Recently, Philips has come out a new roadmap for their OLED lighting products which are divide into two families - one for decorative lighting and one for performance lighting. According to the company, the decorative panels are normally reflective in the off state, and it will offer transparent ones as soon as next year. Color tunable and transparent panels will arrive in 2018. And Philips predicts that by then it'll be able to offer 1x1 meter panels. The downside of the decorative panels is the efficiency: In 2015 these panels will offer only 15 lm/W (that's only...

The new X10 platform offers a modular approach for luminaire designs from 1,100lm to 55,000lm. Optogan’s Chip-on-Board module (COB), so called X10, is based on the vision of scaleability and lean processing for luminaire manufacturing. Due to various possible sizes and forms of the elements, applications are found in LED retrofits, downlights, industrial and street lighting up to flood and stage lights. The X10 is a COB-block, consisting of 50 segments, it can easily be divided into LED elements of smaller sizes and power, and each of these can be used in sep...

Taiwan’s major power-supply makers branching out into LED lighting manufacturing, including Delta Electronics Inc., AcBel Polytech Inc., Phihong Technology Co., and Leader Electronics Inc., estimate sales of their LED lamps to take off in 2012. They made the prediction based on the bright growth forecast mostly on the implementation of bans on incandescent bulb consumption beginning this year in many advanced economies, mainland China’s new round of subsidization on LED lighting estimated to begin this year, and LED replacements for 40W incandescen...

Recently, Japanese LED product supplier Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. has filed a lawsuit with the Taoyuan District Court in northern Taiwan, accusing its Taiwanese counterpart Formosa Epitaxy Inc. of infringing on two patents asserted by the Japanese firm related to GaN-based LED chip production. According to Hsu Hung-sheng, a lawyer for the Japanese firm, said his client has sought damages from Formosa Epitaxy and requested the court issue an injunction to bar the Taiwanese defendant from manufacturing and selling the disputed LED products. Additionally, not...

Joining the ever-growing number of smart cities that have chosen more efficient technology to light their streets and saving money in the process, the City of Carpinteria in November 2011 completed its retrofit project of replacing all its existing city-owned high-pressure sodium (HPS) decorative street lights with energy-efficient LEDs. The lights are located on several blocks of Linden and Carpinteria Avenues in the downtown area and include lights on the Amtrak rail platform and its adjoining public parking lots.   According to the city’s calculations, each of...

Illuminating Engineering Society Selects 10 Acuity BrandsLighting Products for Annual Progress Report   Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting solutions, announced a total of 10 lighting products, including new LED lamps, luminaires and lighting control software, have been selected by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) to be included in its annual Progress Report. The Progress Report documents significant worldwide developments and achievements in the lighting industry,...

Recently, Philips has announced the release of a new LED lamp dimming feature aimed at decreasing the hospitality industry’s carbon footprint and ensuring energy savings of more than 80%. The company has utilized the DimTone technology to help facility managers in the hospitality industry reduce the amount of light when dimmed as well as the colour temperature. When dimmed, the light gets warmer, creating an intimate atmosphere and radiating a warm and soft light, similar to that produced by incandescent and halogen lamps. Philips’ 7 W GU10 master LED lamp w...

According to deputy sectary general of China Solid State Lighting Alliance, Tang Gouquin announced at a forum held in Taipei addressing LED industry, mainland China may enlarge LED-lighting subsidization coverage, including not only more product items but also more supply sources. He pointed out that the mainland’s authorities would announce details of the subsidization plan before long. It’s the second phase of the subsidization initiative for LED-lighting consumptions, aiming to subsidize over 10 million lamps this year. Some 10% of the number was subsi...

The NEC in Birmingham has completely refitted its Skywalk with award-winning LED lighting to improve the visitor experience while saving energy and lowering carbon emissions. The NEC asked experts at lighting specialists MHA Lighting to devise a bespoke solution for the Skywalk that would reduce energy bills whilst improving light quality. MHA Lighting were also selected to replace the traditional fluorescent lighting in their Concourse and Gallery suites with their unique LED lighting that uses wave guide technology to achieve energy savings of up to 80% wit...

The 2012 GE Lighting Revolution Tour rolls out this week GE Lighting is taking its energy-saving, cost-reducing lighting solutions on the road again with the 2012 GE Lighting Revolution Tour. This tradeshow on wheels is designed to give designers, distributors, architects, contractors, facility maintenance and utility executives a first-hand experience of GE's latest innovations in lighting technology. This year, GE will be hosting commercial users and officials in nearly 50 cities, showcasing new advanced-technology products and solutions in areas ranging from arc...

Phillips is about to attend the third annual Concept Middle East Summit taking place in Doha 22 to 23 February. The electronics provider will be a keynote speaker at the event. And Philip will focus on LED importance. Abdo Rouhana, head of Phillips Lighting University Middle East, will present a session on the benefits of LED technology, which aims to cover the indoor and outdoor uses of LED innovations, its trends and its biological and psychological effects in applications like hospitals and schools....

Asia Pacific-based provider of networking and green power products, Billion Electric Co., Ltd., has set up a strategic partnership with MetaTech Inc., the electronics distributor of LED related components and products. The two companies will cooperate on the business development of Billion LED Driver series to expand into the emerging LED lighting market in Mainland China. According to Billion, it has developed a full range of high-performance LED driver series featuring the automatic smart timer dimming control function to adjust the lighting for energy con...

Recently, Seoul Semiconductor’s two Acrich2 AC-powered LED modules have passed the Component Recognition Program of UL. The modules, which operate directly from AC line voltages, contain newly developed high-voltage LEDs that utilize Seoul Semiconductor’s patented Acrich technology and a capacitor-free power-conditioning integrated circuit. The modules were investigated using the requirements contained in the Standard for Light Emitting Diode (LED) Equipment for Use in Lighting Products, UL 8750, First Edition, dated November 01, 2011...

The Sola 4 Fresnel LED lighting fixture from Litepanels, which is claimed to be “the smallest DMX controllable LED Fresnel on the market,” starts to sell. Based on the same breakthrough Fresnel technology as Litepanels’ Sola 6, the new Sola 4 features a 4-inch Fresnel lens and employs Litepanel’s LEDs for soft light quality in 5600°K daylight color balance with a smaller, more lightweight form factor. The compact new Sola 4 weighs 22 ounces and measures 9-by-8-by-7 inches. Its size and weight make it adaptable to both studio and fiel...

– Simon Leggett, Managing Director OCG Lighting   “Government has a fundamental role to play in accelerating the widespread adoption of energy-efficient lighting solutions. But the latest proposal to ban low voltage halogens indicates a misguided policy direction that fails to take into account overall efficiency or the needs of the end user. What is required is a radical rethink in our approach to lighting solutions. This is not the first time that government has missed the mark on lighting legislation. After all, it was government legislation that led to ...

GT Advanced Technologies Inc., a leading global provider of polysilicon production technology, and sapphire and silicon crystalline growth systems and materials for the solar, LED and other specialty markets, has successfully hosted China LED media event at Shangri-La Hotel, Guangzhou on 21, February, 2012. During the event, Paul Beaulieu, the vice president of sapphire materials group, has given a presentation about the overview of GT’s Material Characterization Project, the Impact of Sapphire Quality on LED Wafering, and additional material characte...

Partnership aims to speed up global switch to LED lighting and reduce lighting energy consumption by 40% worldwide Philips Lighting, a world leader in innovative lighting solutions, is the first corporate partner to join The Climate Group’s 3-year Clean Revolution campaign. The campaign’s main aim is to reach-out to the world’s decision-makers to inspire and enable them to spur low carbon economic growth. The partnership is aimed at speeding up the global switch to LED lighting (light emitting diodes).  LED lighting offer extraordinary opportun...

LED CHINA 2012 has grandly opened at the China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Area B in Guangzhou on 20th February.   There are near 1,100 exhibitors in 5 specialized sections occupying 70,000 square metres in exhibition space. And a serious of products including LED lighting, LED display, LED chips as well as LED packing material are being presented. It will last for 4 days from 20-23 February. It’s considered as one of the most influential trade events for LED industry. Over 900 companies have presented this event and tried t...

LED specialists OCG Lighting have recruited Mike Edwards as Business Development Manager, who brings the wealth of over 20 years experience to a growing team. OCG Lighting has made several new appointments in recent weeks following the successful of acquisition of leading LED supplier Kudos Business Technologies. Mike’s strong track record includes management positions at Ansell Lighting and Tamlite Lighting, where he oversaw product design, development and sourcing for a range of blue-chip companies. For the last three years he has been a serving memb...

Five European Installations Yield up to 76 Percent Energy Savings Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), announces participation in a series of energy efficiency renovations across U.S. Embassies in Vienna, Rome, Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon. The installation of energy-efficient interior and exterior LED lighting by Cree is part of a visionary program spearheaded by the Alliance to Save Energy and The League of Green Embassies, a U.S. Department of State initiative to promote international cooperation in energy efficiency and clean technology. The range of LE...

Green Lighting Shanghai Expo & forum, China’s most influential LED event for the novel light source industry, tabled for the first half of 2012, is currently attracting global attention.  Many top companies in the trade, both local and international, are set to participate in the show organized by the China Solid State Lighting Alliance (CSA) and Reed Exhibitions.  The outlook for 2012 has led major lighting companies to increase their investments now, in anticipation of a boom later. Among the LED manufactures to have already booked booths at G...

Cooper products receive the most company awards in the lighting categories with four lighting products and two controls products.   Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, announces that six products have been recognized for ingenuity in Architectural Products 2011 Product Innovation Awards (PIA). Honored with the most company awards in the interior, exterior and controls lighting categories, Cooper Lighting received four product awards and Cooper Controls, a busin...

SemiLEDs Corporation (NASDAQ: LEDS), a leading developer and manufacturer of LED chips and LED components, today announced that its UV LED chips are capable of emitting radiation at a wavelength of 390-420 nm with 40% external quantum efficiencies (EQE – a LED’s ability to convert electrons into photons) at 350 mA (up to 500 mW output power*, typical 3.3V forward voltage). “Our patented structure and metal alloy substrate allow us to produce and supply to the industrial curing market UV LEDs that are capable of operating at high c...

Dealership Creatively Cuts Energy Use, Maintenance Costs & Carbon Emissions Camelback Toyota focuses on innovative lighting control system to highlight new facility.   Auto dealerships, like most high profile retail businesses today, are fighting an uncertain economy and pulling out all the stops to service existing customers and attract potential buyers.  In many cases an extreme makeover is the only viable solution to create a truly attractive and efficient selling environment.   Camelback Toyota (Phoenix, AZ) is one such dealership.  The c...

IMG Lighting has launched Beacon 600 Generation III, which is claimed to be the world’s brightest, dual warm & cool diode LED desk lamp. The Beacon 600 Generation III is the latest upgrade to the highly successful Beacon 600 and Beacon 600 LE by IMG Lighting LED Desk Lamps. The Beacon 600 Generation III employs the IMG Lighting High Modulus Chipset that drives an array of premium OSRAM50, 000 hour LEDs to produce 600 lumens with a mere 8.7 watts of power. It achieves a 32.5% energy efficiency gain over previous generatio...

Recently, Diamontex Co., Ltd. has utilized its chemical vapor deposition-based (CVD-based) diamond technology to develop a collection of LED lamps. The development of the material technology for the company’s LED lamps is led by a U.S.-trained materials science Ph.D. and a professor at the prestigious National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, company general manger James Chen and R&D team of seven specialists. Currently, the company has offered emergency lamps, high-power work lights, solar-powered streetlights, and intelligent dimmable lights as w...

Lighting Science Group has supported Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, for LED Street Lights installation. Lighting Science Group's PROLIFIC Series DBR and LSR4 street lights, complete with wildlife guards, were used to light of the streets of Pleasant Prairie. The DBR luminaires are compatible with smart grid services, remote monitoring capabilities, dimming, midnight dimming, and occupancy sensors; while the LSR4 fixtures offer a full cutoff optic that meets dark sky requirements. The Company's PROLIFIC Series street lights are the ...

At this year’s Light+Building Preview, OSRAM introduced a selected range of new products which will be shown at the largest and most important trade fair of the lighting industry: the first LED-substitute for the 75W-light bulb in Europe; its first LED-module in accordance with Zhaga standards; the sure course to the world of LED-street lighting as well as the latest generation of lighting management systems. “In the course of the past year, OSRAM has succeeded in establishing itself as a full-range supplier and is now in a position to offer products an...

Lumenpulse Inc. today announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Singapore-based Technolite. The partnership, which will give Lumenpulse greater presence in the region, will be managed out of Lumenpulse’s London, UK office. As exclusive partner, Technolite will supply Lumenpulse’s range of LED lighting, and provide close support by managing sample requests, facilitating mock-ups, and offering technical and commercial assistance as needed. The move will ensure the Lumenpulse brand and portfolio is represented in the area and that architect...

GlacialLight is to showcase its newest products at LED China 2012 from February 20 to 23, 2012. Date: February 20-23, 2012 Venue: Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, China Booth #: N410 in Hall 9.3 GlacialLight's booth will be featuring several of their newest products including the recently released GL-FL12, GL-FL30, and GL-FL120 flood lights using Philips Lumileds LED Chips, Pollux Series Panel Lights, Capella Series dimmable down lights, and their innovative LED Drivers that make electronic transformers unnecessary while improving power co...