays and Lighting Market to 2020 - Technological Innovations Lead to Cost Efficient Products and New Aesthetics. The report gives an in-depth analysis of the global Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) market for displays and lighting, c...

The 2011 Taipei World Design Expo is the first world design expo to be hosted by the "International Design Alliance" (IDA), and it is the largest event of its kind to be held in the past decade. This design extravaganza for "Graphic Design, Industrial Design and Interior Design" will attract participants from over 60 countries and represents a historical moment for Taiwan, Asia, and the world. Subkarma International Associates Co., Ltd. specializes in helping small and medium enterprises in Taiwan break into international markets. Subkarma is ...

98 CRI milestone for light quality drives LED adoption in retail, hospitality, residential and museum applications Intematix Corporation, a leading innovator of patented phosphor materials and components for high-quality LED lighting, today announced that it has demonstrated a phosphor blend that provides a near perfect color rendering index (CRI) of 98 and R9 value of 99 when applied to a reference LED package. The results highlight Intematix's unique phosphor leadership in the LED lighting industry, as the phosphor blend combines three separate material famili...

The Minister of Economic Affairs of the German Federal State of Bavaria, Martin Zeil, opens the new Optogan production site. LED chips from the German city of Landshut form the core of the lighting technology of the 21st century. “Bavaria is gaining a shining example for future-oriented innovations“, declared the Minister of Economic Affairs of the German Federal State of Bavaria, Martin Zeil, in his opening speech. “I am delighted that Optogan has decided to use a site in Bavaria when expanding its operations in Germany. The site’s p...

For general lighting, OLEDs have to compete with existing and upcoming lighting, achieving power efficacies of up to 100 lumens per watt, which fluorescent tubes are capable of, and operational lifetimes of up to 100,000 hours, which are now possible with commercial inorganic LED lighting. As well as improving efficacies and long operational lifetimes equivalent to commercial general lighting technologies, the project has also focused on fabrication on larger glass substrates. As part of the dissemination of the project next month a press event will be held where a demonstrator ...

FoxFury Lighting Solutions, the official lighting partner of the University of Michigan Solar Car team (UMsolar), will illuminate UMsolar's race crew and Quantum solar car in the Australian Outback during the 2011 World Solar Challenge. This grueling 1,800 mile four-day biennial race across the desert begins Sunday October 16 in Darwin. Proper lighting will be vital in keeping UMsolar’s race crew safe and Quantum well maintained. "The Outback is very dangerous given the extreme temperature swings, lack of communication, infrastructure, and water....

The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority Thursday announced a grant of $120,645 to Ursinus College for replacement of parking lot and walkway lighting. The Collegeville, Montgomery County, school will replace metal halide and high-pressure sodium bulbs with LED lights. The move is expected to save the college $20,000 a year in electricity costs and reduce carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions produced in energy generation, the PEDA said. Ursinus will match the grant with $41,514 in spending. Statewide, PEDA announced $3.7 million i...

Dorcy, a leading provider of portable lighting products for over 50 years, has upgraded its 41-4284 Metal Gear® LEDflashlight from 45 lumens to 120 lumens. Utilizing Luxeon’s® Rebel 100 LED module which is driven by 3 AAA batteries, Dorcy has more than doubled the amount of light produced, compared to the previous version. The result is a super bright LED flashlight with an intense beam of whiter light that projects to 150m. The Metal Gear flashlight, which features a polycarbonate lens and a rugged aluminum alloy casing, is O-ring sealed against dust...

Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com has announced the addition of the LEDWP-250 LED wall pack light to its extensive line of high grade LED lighting solutions. Designed to provide a vapor and weatherproof lighting solution for demanding environments, this LED equipped wall pack light offers versatile voltage options, and light output comparable to 250 watt halogen fixtures. Ruggedly constructed and boasting a 50,000 hour LED operational life, this wall pack light offers highly efficient operation coupled with extreme lamp life that can help to reduce energy and maint...

Helping to further drive the LED lighting revolution, China recently completed its largest highway lighting upgrade with more than 10,000 street lights featuring more than a million Cree LEDs. The Shenzhen highway project includes nearly 75 miles of roadways, with LED fixtures installed along one tunnel and four highways, including: Jihe highway number G15, Nanguang highway number G9411, Longda highway number S318, Yanba highway as well as the Dameisha Tunnel. Helping to further drive the LED lighting revolution, China recently completed its largest highway lig...