Based on the bright perspective of LED market, Everlight will boost LED lighting sales to account for 15% of its annual revenue in 2012, up from 9% in 2011. The company considers that thanks to the rising demands for lighting and backlight, the LED industry will increasingly rally quarter by quarter this year. According to the company’s business general manager, B.Y. Liu, capacity utilization at the company’s factories has recovered to around 70%. The company has snatched over 50% of Taiwan’s market for 8W LED light bulbs since it rolled out the ...

Revolutionary Outdoor Luminaires Debut at Light+Building in Frankfurt Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces the Aeroblades™ series of luminaires, demonstrating the continued evolution of outdoor LED lighting. Based on Cree’s advanced BetaLED® Technology with superior NanoOptic® lighting control, Aeroblades luminaires represent the intersection of industry-leading LED innovation and high design. “Cree is a proven leader in LED-based street and area luminaires,” said Christopher Ruud, vice president and general manager, ...

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has awarded a major tender to OCG Lighting for the supply of LED lighting replacements at Royal Sussex County Hospital. The Trust is making the transition to energy-efficient lighting as part of a major redevelopment and expansion program to modernise the hospital.   With LEDs using less than half the power of traditional lighting solutions, the retrofit also forms part of the Trust’s commitment to become a leading low-carbon organisation within Sussex. OCG Lighting’s LED alternatives offe...

New Cree® Module Performance Obsoletes the Need for Compact Fluorescents in Commercial Lighting LED lighting leader Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), extends the high-performance LMH2 module family with new 2000 and 3000 lumen output options, delivering better performance, longer lifetime and lower system cost than comparable compact fluorescents in commercial lighting. The LMH2 module family now enables a wider range of lighting applications within a compact, cost-effective design. The LMH2 is the industry’s only LED module family delivering 82 lum...

Multiple Acuity Brands LED Lighting Products Receive Prestigious Architectural SSL Product Innovation Awards   Judges select four Lithonia Lighting indoor ambient LED luminaires and one American Electric Lighting outdoor LED luminaire for Product Innovation Awards.   Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting solutions, announced today a total of five indoor and outdoor LED lighting products, including three general ambient lighting products, one linear cove/wall wa...

Light & Building 2012  Messe Frankfurt, Germany Dates：April 15 – 20, 2012 Sunon Booth No.：Hall 4.0, G71 Increasing concern with environmental protection through energy-saving is driving the rapid decline of the incandescent light bulb and the growth of its replacement the LED Light bulb.  The increasing number of applications converting to LED light pushes this technology to achieve higher levels of efficiency and luminosity.  Luminar designers and consultants are faced with increased costs and the design led aesthetic need for compa...

GE Lighting, together with its Australian partner UGL Limited, has secured a A$7 million project through a tender to replace about  6,450 street and park lights in the City of Sydney over the next three years. In an Australian first, the City of Sydney will roll-out new energy-efficient LED street and park lighting, halving electricity use and carbon pollution compared to conventional lights. UGL Limited, headquartered in Australia, is a global leader in outsourced engineering, asset management and property services. The City’s existing street light lam...

As Earth Hour is dawning near, are you ready to turn off your light to join the movement? Earth Hour is a global event led by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to raise awareness about climate change by asking the world to turn off the lights for one hour. It takes place on the last Saturday in Every March at 8:30 p.m. During the event, famous buildings and landmarks around the world will go dark. And millions of people across the world are expected to switch off their lights. However, aside from switching off for Earth Hour just for the night, we can take some measu...

GE Lighting today announced that the Wanganui District Council in New Zealand has refitted the lights on the Wanganui City Bridge using 14 GE LED fittings saving the council up to NZ$9,000 (USD $7.4K) in reduced power and maintenance costs, over the life of the fittings. This translates into a payback period of 6.2 years. The Wanganui District Council will progressively replace other conventional fittings with LED light sources when these fittings reach end of life. The Wanganui District Council embarked on a trial of different LED light sources as an ...

In its commitment to environmental sustainability, Telamon Corporation recently completed two green projects, one of which was developed internally. Trend Lighting T8 High-Bay LEDs (which are UL-certified), developed as a joint venture between Telamon Energy Solutions (a subsidiary of Telamon Corporation) and Trend Lighting Corporation, replaced 100 high-energy consuming metal halides. This installation is the largest in Carmel, a suburb of Indianapolis. 

Sydney kicks off replacing 6450 streetlights with LEDs over coming months, to become the first city in Australia to be lit by LED lights. It estimates to halve the amount of electricity required to keep the city lit at night, and cut Sydney's power bill by about $800,000 as well as save 2861 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year. The first stretch of new lights have now been installed outside the town hall on George Street, in time for Earth Hour, which begins at 8.30pm on March 31 night. Along with London, New York and Hong Kong, Sydney has been trial...

Soraa has launched its OUTDOOR LED MR16 lamp to instead of standard 40W MR16 halogen lamps. Soraa's OUTDOOR MR16 lamp line is designed and tested to operate in challenging environments, suitable for use in outdoor fixtures, or indoors in fully enclosed, recessed, or confined, non-ventilated track fixtures. It meets and exceeds the performance of halogen lamps, while saving 75% of the energy. The lamp, available in 2700K and 3000K correlated color temperatures, provides halogen-equivalent brightness and light quality without requiring a mechanical fan. ...

Everlight predicts that rising demand for LED TVs worldwide and LED lighting would likely bring new life to the troubled LED industry in 2012 and lift the company’s factory utilization. According to company spokesman Liu Pang-yen stated during a teleconference, with the industrial recovery, Everlight’s factory utilization would rise gradually over the next few quarters from the current 60 percent to about 70 percent. In his opinion, LED TV and LED lighting would be the two major drivers for the whole LED industry this year. As Liu citing some m...

New LED NEMA Head offers energy efficient lighting solutions for dark, open areas   Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting solutions, is pleased to announce the launch of the LED NEMA Head Series (LNH) luminaire from American Electric Lighting®. The LNH luminaire maintains the familiar NEMA Head aesthetic, but uses LED technology to produce a comfortable and efficient white light that significantly reduces operating costs and extends the fixture life.   In...

Advanced lighting solutions specialists OCG Lighting have appointed Life Size Media to promote the benefits of their innovative LED technology to a wide range of markets.   The appointment comes at a time of rapid development for OCG Lighting involving several high profile industry appointments, the acquisition of Kudos Business Technologies and the announcement of a major technology deal with Taiwanese manufacturer NeoPac Optoelectronics Inc.   "This is an exciting time for OCG Lighting and we were looking to appoint a company that could fully...

High-Performance CR Series is Now Bigger, Better, Faster and Even More Affordable One year after introducing the revolutionary CR Series LED Troffer, Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) is expanding the CR Troffer family to address more applications and to eliminate the use of antiquated fluorescent technology in new or retrofit commercial and industrial settings. Cree is also announcing new pricing to drive even faster payback for building contractors, designers and owners. The CR Series offers payback-friendly pricing and a no-compromise alternative to fluor...

Philips Lighting has won a total of seven Product Innovation Awards (PIA) from Architectural SSL Magazine. Products by Philips Lightolier, Philips Roadway Lighting, Philips Hadco and Philips Lumileds were recognized. Lytespan products from Philips Lightolier received awards in the track lighting category. The Lytespan Mini LED Micro Cylinder is an exceptionally small 10-watt fixture with superior beam and glare control while the 15-watt Lytespan Spot LED delivers powerful accent lighting using only 15 watts of power. The 15-watt Lytespan also recei...

Austin, Texas-based chipmaker Cirrus Logic (CRUS) is entering into the LED lighting market with a digital LED controller that it says solves dimmer compatibility issues that have been a major barrier to adoption of LED. According to the company, LED retrofit bulbs available today are based primarily on analog controllers and often are incompatible with dimmers installed in homes and businesses. Dimmer incompatibility problems are a leading cause of product returns because they can cause flickering or flashing light or the inability to turn on or off. To solve the...

Bridgelux has developed new Bridgelux(R) Micro SM4(TM) surface mountable LED component for commercial buildings. The Micro SM4 is a light source, analogous to the heated gases or hot wires found in fluorescent bulbs and incandescent lights. The difference comes in energy consumption, longevity and control. The Micro SM4 light source consumes only 4.2 watts, but it emits as much light as a 20-40 watt incandescent or 20-35 watt halogen B10-style bulb and will last thousands of hours longer. The Micro SM4 component also delivers high flux density in a smaller footpri...

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% with...

Kevin Leadford, Vice President of Innovation with Acuity Brands Lighting, is speaking on the applications of new lighting technologies at the 2012 SSL Summit LA in Long Beach, CA on April 3, 2012.  Leadford’s presentation “Realizing the Promise of Solid State Lighting” focuses on how these exciting new technologies are expected to reshape the lighting industry.   “Solid state lighting is currently in its infancy,” said Leadford. “Up until now, much of the industry’s focus has been on light source suitability (e...

China Electric Mfg. Corp. has intended to roll out 7.5W LED light bulbs retailed below NT$400 (US$13 at US$1:NT$30) sometime in April. The price range represents a huge markdown from NT$500 (US$16) for 7W bulbs it launched in 2011, as well as a 25% cut from the price of the first batch of 7.5W bulbs it introduced previously. At the heart of the company’s cut-price plan is LED chips sourced from Lextar Electronics. With the cut-rate strategy, the company estimated it would help to achieve the goal of selling 500,000-600,000 LED light bulbs for aro...

Goodrich has signed a contract with Lufthansa to retrofit LED runway turnoff (RTO) lights on Lufthansa's fleet of A319/A320/A321 aircraft.   The lights will be integrated in the aircraft nose landing gear in two locations. The work will be done at Goodrich's Lighting Systems facility in Lippstadt, Germany. According to Brian Sartain, vice president of Goodrich's Interiors Cabin and Lighting Systems business, "Goodrich has worked closely with the Lufthansa Technik team to create a superb technology LED solution which extends light se...

Independence LED Lighting, LLC has announced that its 2011 LED Tube sales grew nearly 300% from 2010, on account of the shift in manufacturing from China to America. There are huge opportunities for LED Market in America. According to the McKinsey & Company Report, the total LED Market in 2010 was $10 Billion and forecasts growth to $54 Billion in 2016, representing a 5.4X increase and a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 32%. In addition, resources from the U.S. Department of Energy have shown that , there are over 2.3 Billion flu...

Albeo Technologies has received two 2012 Architectural SSL Magazine Product Innovation Awards (PIA) with its H-Series High Bay LED fixture. The H-Series was recognized both in the High Bay Category and one of six in the Special Citations category as the most innovative optical and control system. It is the only LED fixture of its kind to scale from one to 12 LED light bars. This modularity provides a lumen range of 6,500 to 77,000 within the same product family which is equivalent in light output to arrays of two to 24 fluorescent tubes. The Archit...

Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has estimated that the output of the island’s LED streetlight manufacturing sector is expected to reach as much as NT$34 billion (US$1.15 billion) by 2018. According to an assessment released by the MOEA's Bureau of Energy, since the start of 2012, the government has been pushing for the installation of LED street lights to help the LED sector build a supply chain and create clusters of manufacturers. Under the projects, the government is expected to spend about NT$2.8 billion to install more than 326,000 ...

One hundred years ago—March 25, 1912 to be exact—executives and employees gathered at GE Lighting’s newly forming Nela Park campus to bury a hermetically sealed time capsule packed with a daily newspaper, pamphlets, pins, photos and some GE light bulbs representing available and emerging incandescent technologies of the era.   The collection of treasures inside the capsule and an accompanying lead box filled with additional mementos placed inside a cornerstone of Marketing Building #307 were intended to speak to future generations about the state of light...

More and more frequently, luminaires in the professional sector are equipped with LEDs. This applies both for indoor and outdoor lighting solutions. In the process, luminaire manufacturers give particular importance to durable, efficient and high-quality LEDs. “The demand for high-quality and robust light emitting diodes will continue to increase in the future. The Duris P 5 represents a true leap in innovation, in particular owing to its minimal error rate during long-term use,” explains Christian Neugirg, product manager at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. D...

One Stop Green, LLC has developed a partnership with Cree Lighting to bring Cree’s solar powered flashlights without batteries to customers. Batteries are a major source of toxins in landfills and Cree solar flashlights seek to combat this source of hazardous waste by offering Ni-MH rechargeable batteries in their flashlights that are automatically recharged via a solar panel. By exposing the solar cells to direct sunlight, Cree solar powered flashlights never run out of power providing a reliable source of LED lighting in whenever it is need....

Bridgelux’s RS LED arrays have been selected by ZON LED as the LED-based light source for their billboard lighting retrofit solution permitting easy upgrades for the most common billboard lighting fixtures in North America. ZON LED is now retrofitting 6000 metal halide (MH) lighting systems for one of the largest outdoor advertisers in North America, with plans to retrofit another 4000 over the next 3 months with installations in Canada and the United States. Current billboard lighting systems use 1 to 4, 400W lamp fixtures to provide sufficient bi...