Under a $355,000 pilot project fund by the Federal Highway Administration, the Oregon Department of Transportation has taken a solar-powered navigationa LED lighting system pilot project on the Astoria-Megler Bridge in the summer of 2011. The demonstration project is intended to test the lights’ performance in windy and low-light conditions. “We’re not really worried about the panels charging,” said ODOT project manager Paul Christiansen. “We think that will be fine.” The real concern is how the lights will hold up in 100-mph wind...

The 26th World University Games, also known as Summer Universiade, came to a wonderful end in the summer of 2011. There are around 20 venues in this 26th Universiade. Composed of three Main Stadiums, the Center Stadium of Universiade was the most impressive building designed in the theme of “Crystal”. It is LEDGOGHTM, a world-class LED lightscape creator that provided the LED lights and intelligent control systems with DC/DC converter - MBI6651 to present the light of Crystal. LEDGOGHTM is the winner of “Innovative Applic...

Estimates of LEDinside, an industry data source in Taipei, show average selling prices for high-power LED components have plunged 43% in one year. To cite a simple measure, the cost of an LED alternative, now $15 to $25 each, to a 40-watt incandescent bulb could fall to $10 to $15 in coming quarters, according to Roger Chu, research director of green energy at LEDinside. He expects stiff price cuts to continue in coming years. Dropping prices surely hurt manufacturers’ near-term revenues and margins. But they could also spell great news in the long run to acceler...

According to M.T. Chu, director of Electronics & Optoelectronics Research Laboratories (EOL) of the government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan’s LED industry is poised to recover soon. Firstly, in Chu’s opinion, Taiwan’s LED makers’ 60% orders come from the mainland. He ascribed the 2011 supply glut of Taiwan’s LED industry mostly to slower-than-expected global market for LCD TVs lit by LED backlights and desperate production expansions at mainland China’s LED makers. Than...

The Everett School District has led LED revolution. James Monroe Elementary is believed to be the first public school to go almost entirely LED.   Schools are seeing LEDs in a whole new light. Many teachers at the school say the LED light is a "warmer light," better for teaching and learning. One kindergarten teacher said she no longer needs her reading glasses in the classroom. Although LEDs cost more at the front end, administrators say they will make up for it in energy and replacement costs.  ...

Tech Lighting announced its breakthrough on new 13-inch and 19-inch Unilume LED Undercabinet System fixtures for residential and commercial use. The company prepares to showcase the new products at the Dallas International Lighting Market, January 19 - 23. The Unilume features an Intematix ChromaLit(TM) remote phosphor light source to produce an even, glare-free wash of light along its entire length. It uses 30 LEDs per foot, a 98% reflective mixing chamber and a remote phosphor element, which illuminates as a single crisp bar of light. This is both attractive...

A law to phase out incandescent lights has taken effect as New Hampshire’s only electric cooperative announced to become the first utility in the Granite State to replace HPS lighting with LED technology for its outdoor lighting program. Officials launched a new initiative Jan. 1 that’s expected to phase out other types of co-op-owned lighting fixtures within a few years. Currently, the co-op owns about 4,600 outdoor area lights, and has informed companies, communities and consumer-members who lease the equipment that they will have three models of LED fixt...

AWARD-winning LED lighting specialists MHA Lighting has expanded its product range for 2012. Experts at the Greater Manchester-based lighting manufacturers have unveiled their RodLite GRP range which acts as a direct replacement for fluorescent tubes – but has all the benefits of LEDs. The RodLite GRP’s patented LED technology creates glare-free uniformly distributed light and achieves LG Standards Lux levels – but typically uses 80% less energy. It is ideal for any internal or external application where fluorescent tubes are cu...

Scientists at UC San Diego have made a breakthrough on making millions of flourescent E. coli bacteria flash all at once, creating a sort of living LED screen. Jeff Hasty, a professor of biology and bioengineering led the research team in the university's Division of Biological Sciences and BioCircuits Institute.   It took him and his team about five years and a series of papers to develop what he calls the "biopixels" that make up the living LED screen. Firstly, date back to 2008, Hasty and his team published a paper that showed how they built ...

LG Electronics will showcase the world's largest OLED TV with 55 inches they claim at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.   The new LG OLED TV generates the most natural colors of any TV set at a much lower price point than could have been achieved using the standard manufacturing process.   What sets LG's TV picture apart from other OLED TVs is 4-Color Pixels and Color Refiner which work together to generate natural and accurate colors that are sharp and consistent. The 4-Color Pixels feature allows for mor...

Recently, a German company has utilized LEDs to create ‘virtual sky’ of passing clouds for office workers. The Stuttgart-based Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO replicate the feeling of spaciousness and freedom what we experience outdoors into indoors: a luminous ceiling that extends across the entire room simulates lighting conditions which resemble those produced by passing clouds – conveying the impression that you are sitting outdoors. The innovative luminous ceiling, which was developed by the Fraunhofer researchers and their partn...

Sunovia Energy Technologies Inc., specialized in LED lighting and solar technologies , issued more than 35 million shares of new common stock at the end of 2011. According to a newly released filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, roughly 25.8 million shares were sold to a group of 10 investors at a price of 2 cents per share, raising $516,800 in capital for the company. And roughly 9.3 million shares were issued to two Sunovia employees, including CEO Art Buckland, to satisfy “deferred compensation obligations” worth $186,199. The company pos...

Ecosystem company ZigBee® Alliance, has announced it is developing ZigBee Light Link™, a new open standard designed for LED lighting control, to help manufacturers develop a variety of lighting and control products for the home. According to the company, ZigBee Light Link™ will be as easy to use as a common dimmer switch. Light bulbs, LED fixtures, sensors, timers, remotes and switches built using it will not require special devices to coordinate in a home's network. Consumers will be able to easily install and add extra devices to their home light...

On December 20, Reed Exhibitions held a joint press conference with the China Solid State Lighting Association (CSA) in Jinghua, Taiwan.  The two parties, co-organizers of Green Lighting Shanghai 2012 and CHINASSL 2012, were keen to unearth opportunities for bilateral cooperation and boost development. About 100 people, including representatives from the leading lighting companies and electronics manufacturers in Taiwan, as well as several members of the local trade and mass media, attended the press conference. Industry experts predict that LED and ...

London Mayor Boris Johnson says he has a “spectacular” view of the picturesque Tower Bridge from his office. That view will soon get even better. GE and its UK partner EDF Energy have received a formal approval to install GE’s new energy efficient LED technology and a cabling system to illuminate the 800-foot bridge. The new lighting will replace a 25 year old legacy system and help cut the amount of energy required to light the landmark by 40 percent. GE and EDF, a top supplier of electricity in London, are sponsors of the 2012 Olympic and P...

Event LED/OLED LIGHTING FAIR 2012 (LIGHTING KOREA 2012) Venue Hall A, COEX, Seoul, KOREA Dates Oct. 17(Wed) ~ 19(Fri), 2012 / 3 Days Organizers The Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers EXPORUM Exhibit Scope LED/OLED lighting fix...

Event SingaporeInt’l LED/OLED Technology Show 2012(LEDTEC ASIA 2012) Venue SUNTEC Singapore Int’l Convention&Exhibition Centre Dates March 28～30，2012 Organizers Building&Construction Authority of Singapore(BCA) Singapore Convention&Exhibition Bureau(SECB) Singapore Electrical Trades Association (SE...

San Antonio city officials have planned to renovate the old 85,000 incandescent bulbs on the River Walk with nearly 2 million LED lights. Now, nearly 200 trees have their trunks wrapped in thousands of lights. After the city originally planned to keep the trees wrapped year-round, the San Antonio Conservation Society has prompted a move.However, a city forester assured them they wouldn't stay on forever. Nancy Hamner Avellar, president of the society, said "The trees will be unwrapped every three years so there should be no problems with stunting their growth.&q...

Viper Networks, Inc. joined hands with LEDs America, Inc., and recently due to Viper’s escalating sales of the LED-O® lighting products along with a higher sales forecast for the next two quarters, LEDs America is expected to expand their production capabilities with their newest LED-O tube products to replace fluorescent T8 and T12 tubes. LEDs America broke through the 100Lm/watt barrier by establishing a new standard of energy use of T8 light tubes down to a remarkable 14.6 last year. Indeed, the new standard for 4 foot T8 light tubes is now 14.6...

Taiwan state-financed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has set up a partnership Tuesday among local companies to use LED technology to improve the quality and quantity of local agricultural and livestock products. According to the ITRI, it expected to draw participation of over 70 LED companies and the farming sector to help nurture technology application capabilities in old economy industries. Chan Yi-jen, general director of the institute's Electronics and Optoelectronic Research Laboratories, at a press conference, thought that the LED...

As 2012 comes, Taiwan LED industry looks forward to a Healthy Year in 2012,and some manufactures have started to revive. Huga Optotech ended unpaid furlough practice when New Year comes, signaling that Taiwan’s LED industry is getting out of its worst days. Its Taiwan’s only publicly held LED maker to have its employees take unpaid leaves in October, 2011, to cope with slumping market for backlights. Huga Optotech’s president, C.N. Huang, pointed out that the firm decided to end the practice in late December in anticipation that market would pic...

To center on energy sector, Panasonic Corp. has reorganized its business fields and two wholly owned units into three main groups. According to the company, the major electronics maker's business fields as of Sunday are now divided into three groups — consumer, components and devices, and solutions — after it restructured five segments. Its 16 divisions were consolidated into nine, including appliances, energy and health care, under the three business fields. The move is aimed at expanding Panasonic's energy-solutions business by selling energy-saving produc...

By Sanchez, Richmond Mozo Are you aware that LED lighting gives the highest energy savings and lowest maintenance cost for commercial interior lighting applications? Energy consumption is reduced by up to 95% and consequently delivers an extremely short payback among several energy efficient technologies. LED lighting systems installed in shopping malls, grocery stores, professional offices, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, airports, and casinos improve lighting immensely, aside from lowering energy consumption and minimizing carbon footprint. Lighting becomes more aestheti...

by Paul Williams Greph Credit: U.S. Department of Energy The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 put many changes into motion for the lighting industry. The most significant change is a required 25 percent increase in the energy efficiency of light bulbs. Since manufacturers are currently unable to increase incandescent bulb efficiency by such a large percentage, the end result is essentially the phased elimination of this type of bulb. In January of 2012, the manufacture of 100-watt incandescent light bulbs that fail to meet the new efficiency standard wi...

by Paul Williams Graph Credit:GE Lighting According to LEDinside, by 2012 the nation (the U.S.) will start to save over 25 percent of electricity on lighting due to the law congress passed on regulating new light bulbs manufactured. Carbon emission is aimed to be reduced by millions of tons. The traditional light bulb, the commonly known Thomas Edison’s original light bulb, unexpectedly transformed itself into a powerful sentimental symbol. With consumer anxiously worry about losing the familiar old bulbs and quickly find themselves upset with government...

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America is to phase out traditional 100-watt incandescent light on Jan. 1, but it seems to take a time to adapt to the transition. According to the bipartisan law mandating the phaseout, which President George W. Bush signed in 2007, it takes to three steps to phase out incandescent lights. The first to go, beginning on Jan. 1, is the traditional 100-watt, followed in January 2013 with the 75-watt version and in January 2014 with the 40-watt and 60-watt bulbs. However, Edison's 100-watt bulb will still be available for a while, as the law announces that the bulbs can'...

Epistar has announced to gain a share buyback plan in a bid to support its share price. Epistar announced Wednesday it would buy back 10 million shares from the open market at a range of NT$51 to NT$76 between Dec. 29 and Feb. 28, 2012. The company said the repurchased shares will be transferred to its employees as an incentive to encourage them to work harder. As the company has received rush orders and hoped its bottom line would be boosted accordingly for the fourth quarter of this year, other LED makers also steamed ahead amid improved sentiment toward their earnings ...

LEDS America has cooperated with Viper Networks, Inc. on an all inclusive sales and marketing agreement. LEDS America has developed a breakthrough in creating an LCC- LED Cluster Chip technology light source to replace incandescent bulbs. Current products include replacements for the popular 60W light bulbs, which are sold under the LEDS America brand name LED-O. A 6W LED-O is capable of replacing the lumens output equivalent to a 60W standard bulb, to save 90% of the energy used currently. In particular, the features will save 50% energy comp...

Edison Opto Laboratory has become the first in Taiwan to have the certification by TAF, it has been approved by EPA to execute IES LM-80 test for ENERGY STAR® program. “Since LED lighting luminaires play an important rule as energy saving product in ENERGY STAR® program, TAF has assisted and has certified many third party laboratories as approval laboratories for ENERGY STAR® program.” said Manager Sheng of Taiwan Accreditation Foundation (TAF). Being a LED lighting product manufacturer, Edison Opt...