Facility utilizes efficient solutions to educate students on sustainable design.   Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, recently provided lighting solutions to the University of Kansas’ Studio 804 design team to illuminate Galileo’s Pavilion, a student-designed building on the campus of Johnson County Community College (JCCC). Products includeHalo LED recessed downlights,Neo-Ray Straight and Narrow suspended luminaires, andSure-Lites LED...

Imtra has completed its ‘green’ initiative to reduce energy consumption at its corporate headquarters. Imtra’s energy saving efforts include the installation of high-yield solar panels on all suitable roofing surfaces resulting in the reduction of outside power consumption by 70%, as well as installing higher energy-efficient bulbs throughout the facility resulting in a lighting fixture power reduction of 9%. Under its Imtra Marine Lighting brand, it manufactures a series of energy-efficient, low-power LED lighting products. The Company’s weather instrum...

Some most famous bridges in London are to retain the Olympic architectural lighting scheme following a detailed evaluation of costs. Brand experience company Innovision originally commissioned lighting designer Paul Cook and a handful of experts from the electrical, lighting and design industries to illuminate the six bridges that run either side of Hungerford Bridge. London, Southwark, Millennium, Blackfriars and Waterloo Bridge, plus the Golden Jubilee footbridge, were all studied carefully before a tailor-made design was employed for each bridge. Lighting soluti...

As one of the foremost and largest medical facilities in Asia, The KLES Dr Prabhakar Kore Hospital and Medical Research Centre in Belgaum, are considering rolling out the conversion from traditional lamps to carbon efficient LEDs to all of their institutions. During a recent refurbishment of the facility, KLES commissioned eco lighting experts Carbon Reduction Technology to fully refit their ward corridors with carbon efficient lighting. The interior eco lighting refit included the installation of 250 LED units, which was completed in July 2012.  A ...

West St. Paul will soon be lit up by LED streetlights. Recently, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) gave Xcel Energy approval to install 529 LED streetlights in the city as a two-year test. The company had told the city it would start installation in 2012. Most Minnesota cities hire Xcel to handle their street lighting. The test will allow the company to gather information on how much they cost to install, how they perform and how long they last, factors that will help Xcel determine how much to charge cities that use them. The citywide test in...

Despite Nichia planned to enter into LED markets in China and enlarge its market share there, it has been foiled by simmering anti-Japan sentiment in China due mainly to the Diaoyutai island issue, so is considering to cooperate with Taiwanese enterprises for further development. And two Taiwanese companies, including Hon Hai Group and Epistar, will be part of the joint venture. According to senior Nichia executives and based on positive outlook towards widespread use of LED lighting, the firm focused on the ample business potential in China, having invested at le...

LEDinside has learned at the international outdoor lighting alliance (TALQ alliance) meeting that Kingsun is leading LED manufacturers to discuss to making standards on LED outdoor lighting, and schedules to complete the draft by the end of 2012. And the specific standard will come out at the beginning of 2013. At present, there is no unified standard in LED outdoor lighting all over the global market. Therefore, many companies have encountered obstacles when they promote products. To solve the problem, six streetlight leaders such as Philips, Kingsun have jointl...

NGK Insulators, Ltd. of Japan has announced the development of high-quality GaN wafers to reduce defects and roughly double the luminous efficiency of green LEDs over previous models. NGK achieved this breakthrough by using a crystal growth technology that it has improved through a proprietary approach. The GaN wafers developed by NGK feature low defect density across the entire 2-inch diameter of the wafer surface and have a colorless transparency. NGK achieved this through proprietary improvements to liquid phase epitaxial technology for single crystal growth. ...

The Bay Area Climate Collaborative   (BACC) and GE Lighting   announced a project to advance the energy-efficient street-lighting market. The Bay Area Next Generation Streetlight Initiative aims to catalyze the upgrade of over 200,000 municipal streetlights in the region to LED technology.   Through the Bay Area Next Generation Streetlight Initiative  , the BACC is developing educational resources and pooling Bay Area-wide interest in LED streetlight conversions with a joint procurement option to secure improved purchase a...

GT Advanced Technologies announced on Oct. 31, that it is streamlining worldwide operations to better align its cost structure with current market conditions and enhance its ability to pursue strategic growth initiatives, including the consolidation of existing business units into a single Crystal Growth Systems (CGS) group and cost reduction actions including an approximately 25 percent reduction of the company’s global workforce. When fully implemented, the workforce reduction is expected to reduce the company’s annualized expenses by approximately $13 million. G...

A group of South Korean scientists have collaborated to translate what they observed in fireflies over toward a better, less expensive, LED lens. Their work is essentially mimicking a bioluminescent organ for lighting applications Following the contemporary practice of investigating biological systems, the team attempted to copy the structure of a firefly's underbelly into work that may lead to more efficient and cheaper LED lighting. They wrote about a better anti-reflective lens for LED in their paper, "Biologically inspired LED lens from cuticular nanostruct...

Taiwan LED leading brand TESS today reveal brand new product – 12W 1000 lumens omni-directional LED Bulb, this remarkable product not only breakthrough the current technology barrier but also reflect the demand in lighting market, TESS proofs it great powerful research and development ability in LED solutions again. Core value of TESS R&D is to keep challenging technology barrier, to provide innovative LED products and to bring new concept of energy saving to next generation. This brand new omni-directional LED Bulb (12W CW-1000lm/12W WW-...

Viper Networks, Inc. has made success on both LED lighting pilot programs with Sri Lanka's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources; and with Colombo city officials representing the largest metropolitan area in Sri Lanka. While the Company seeks to install indoor lighting and street lights for all of Sri Lanka's 18 existing harbors and 11 new harbors under construction, the anticipated agreement (upon pilot project completion) for approximately 100 to 200 indoor lights and street lights per location represent the much smaller of the two pilot programs. Th...

The UN and partners announced the opening of the Global Efficient Lighting Centre (GELC) in Beijing, China. Launched by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Chinese National Lighting Test Centre, GELC is designed to support the rapid deployment of energy-efficient technologies in developing and emerging countries. To date, almost 50 developing and emerging countries have committed to phasing out incandescent lamps by 2016, under the en.lighten initiative - a partnership between UNEP and the Global Environemnt Facility (GEF). Accordin...

Digital Lumens has recently released LightRules Monitor, a new application that sits on top of its platform and delivers ongoing analysis of the lighting system performance and recommendations about how to further optimize settings. “This is the first step to a complete service offering,” said Tom Pincince, president and CEO of Digital Lumens. He noted that increased savings can come from fine-tuning daylight harvesting values or by understanding patterns in shifts of the day or seasonality. “We’re providing a level of diagnostic service and using th...

Facility utilizes efficient solutions to educate students on sustainable design. Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, recently provided lighting solutions to the University of Kansas’ Studio 804 design team to illuminate Galileo’s Pavilion, a studentdesigned building on the campus of Johnson County Community College (JCCC). Products include Halo LED recessed downlights, Neo-Ray Straight and Narrow suspended luminaires, and Sure-Lites LED E...

Traxon Technologies, a global leader in solid state lighting and control systems, is pleased to announce its all new Lighting Application Suite (LAS) 6.0, a milestone makeover of the intelligent lighting control software used to program the industry’s most creative lighting designs.  In tandem, Traxon introduces its new LAS 6.0-compatible lighting control application for use with iOS and Android™ devices. LAS 6.0 introduces a series of powerful new features and enhancements, including the ability to easily control up to 500,000 RGB pixels, and operat...

Gross Margin 12.4%, EPS NT$0.25   Lextar Electronics Corp. (“Lextar” or the “Company) (TAIEX: 3698) announced its results for the third quarter of 2012. The Company reported consolidated revenue of NT$ 2,894 million, up 10.9% from the previous quarter and near 15% of YoY increase. Gross profit was NT$ 360 million with the gross margin of 12.4%. Lextar’s consolidated net profit for the third quarter of 2012 was NT$ 105 million, EPS NT$ 0.25.   3Q 2012 Result Highlights:   l      &nb...

Since establishment, the Taiwanese leading LED manufacturer - Edison Opto has participated in many international exhibitions actively. In November, Edison Opto will take part in the largest lighting event in Eastern Europe─INTERLIGHT MOSCOW 2012 (from 06 Nov. to 09 Nov.), and the top event of global electronics industry─Electronica 2012 (from 13 Nov. to 16 Nov.). To answer these high profile lighting events, Edison Opto will exhibit the newest PLCC and COB series products to reflect the market trends and demonstrate their remarkable R&D ach...

The Northeast Group has released a study titled “United States Smart Infrastructure: LED and Smart Street Lighting," based on a survey of over 100 cities that have implemented some form of LED streetlight initiative. According to the study, LED streetlights have a high rate of satisfaction, while saving 60% on energy and maintenance costs. "LED streetlights are transforming cities and municipalities across the US," said Northeast Group. "Not only are LEDs helping save money through reduced energy and maintenance costs, but 95% of...

NUR company , Uzbekistan - South Korea based JV, has announced to manufacture LED lighting products for industry and household application since August, 2013. EG Lightings Company from South Korea cooperated with heating and power plant in Angren, Uzbekistan have invested one million dollar to establish NUR Company. This new company will locate in Angren’s special industrial park. And the South Korean company will hold 51% share and other for Uzbekistan’s. Firstly, this joint venture enterprise plans to import accessories from South Korea to...

Seesmart Technologies, Inc.’s two LED lighting products have met the rigorous performance and efficiency requirements set by DesignLights Consortium (DLC) and Lighting Design Lab (LDL) and are now listed as qualified solid-state lighting products. The listings now make each of these products eligible for significant rebates offered by numerous municipalities and utilities throughout the United States. In addition, these rebates allow for even faster return on investment (ROI), enhancing the already attractive ROI realized from the energy savings of high-e...

Bridgelux has appointed Timothy Lester as chief financial officer (CFO). 'Tim has been an integral part of our team since he joined Bridgelux in 2010. He has more than demonstrated his ability to lead our company's financial operations, and has become a valuable operational asset to our business,' said Bill Watkins, Bridgelux's chief executive officer. 'Tim's strong background in finance, and experience in large, global lighting corporations as well as small start-up companies, will continue to strengthen our management team.' Tim Lester has m...

AIXTRON SE today announced that the Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics (SINANO), China, has made a purchase order for two AIXTRON Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) systems to extend the center’s nitride semiconductor research. The order has been placed in the third quarter with deliveries planned in the fourth quarter of 2012 and in the first quarter of 2013. One system, capable of handling 6x2-inch substrates, focuses primarily on R&D, while the other system, a CRIUS, is designed for mass production, handling up to 31x2-inc...

•         Available at Apple stores from October 30th •         Enables you to control light wirelessly, create and personalize light with an app on your smartphone or tablet   Building on its innovation capabilities, today Philips unveils hue, the world’s smartest web-enabled LED home lighting system. Philips hue signals a new era in home lighting both in the way we think about and experience light in our homes. It allows you to create and control the light using your smartphon...

      There is a program for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) commercial customers in Lake County by Lake County Energy Watch, to help improve energy efficiency and save money.   The Energy Fitness Program offers lighting retrofits at no- or low-cost for customers whose electrical demand is 200 kilowats or less per month.   These retrofits are available to small businesses, nonprofit organizations and special districts, as well as city, state and federal facilities located in Lake County. The retrofits include four- and ...

The Asian lighting industry event - HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Autumn Edition) has started grandly since 27th October at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Taiwanese leading lighting manufacturer in LED market - Edison Opto showcases the full range new products and attracts the attention of customers. Its PLCC, COB series products and the upcoming 150W new high bay are highly inquired, which demonstrate Edison Opto’s remarkable R&D achievements. Recently, Edison Opto has launched the high lm/$, high ...

Three latest green technology innovations from Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) have been chosen to receive 2012 R&D 100 Awards from R&D Magazine. The institute has its three latest award-winning innovations: Light&Light, the first A19 all-plastic LED light bulb; a low-cost, easy-to-use voltage and current meter called AVA-Clamp; and SideLighter, billed as “the first low-cost, high-performance, transparent concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar panel” that can be used both as a structural panel or window ...

MHA Lighting has scooped a top accolade for its pioneering lighting product which is helping NHS Trusts fight hospital acquired infection rates and achieve significant energy savings.   The Atherton-based lighting company fought off tough competition from nine other finalists to win the Innovative Lighting Product of the Year category of the prestigious Electrical Industry Awards 2012, for its TiLite luminaire.   This is the first year MHA has entered these awards.   MHA Lighting impressed the judges with its unique sealed unit design which sto...

Five design projects that received Architectural Lighting magazine’s Ninth Annual Light & Architecture Design Awards incorporated lighting solutions from Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI). These awards recognize lighting design excellence in residential, interior, exterior, whole building and exhibit lighting applications. Projects featuring Acuity Brands® lighting solutions received recognition for outstanding and commendable achievement in the whole building and exterior lighting categories. An independent panel of judges awarded prizes to the winning...