Newport News Park’s displays are being replaced by LED bulbs to celebrate the festival.

Washington, D.C. has selected Lighting Science Group's high-performance PROLIFIC series LED street lights for energy saving. The new light fixtures will be paid for from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds and will begin to be installed in early 2011.The first of the new lights will be installed in alleys across the District, beginning in Wards 7 and 8.

China company BYD Co., Ltd (BYD) has prepared to present their "Three Green Dreams" Strategy at the 2011 North America International Auto Show (NAIAS) from January 10th to 23rd. It’s BYD's fourth consecutive appearance at the Detroit COBO Center for the Auto Show.

Reportedly, India tourism department will light up the Panaji church and the picturesque Penha de França church at Britona with Phillips Lighting’s LED lighting as a pilot project from December 23 to January 2.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET, Europe’s largest professional engineering society) has honored deep ultraviolet (UV) LED maker Sensor Electronic Technology Inc (SETI) of USA as a ‘highly commended’ innovative company during its 2010 Innovation Awards.

Cypress Semiconductor’s LED power controller combine with MSi LED Light Bulbs are supporting Macy’s Stores across the country for major energy savings. Reportedly, Macy’ installed new LED lamps that use about 73 percent less energy to replace 117,000 traditional incandescent light bulbs in 86 stores. It estimates about 16,200 megawatts per hour every year in total energy savings.

Lowe was reported to launch the first national retailer’s ENERGY STAR® qualified LED A-Line light bulb. The GE Energy Smart® 9-watt LED light bulb can last more than 22 years, surviving perennial gifts such as sweaters or flannel shirts by at least a decade. The 9-watt GE Energy Smart® LED bulb with a unique omni-directional light output is able to replace a 40-watt incandescent bulb in desk, bedside or hallway lamps.

It’s reported that Sharp Corporation has designed and will introduce the LR56001 LED controller for LED ceiling lights which can independently control up to three types of LED lights including cool white, warm white, and night light with each at the desired level of brightness. By adjusting the brightness of cool white and warm white lights ,the user is able to change the color emitted, anywhere from a warm red color to a cool light blue color.

Hi Score Corporation has supported a second round of Energy Saving EcoGreenBulb T5 Retrofit Kits as the addition to the original kits delivered earlier this year in Trump Towers of Sunny Isles, Florida. It estimated the conversion will reduce the energy required to light these areas by more than 50%.

With its LED streetlight, Wipro Lighting has won the ‘Design for Asia Merit Recognition Award 2010’.It is the first Indian company that recognizes the most influential design in Asia. The Orio streetlight features a LED technology and minimizes up to 50% of power consumption. The lighting solution is available in 24, 18, and 12 W versions with high power LEDs. The Orio offers 90% recyclability, energy efficiency and durability.

Recently, a lamp manufacturer Artemide has designed a table lamp called Egle,which features adjustable direct LED lighting and is available in polished white, black, or chrome finishes. It’s able to old tiny objects and spreads light when the lamp is adjusted downward.

Sainoor - India's premier LED lighting solutions company - showcased some of world's most advanced LED lights during LEDEXPO 2010 at New Delhi from Dec 17 - Dec 19, 2010.  

It’s reported that the numerals which are comprised of LED bulbs in the giant "2011" sign will be lit up on New Year's Eve arrives in Times Square.

TDK has used LED technology to upgrade its iconic neon sign at London’s Piccadilly Circus. The LED display which nearly has 100 square metres was jointly created by Barco, project management company MT² and system integrator Beaver Solutions. Barco’s 16mm TF-16BK LED tiles were used for the display. A web-based Scala content management system, supplied by Beaver was also used in the sign.

Haifa, the third largest city of Israel has created an eco-friendly tree to celebrate this Christmas in the city’s center. Created by Israeli designer Hadas Itzcovitch and her father, artist Ernest Itzcovitch, the new 38-foot Christmas tree made entirely of 5,480 recycled water bottles and other plastic objects donated by its residents and illuminated by LED-certified lights , to raise awareness of environmental issues.

Taiwan-based LED lighting solutions and products provider, Xodtec LED, Inc., is lighting up the dome of the Fullon Hotel and Resort in Hualien City, Taiwan with RGB full color LED wall washers, expecting to make these buildings prominent among all hotels in Hualien City. Xodtec RGB full color LED wall washer is compliant with RoHS, power consumption 40W, and capable to emit more than sixteen million colors. With the colorfull LED wall washers, the grand dome is expected to be the new landmark.

Renesas Electronics America has released its R2A20134 LED driver IC which can supply high efficiency and a high power factor at low cost for LED lighting applications.   Renesas Electronics’ voltage step-down control technology (single-stage) provides a high line-to-ground voltage. Besides, the ability to select low-voltage MOSFETs (voltage tolerance of only 500 volts (V) to 300 V, rather than the typical 700 V) further contributes to lower system cost.

ANC Sports Enterprises announced the company’s continued expansion into televised entertainment through a partnership with StarGames’ special Christmas Day program The Caesars Tribute presented by Colgate Total®: A Salute to the Golden Age of American Skating.

Nexxus Lighting, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEXS) announced its Array™ Lighting LED light bulbs have recently been shipped to a number of significant private and public facilities, who are now enjoying the energy saving and sustainability benefits of LED lighting. Recent projects include the prestigious Wharton School of Business, the Hyatt Regency - Miami, the Maryland Institute of College Arts, the University of Minnesota and Presbyterian Homes in Chicago as well as the King of Prussia Mall, outside of Philadelphia.

Lusio® Solid State Lighting, a worldwide brand and division of LightWild has introduced 80 innovative SSL fixtures for warehouses, convention centers, transportation terminals, manufacturing plants, and other commercial and industrial facilities.  

TT electronics OPTEK Technology has designed an OPI1268S optoisolator with GaAlAs LED, which can be used in harsh environments and explosion-proof applications. The UL- and VDE-rated optical isolator with 20KV isolation and 2Mbit/s data transmission rates designed to comply with ATEX and ICEex certifications for electrical equipment used in hazardous areas, as well as IP65 standards for environmental sealing. 

Georgia Lexus Retailer Replaces 70 1000 Watt Parking Lot Lights with Qnuru’s 144 Watt Auto Dealership LED Retrofit Solution  

BenQ has launched the XL2410T which is the first 3D LED backlit Full HD monitor at a press conference in India. The XL2410T has been co-developed with the help of two professional gamers Emil "HeatoN" Christensen and Abdisamad "SpawN" Mohamed.  

Enormous increase in brightness for green

TDI and Ostendo has jointly made a breakthrough on semi-polar (11-22) GaN wafers which are more than 2.5x the emission intensity of c-plane GaN based LED structures. These results have in common with the research conducted by Sumitomo Electric Industries who discovered that green laser diodes (LD) grown on the semi-polar GaN plane are more efficient than those grown on the conventional c plane.

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, announces the commercial availability of XLamp® XP-E High Efficiency White (HEW) LEDs. The new high-efficiency components extend the light output and efficacy of the award-winning XLamp XP-E LED family, enabling fixture designs that can use up to 50 percent fewer LEDs, which can help drive down costs for fixture and bulb manufacturers while delivering the same system performance.

Colonial Grandeur Meets Contemporary Innovation to Benefit the Home or Hospitality Environment, and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation  

Acuity Brands has introduced the Lithonia Lighting® ALX™ line of outdoor LED area luminaires combine the classic ALX family appearance. The ALXW meets or exceeds recommended IES lighting illuminance levels, producing as much light as a typical 250 watt metal halide (HID) fixture, while reducing energy and operating costs by as much as 62%.

The Mexican municipality has announced plans to install 25,507 GE Evolve LED street lights in Quintana Roo, which would be the largest installation of LED street lights in Latin America.

The city of Corunna, Michigan has replaced a number of downtown 175W metal halide streetlights with 48W LEDs from EvoLucia, the LED lighting subsidiary of Sunovia Energy.   The city installed the EvoLucia PTR Retrofit Kit, a "plug-and-play" LED retrofit product that allows for simple, one-for-one direct replacement using existing poles.