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Lahore, Pakistan -- The Lahore Development Authority during its governing body meeting on December 6, 2012, had approved the installation of LED lights. The idea behind the decision was to conserve electricity. The Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency handed the project to an international company in February, 2013. TEPA was given a deadline of two months to complete the project. However, so far work has only finished on four roads, MM Alam Road, Peco Road, Model Town Link Road and Khyaban-i-Firdous. Work on Gulberg’s Main Boulev...

Superior LED performance and technology of Cimarron Series now available in Pedestrian Scale Spaulding Lighting, a Hubbell Lighting Inc. brand, announces that their most popular area site lighting fixture, the superior performing Cimarron LED area site light, is now available in an energy-efficient pedestrian scale luminaire.  The Cimarron LED CL1S is designed for mounting heights of 12-20ft and provides the perfect pedestrian scale luminaire for municipal, park & recreation, educational and healthcare campus applications. The Cimarron LED CL1S...

As the global market for LED products continues to expand, a race has developed among manufacturers to come out with cheaper versions of LED light bulbs to capture a bigger chunk of the consumer market. In early March, Cree introduced a line of low-cost LED bulbs to be sold at Home Depot . One of the bulbs, a warm white 40W replacement model, sells for less than $10 at retail. That compares with $20 for some of the other lower-priced items. Cree's announcement was followed a month later by news that German lighting manufacturer Osram will launch its own 40 watt-e...

(Photo: LED Module in Test at a Seoul Semiconductor Lab) Seoul Semiconductor (SSC), a global LED manufacturer has announced it has achieved qualification for the UL Witness Test Data Program (WTDP) allowing the company to conduct UL tests on LEDs and modules in its own laboratories, under the supervision of an UL engineer. This allows the company to build on its foundation of manufacturing high-quality LED products such as Acrich, MJT, and nPola by adding in-house testing for the international standards that customers require. An added be...

Livermore，California -- The city is nearing completion of a plan to upgrade its street lights with LED lights, officials said. Upgrading to LED street lights is part of a multi-phase project in collaboration with Chevron. Council members approved the project last year to reduce Livermore's carbon footprint, conserve energy and reduce the city's electricity bill. Other phases of the project include installing solar panels at city facilities and creating plug-in electric vehicle charging stations. The city has about 7,300 street lights and plan to replace 7,100 ...

Access Fixtures is now offering LED Bollards equipped with LG LED light modules and an aluminum cone reflector to aesthetically, efficiently, and safely light walkways in commercial, municipal and residential areas. Each bollard includes a specially designed aluminum cone reflector for purposed built for use with LEDs.  Using a 12 watt LED LG light module, the Access Fixtures LED bollards provide long life, low to no maintenance, super energy efficiency and reduced operating cost over the life of the light bollard all while effectively lighting pathways. &quo...

•    GE Foundation donates $500,000 and GE Lighting commits volunteers to two local nonprofits •    GE Lighting opens museum highlighting its impact on the progression of lighting design and application •    GE Lighting announces a sweepstakes for a chance to win a home lighting makeover To celebrate GE Lighting's 100 years at its headquarters—Nela Park in East Cleveland, Ohio—the GE Foundation has donated $500,000 to two Northeast Ohio nonprofit health centers: Neighborhood Family P...

New Compact and Cost-Effective LED Driver Options for up to 60W LED Lights GlacialPower has announced two new GlacialPower LED drivers for constant voltage LED lights – GP-LE036N and GP-LE060N – available in both 12V DC and 24V DC options. GP-LE036N GP-LE060N Having an output voltage of either 12 V DC or 24V DC, GP-LE036N LED drivers deliver up to 36W and GP-LE060N LED drivers deliver up to 60W of power to the LED. Both drivers have been designed for LED light bars, soft strips and ...

Excellence Opto, Inc. will be exhibiting at Booth #3357 in LightFair International 2013 happening next week on April 23-25, 2013 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.  Lightfair International is the world's largest annual architectural and commercial lighting trade show and conference with innovative products from high-end design to cutting-edge technology.    Don't have a ticket to LFI 2013? No worries! Excellence Opto, Inc. will be happy to provide you a VIP pass to the LightFair International 2013 for free. For more information, em...

  RedBird LED Lighting was installed at 17,500 feet at Mount Everest High Base Camp. The installation was part of a study conducted by Xtreme Everest 2 that is studying health problems in hospital intensive care units. Xtreme Everest 2 is made up of intensive care doctors, nurses, and scientists. The group wanted to cost-effectively replicate the conditions of an intensive care unit at 17,500 feet elevation on the world's largest mountain.   The Xtreme Everest 2 location required rugged, energy efficient lighting that could perform well in extremely...

Sensitivity Systems of Sunnyvale, California USA announced the world’s first Light Sensory Network (LSN). The company describes a Light Sensory Network as a new class of digital sensor network that takes advantage of LED lighting conversions to help light owners enhance energy efficiency. To create LSNs, Sensity provides networked LED luminaires and retrofit kits that replace high-intensity discharge (HID) fixtures. While other manufacturers produce lights with occupancy sensors, Sensitivity Systems claims to be the first to provide luminaires togeth...

Duris S 5 is the latest high-tech addition to the Duris LED family from Osram Opto Semiconductors. This new LED component offers an impressive lifetime of more than 35,000 hours. And in contrast to other components it can withstand much higher temperatures in the applications – up to 105 degrees Celsius (°C). Duris S 5 is ideal for indoor lighting – in retrofits, in downlights or in panel luminaires. The package for Duris S 5 is made from highly robust synthetic material that is resistant to aging caused by high temperatures and short-wave blue light. ...

LED/OLED leading convention-trade show with 45 expert lectures, 5 workshops, 2 tech panels, 1 light art project, 80 exhibitors, 2,000 m² of exhibition space and over 1,000 expected visitors. Dornbirn, April 18th, 2013 -- The LpS light convention-trade show opens its doors for the third year in a row in Bregenz, Austria, together with internationally renowned exhibitors and speakers and leading light industry organizations from around the world (LightingEurope, Zhaga, Assodel, EPIC, ISA, PIDA and LED Light for you). The president of LightingEurope ...

The rise of LED technology is affecting every part of the commercial lighting industry. Falling prices and improving quality are driving widespread adoption of LEDs, and this single technology appears likely to surpass all others in nearly every metric of quality and efficiency. According to a report, worldwide unit shipments of LED lamps will grow from 68 million in 2013 to 1.28 billion annually by 2021. “LED lighting has already begun to enter the commercial market in significant volume, and will grow rapidly over the remainder of the decade,” says Jesse Foot...

Long-term collaboration for growth of 6-inch GaN-on-Si wafers planned AIXTRON SE today announced that the University of Cambridge has successfully commissioned another multi-wafer Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) MOCVD reactor at its new facility at the Department of Material Science and Metallurgy. The CCS 6x2-inch system will be configured to handle single 6-inch (150mm) wafers (1x6-inch).  “We will be using the systems to expand our research efforts for LED and electronic devices based on gallium nitride (GaN) epitaxy on 6-inch silico...

More efficient lighting could soon be coming to the streets of Cedar Falls. With City Council blessing last week, the city is moving toward changing out high-pressure sodium fixtures for LED fixtures. LED lights also will be installed in new property developments going forward.     A trial installation a few months ago evaluated five manufacturers: GE, American Electric, Cooper, Cree and Phillips, and 22 LED lights were installed in the Pleasant Drive and Cedar Heights residential areas....

Philips’ newest high-power emitter, the LUXEON Z ES, offers excellent colour consistency through a 1-step MacAdam ellipse in warm white colour options. With a micro-footprint, undomed design and full spectrum availability, LUXEON Z ES from Philips Lumileds enables high lumen density solutions with precise optical control. The LUXEON Z ES is available with below blackbody binning, a key feature required for superior colour perception in specialty retail and hospitality applications. It also offers 10-15 percent superior Colour over Angle (C...

Wavien, Inc. has introduced a LED based medical illumination platform based on its proprietary Recycling Light Technology (RLT™).  RLT technology, which is implemented using a single RLT reflector, significantly increases the brightness available to fiber optic bundles used frequently in surgical operating systems.  Wavien is actively looking to license this enabling technology for medical illumination applications. Impressive improvements in brightness have been achieved for both commonly used 5.0 mm and 3.5 mm fiber bundles using the RLT reflectors w...

Soraa has announced its new perfect spectrum SORAA VIVID 2 and PREMIUM 2 LED MR16 lamp lines—the first ultra-efficient replacements for 65-watt and 75-watt halogen lamps, available for both 12V and line voltages.   A technological breakthrough made possible by Soraa’s recently announced world-record performance GaN on GaN™ LEDs, the new SORAA LED MR16 lamps deliver the industry’s highest light output, while rendering vivid colors, richer reds and whiter whites, transforming ordinary lighting in any space into extraordi...

The U.S. Marine Corp selected the solar airfield products from Carmanah Technologies in a public bid worth $175,000. The Marine Corp will employ the products in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA). The order, which includes Carmanah solar-powered runway edge and threshold lights, taxiway lights, and obstruction lights and mounting hardware, represents one of many temporary or permanent off-grid airfield deployments employed by US and NATO bases throughout the world. The Carmanah A704 wireless runway edge lights, A650 taxiway l...

Digital Lumens has announced the launch of a strategic partner program that will bring the proven advantages of integrated intelligence – energy efficiency, flexibility and fine-grained control – to the full range of commercial and industrial lighting applications.   “Our vision has always been to make every light intelligent, which drives radical energy efficiency and builds a platform for distributed building intelligence,” said Brian Chemel, Founder and CTO of Digital Lumens. “By extending the LightRules management platform and our unique...

Luxim Corporation is to show its latest Light Emitting Plasma  2.0 Technology at LIGHTFAIR 2013. They’ll be displaying their latest LEP 2.0 technology at the show, including groundbreaking new SMART chip technology that advances their product lines with additional benefits, and the new STA75 lamp, which replaces a 750W Metal Halide system with 40% energy savings and 4X lamp life. In addition, they'll display a selection of OEM fixtures like the BLP1000, a new high mast luminaire by Bright Light Systems. Visit at booth #3011 and s...

The future of lighting unfolds at the Lighting Inspirations experience center at Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) booth #801 during LIGHTFAIR® International in Philadelphia. Tours of the Lighting Inspirations experience center will run every 20 minutes during exhibit hours, April 23 – 25, 2013. Lighting Inspirations will take participants on a journey to understand the future of lighting including technological advances, environmental consciousness and expected changes in the industry. The tour explores the newest lighting opportunities created by i...

Visitors attending the 2013 Lightfair International Show at the Philadelphia Convention Center will be introduced to a broad range of new, high performance lighting products from Lighting Science Group Corporation® (OTCQB: LSCG). The Lighting Science booth (number 1715) will showcase products that are cutting-edge, environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient that supports their mission of unleashing the science of light to make people and the planet look, feel and heal better. Products on display will include: Definity™ high performance Gimbal PAR...

LEDinside, a research division of Trendforce indicated that benefiting from the advance stocking of the backlight supply chain, listed Taiwanese LED manufacturers achieved a total revenue of 9.39 billion NTD in March of 2012 (+35.1%MoM，+19.5%YoY). In March of 2013, listed Taiwanese LED chip manufacturers achieved a revenue of 3.77 billion NTD (+38%MoM，+15.4%YoY), while listed Taiwanese LED package manufacturers achieved a revenue of 5.62 billion NTD (+33.2%MoM，+22.4%YoY). According to LEDinside,It is clear that due to stocking in the backlight market has broughtand numerous commercial lighting orders,; according to LEDinside, demands are expected to extend to 2Q132 and enhance growth momentum in the LED market.

 Bridgelux, a leading innovator and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, announced today the commercial availability of the VeroTM LED array, an innovative solid state light source that makes quality lighting easy.  All form factors of Vero LED arrays are now commercially available and shipping to customers and distribution partners worldwide. Vero will also be showcased at the LightFair International exhibition April 23-25 in Philadelphia.  “The immediate and wide scale adoption of Vero is the tangible and powerful result......

  ADvantage LED Signs spokesperson Richard James announced the completion of multiple Military LED Signs and installation at multiple gates for Ft. Gordon in Augusta, GA. The LED billboards will be used for advertising community events and special messages for the base and surrounding areas. The US ARMY's Fort Gordon installed three new ADvantage LED Signs. At approximately 8’ x 18’, in dazzling 10mm iPixel full color resolution, these billboards will increase communication and awareness to their Service Members. The L...

On March 23, 2013 Green Ray LED Lighting a California/New York start up reached a milestone in the LED lighting world with the introduction of 173 Lm/W LED’s T8 lamp. US Department of Energy through its program “Lighting Facts” issued the label to Green Ray LED’s T8 lamp and the lamp became as of today the world’s most energy efficient light approved by DOE. Independent test results concluded to date, no others have surpassed its standing 173 Lumens per Watt. This is a global record in efficiency for this type of ligh...

The Chinese government views the growth of the LED industry as a national security matter. As a result, it is driving a vast LED manufacturing effort and offering subsidies from central and local government agencies to help build its own LED industry. In 2010, China embarked on an ambitious “Many Cities, Many Lights” program for streetlamp lighting to help its own LED industry. China has been in the LED bulb business for more than a decade but has more recently concentrated its efforts to acquire LED growth and manufacturing know-how.   Chine...