International Green Systems (IGS) has signed a contract with Mi Tierra to replace more than 100,000 bulbs and lamps at the downtown Market Square restaurant with LED bulbs. Mi Tierra’s owners expect to cut electricity use by more than 5.4 million kilowatt hours and reduce greenhouse gases by the equivalent of 123 vehicles. Mi Tierra is making use of CPS Energy’s Commercial Lighting Rebate program. With rebates, CPS Energy will cover about 60 percent of the cost of the new lighting. Mi Tierra will unveil the new lighting on Nov. 15 at a spe...

The worldwide traffic movement presents a considerable burden for the environment – even public transport carriers in the aviation industry. Therefore, Innsbruck Airport has declared preventive environmental protection measures to be an integral part of its corporate strategy and focuses on sustainable solutions for the expansion of airport infrastructures: The apron lighting systems developed by ewo focuses completely – in a hitherto globally unique method – on energy-saving LED technology. The 14 high mast systems with varying mounting heights (ranging from 13...

Lighting Science Group has signed an agreement on reselling the company’s A19 LED bulbs with FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit public charity founded by inventor Dean Kamen, strives to cultivate young people’s interest and participation in science, technology, engineering and math. The agreement encourages FIRST middle school and high-school students to sell LED bulbs, produced by Lighting Science Group, in their home communities. A modern-day twist on traditional fundraising methods, the...

SemiLEDs has released its not so bright financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011, ended August 31, 2011. According to the company ,revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 was $5.3 million, a 54% decrease from $11.5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010. GAAP net loss attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 was $13.6 million, or a loss of $0.50 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income attributable to SemiLEDs stockholders of $5.3 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of fi...

A recent meeting held Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has made a conclusion that the ministry must revise current strategies on Taiwan’s LED industry development, and the MOEA pledged to work out revised strategies within a month. Economic Minster Y.S. Shih met with top brasses of Taiwan’s leading LED industry in a bid to brainstorm ideas concerning how to help the manufacturers go through hard competition compounded by the economic downturn. Everlight Chairman Y.F. Yeh, Lextar Chairman David Su, EpistarPresident M.J. Jou, and...

Lately, GE Lighting has hold the 3rd annual LED & Energy Efficient Lighting Trends for Retail conference at the lighting unit’s global headquarters in East Cleveland, Ohio. There are 45 retailers gathered to share best practices, learn about new technologies and discuss emerging trends that can deliver immediate and sustained environmental and financial gains, while enhancing the visual appeal of products. Among the retailers, The Fresh Market and Walgreens were honored for their efforts in lighting efficiency by GE Lighting. The Fresh Market took h...

According to Sandia National Laboratories recent research, diode lasers could eventually compete with LEDs for home and commercial lighting solutions. Sandia National Laboratories recently asked participants to rate various LED and diode laser lighting scenarios and found that in some situations consumers preferred the diode lasers. As we know, LEDs are the most energy-efficient replacements for the incandescent bulbs. But less people know LEDs lose efficiency at currents higher than 0.5 amps. The diode laser actually improves at higher currents, which means it ca...

Recently, Bavaria Technology Solutions in Al Ain has made a deal with the main contractor / MBEC for Abu Dhabi Judicial Department to supply LED lighting for the new security buildings being built at the perimeter of the New Court Building in Abu Dhabi. Selection of LED lighting in building specification is increasingly becoming a popular choice for environmentally -conscious architects and builders in the UAE and around the World for its many green benefits, as well as to meet strict environmental guidelines set by regulating authorities. Harald Ehrl, m...

Photometric Testing has set up Gloucestershire-based laboratory to provide specialist optical test and measurement services for LEDs, lamps and luminaires. Test services will be offered in small and medium businesses in the lighting industry, and specialist approach to LED testing. The company has employed a 1m diameter integrating sphere with high resolution spectroradiometer detector for measuring luminous flux, chromaticity, colour temperature and colour rendering. For measuring beam distributions and the variation of luminous intensity with angle, Photometric Testi...

According to OSRAM, it has claimed to created the world's most efficient OLED lighting panel with an efficiency of 32 lm/W and a birghtness of1,000 cd/m².   OSRAM's flexible OLED research was conducted as part of the TOPAS 2012 project - the same project in which OSRAM developed the 87 lm/W white OLED panel back in June.  ...

Everlight has released a 3-step MacAdam Ellipse binning of all warm white color temperatures -- 2700K, 3000K, 3500K, and 4000K CCT -- for the Shuen (C06) and Shwo (C19) high power lighting LED series. Everlight’s ‘Smart Binning’ initiative is aimed at reducing the variation in chromaticity in lighting applications. Color consistency is a key determinant of a product’s quality and appeal in lighting applications. This consistency is not only determined by the control of chromaticity from LED to LED inside a product but from one comple...

Energy Focus has harvested totaling $2.5 million awards in key additional lighting retrofit contracts. The new projects include retrofits to upgrade the lighting at a new Fortune 500 company as well as a large school system in the Southeastern United States. Currently,the company has completed the audit of the facilities, inventoried their lighting systems, created an approved energy savings design for these contracts and is now procuring the materials and overseeing the lighting installations. Joseph Kaveski, CEO, Energy Focus, commented: "I am encouraged by th...

Coming after from China announces the roadmap of banning incandescent , the US Department of Energy (DOE) has also been accelerating funding for the production of LEDs to help the country be competitive in LED industry and the overall clean energy race. The DOE will be accepting funding applications through December 15, 2011, for developers of energy-saving lighting technologies involving LEDs in some of the latest developments. The Obama Administration authorized up to $10 million for manufacturing research and development on SSL, including HBLEDs as ...

Recently, Columbus, Ohio based lighting manufacturer and electrical controls designer Weldon, a division of Akron Brass, has supplied LED lighting products and V-MUX® multiplexing solutions on the new eTrans Type A all-electric school bus manufactured by Trans Tech Bus based out of New York. School buses benefit from Weldon’s patented V-LED technology.Due to its extraordinary brightness and signaling power,Weldon’s patented V-LED technology with serviceable LED increases student safety . Additionally, V-LED diodes are field upgradea...

Officials from San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge are about to unveil plans for a light display to mark the bridge's 75th anniversary on Thursday morning on Treasure Island.  The $7 million display would go up next year and feature 30,000 white LED lights on the west span's suspension and suspender cables,according to the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The independently-controlled lights would create patterns based on traffic, weather and the motion of the bridge. According to Leo Villareal, the artist who designed the display, it would be visible fr...

Lighting Science Group has launched its BayLight(TM) LED high bay fixture. The new BayLight(TM) LED high bay fixture uses 35% less electricity, has a longer operating life and requires less maintenance than conventional HID high bay fixtures. Careful thermal management of the overall system and drivers gives the BayLight a L70 rated life of over 60,000 hours at 40 degrees C and over 100,000 hours at 25 degrees C. With an IP66 Rating for the LED panel, the BayLight is certified for damp location. Furthermore, the BayLight contains no mercury or lead...

Taiwan LED manufacrurer FZLED has showcaesed its LED lighting products at the FZTech booth (number T6.5 in Hall 7.2) during the trade show, Interlight Moscow, being held at the Expocentre Fairgrounds in Moscow, Russia, November 8-11, 2011. During the show, the company will be highlighting their FZL-DL-06 and FZL-DL-08 ultra-slim, cost effective, and easy to install LED downlights that feature cutting-edge light guiding technology to make illumination gentle, pleasant, and perfectly balanced. Additionally ,the company also show their extremely popu...

Integration Technology Limited, Lumen Dynamics, and Phoseon Technology join together to form the UV LED Curing Association. The new association has been established to address a growing need within the market for current and potential researchers, suppliers, integrators and end users to gain a better understanding about UV LED technology and the significant benefits it brings to numerous applications.    The UV LED Curing Association is focused on providing greater insight into the various UV LED solutions currently in the marketplace, as well as ...

The 24th annual Holiday Lights at Gring’s Mill in Wyomissing has taken place on December 2nd-30th, Wednesday through Sunday, 6-9 p.m., and closed December 24th & 25th. This year promise to be brightest year so far for the program, as several thousand more incandescent lights have been replaced with LED bulbs. The walk through light display combines festive ground light displays with trees strung with hundreds of lights. Of the trees decked out in lights, most of them have been converted to LED this year. Several of the ground displays have also been conver...

The 800-foot Tower Bridge in London will have an LED makeover with the support of General Electric and EDF Energy who are sponsors of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The bridge lighting will be installed by the French firm Citelum, which has designed lighting for landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, and the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. GE said that its multi-colour LEDs with variable intensity will illuminate the bridge's Victorian gothic turrets, granite and stone towers, as well as an a...

While energy-efficient products are an expensive form of lighting for many customers in the Asia Pacific region, the higher costs are increasingly justified by the higher efficacy and performance compared to traditional lighting products. As a result, demand for LED products is growing among customers in developed countries such as Japan and Korea. Moreover, a number of regional and national government programs are in place to promote LED lighting, and these initiatives will serve as a key driver of the market in the coming decade. LED is now viewed as an affordable and effic...

Gem Hsin Electronics, an LED lighting manufacturer, has made new advances in research and development of LED lighting products. The firm claims its latest developments enable wider beam angles than its competitors and unparalleled light uniformity. Combined, Gem Hsin's says these patented design achievements give its latest products a superiority that is unmatched in the LED industry. Gem Hsin has already started incorporating these cutting-edge research breakthroughs into their line of T5 / T8 LED Tube Lights.     Gem Hsin's engineers,...

OSRAM AG acquired the remaining shares in Traxon Technologies, Ltd. (Traxon) from its joint venture partner as of 9 November 2011. With this acquisition, OSRAM further strengthens its business in the strongly growing market for professional LED lighting solutions. Traxon specializes in applications for the architectural, shop and hospitality segments. OSRAM obtained a controlling 51 percent in Traxon back in 2009. The joint venture has since been operating under the name of "Traxon Technologies – An OSRAM Company". "We are supportin...

Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has hosted a forum with representatives of local LED manufacturers, including Everlight and Delta Electronics to discuss the strategy to boost demand for LED lights. MOEA promised local LED makers that it will lauch a NT$500 million (US$16.6 million) subsidy program for townships to install LED streetlighting in 2012. The ministry said the figure will be a substantial increase from the NT$170 million allocated this year for the purpose. Additionally, the ministry plans to build "model cities" in ...

LED lighting is becoming mainstream and luminaire-­makers are jumping on the bandwagon with viable products now that the technology is more widely understood. In the early days few lighting firms could get their heads around semiconductor heatsinking and precision optical alignment, and few LED-makers realised that no one wants to install a reflow oven, or even lift a soldering iron, to make light fittings. Now the luminaire companies are learning to be a bit more high-tech, the LED-makers are getting a bit more practical, and connector firms are continuing to bridge the...

Lumenpulse Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of high performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, released a customer case study focused on a project for the iconic 1950’s Cermak Shopping Plaza outside of Chicago, IL.  Already a clean-tech energy saver, the Lumenpulse LED fixtures are going further green with the building owner choosing to power them with wind turbines.   Built in 1956, the plaza has a rich history including cameo appearances in Hollywood movies (1992’s Wayne...

McGraw-Edison Valet LED Luminaires help Detroit Windsor Tunnel reduce overall electricity cost by 72 percent. The Detroit Windsor Tunnel, a subterranean passage connecting the United States and Canada, recently upgraded its lighting fixtures to include energy-saving LED products from Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry. Project goals, like providing ample lighting and reducing energy cost, were easily met with McGraw-Edison Valet™ LED Luminaire...

In another aviation lighting industry first, the LED Solar Runway Guard Light, created by Carmanah Technologies Corp (TSX: CMH) (Pink Sheets: CMHXF), together with ADB Airfield Solutions has been recognized as the Airport Technology of the Year by the Future Airport, a publication from Global Trade Media International. The award was based on a panel of experts from the aviation industry, that put forward a recommended short list of products they felt made the most difference in 2011. The panel included people from airport design, construction, airline ...

ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a premier supplier of high performance silicon solutions for energy efficient electronics, has introduced two new LED drivers to help designers optimize their solutions for automotive, industrial and general lighting applications. ON Semiconductor’s new NCL30051 stage, power factor correction (PFC) and Resonant Half Bridge LED driver, combined with the new NCL30160, a dimmable constant current step-down (buck) LED driver, provide an ideal solution for high-brightness LED driver applications where space is limited an...

Hubbell Outdoor Lighting Inc. is proud to introduce two new versatile LED products in their leading outdoor lighting portfolio. The new Roadway RM LED Series delivers a complete and powerful LED roadway solution producing 6087 lumens in a 3G rated traditional cobra-head. The Roadway RF LED Retrofit Kit provides a versatile solution to upgrade existing 100-175W cobra-heads in any NEMA compliant fixture. Designed to provide energy efficient LED solutions for roadway lighting, the Roadway RM LED Series delivers more visible and uniform light with s...