Currently, lighting costs have tumbled  84% in areas of Covent Garden Market where new LED lights have been installed by two small London companies including Ecopower Inc. and Stein Industries Inc. in April. The EcoStein LED Lighting System from Ecopower Inc.has been installed on the second floor of Covent Garden and will be extended to retail areas of the first floor. And Stein Industries Inc.has partnered it to produce the system. The EcoStein system has an automatic "daylight harvesting" system that uses sensors to raise or lower light...

Recently, hyperpure silicon wafers  manufacturer Siltronic AG has signed an agreement with the Belgian nano-electronics research institute imec on the development of silicon wafers with a gallium nitride layer as partner of imec’s GaN-on-Si industrial affiliation program (IIAP). According to the agreement, the two companies target to enable production of solid-state lighting such as LEDs and power semiconductors of the next generation on 200 mm silicon wafers. Siltronic can draw on decades of experience in epitaxial deposition of materials on silicon substra...

Reportedly, Aixtron has signed the “Aixtron - SINANO MOCVD Training Centre” agreement with Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech & Nano-bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SINANO). Under the agreement, Aixtron will provide one CRIUS II MOCVD system and one AIXG5HT MOCVD system at SINANO’s facility to train its customers and potential customers’ engineers on the usage of MOVCD systems. In addition, SINANO's process and maintenance engineers will also be trained by Aixtron for the system op...

There is a talented little robot named  Roomba. it has created artsy aspirations: LED light painting. As part of the IBR Roomba Art series by a group photographers at Germany's Braunschweig University of Technolog, Roomba vacuums outfitted with colored LEDs and were let loose to roam around in the dark while a camera captured long-exposure photographs of them in action. As a result,they has created a colourful LED lighting picture....

LED lighting company SavWatt USA, Inc., announced that it has completed the installation of its Eco-Pole 60 watt LED streetlight in front of the Department of Transportation building at 55 M Street, Washington, D.C.   According to the company, Opposites to be connected to the energy grid, the Eco-Pole powered by wind and sun energy, is completely self-energizing. It represents the first city streetlight that is green, utilizes zero electricity, and is built in America.  ...

Philips will cooperate with Kvadrat Soft Cells, to bring an innovative luminous textile to the market. According to their cooperation, the new luminous textile combines Philips’ leadership in ambient lighting with Kvadrat Soft Cells’ expertise in controlling sound absorption, means interior spaces can now be enhanced through both light and texture. Due to the wide range of Kvadrat textiles and broad spectrum of colors in Philips’ LED range,Luminous textile is a truly flexible way of creating the right atmosphere for a specific space. Through integr...

Dear Sirs: Macroblock Inc., a leader in LED driver, has hosted symposium for five years in a row to provide a platform for more than 500 LED customers home and abroad. Customers can easily access to the latest LED technology information and exchange experiences. “Light up a green future with LED” is the theme for the symposium this year. Macroblock invites LED experts from all over the world, including Illumitex from U.S. that specializes in LED optical technoglogy development; Mundo Color International (MCI Group), the renowned...

Atmel Corp. has launched new intelligent multistring LED drivers for the backlighting and solid state lighting markets. According to the company, their comprehensive portfolio of Atmel LED drivers offer design engineers efficiency optimizer (EO) technology, flexible dimming options, scalability across wide range of power levels, user programmability and lower bill of material (BOM). The LED drivers incorporate Atmel's patent-pending EO technology allows designers to use any DC-to-DC or AC-to-DC converter topology with isolated or non-isolated implement...

Currently, Aixtron is building a wholly owned Chinese subsidiary Aixtron China Ltd.in Shanghai for its further expansion in China. This move targets to support Aixtron’s growing base of Chinese customers and makes it easier to grow by opening other facilities throughout China in the near future. Christian Geng, Aixtron Vice President Greater China,ponited out that  ,"This is the next logical step in terms of our increasing commitment to support China’s aggressive plans to become one of the world’s leading countries in LED production. ...

Aston –based LED lighting distributor ,Stouch Lighting ,has provided the National Archives and Records Administration, with two LED lighting fixtures to the replace Metal Halide Lights that Illuminate the Constitution Avenue Entrance. Stouch Lighting provided 129w LED flood light fixtures to replace the previous 400w Metal Halide fixtures. The new fixtures carry a 7-year warranty and 80,000 hour rated life, thus reducing maintenance costs as well as 73% in energy consumption. It’s said that the lights are used to illuminate the newly refinished ...

Verbatim has introduced its new LED lamps designed as direct replacements for incandescent light bulbs, halogen lamps and compact fluoresecent lamps  in general purpose lighting. They have a lifetime of up to 35,000 hours as well as provide between 70% and 85% energy savings over conventional types of comparable light output. Five of the new products are spotlights with GU10 sockets. These operate from a 200-240VAC grid supply. They have power ratings between 4W and 8W and replace conventional lamps rated from 20W to 60W. Colour temperatures range from 2700K war...

It’s said that US LED and laser developer Soraa has appointed former Neal Woods as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Operations. Woods, will be based at Soraa's Fremont, California. headquarters and have responsibility for all aspects of manufacturing, supply chain operations, quality functions, and worldwide operations planning. Woods has served as Senior Vice President of Operations for Hewlett-Packard's Imaging & Printing Group since 2008.  While at HP, Woods had ownership for IPG's entire supply chain with $30 billion i...

Reportedly, Cooper Industries has made a harvest at 2011 Award for Design Excellence (ADEX) program for product design of furniture, fixtures and finishes marketed to the design trade. Each category has the potential for three award levels of Platinum, Gold or Silver. Design Journal Magazine sponsors the annual ADEX Awards. Products from its divisions Cooper Lighting and Cooper Controls,were honored as Platinum winners include the io Balance Beam, Portfolio LED Downlight and Open Wall Wash Series, Lumiere Boca 696 Ingrade LED Luminaire, and th...

Recently, Acuity Brands has joined the City of Chicopee, Massachusetts renovation project with its Holophane(R) GranVille(R) LED luminaires. The city targeted to replace its old 100W high pressure sodium fixtures were spread throughout the downtown district, which comprises four city blocks containing city hall, office buildings, restaurants and nightclubs. CEL's Engineering & Operations Manager, Jim Lisowski, brought Acuity Brands' Holophane team into the project  to evaluate an energy-efficient relighting solution. The project required ...

LED equipment manufacturer Novellus Systems has shipped a VECTOR(R) plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) system to Xurui Guangdian Co., Ltd. ("China SemiLEDs") for producting SemiLEDs' MvpLED(TM) high-efficiency LED products. With a multi-wafer carrier configuration, the VECTOR LED system can handle all wafer sizes -- 2", 3", 4", 6", 8" and 12" -- with exceptional throughput, film quality and uniformity at each size. In contrast to a traditional PECVD reactor used in LED m...

GE Lighting engineers and scientists are developing a 60-watt replacement LED bulb that meets the specifications for the Department of Energy’s Bright Tomorrow Lighting (L Prize) competition. GE recently submitted a Letter of Intent to the Department of Energy to enter the competition.    “The objective of our product research and development is simple,” says Steve Briggs, vice president of marketing and product management, GE Lighting Solutions, LLC. “We exist to create advanced lighting solutions based on customer needs and ...

Reportedly, German high-tech company dilitronics, has stepped into the Asian market in June with the foundation of dilitronics Asia Ltd. in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong office is the first outside Europe. It specialises in LED control, and targets to further expand its sales activities in the rapidly expanding Asian market. According to Meinrad Braun, Sales Director at dilitronics, explained that they found the Hong Kong officer mainly based on Asian customers’ interests in the development of energy-saving lighting concepts. LEDs are predestined for this an...

Finnish distributor of radio and television services, Digita Oy, has selected Obelux Oy to install the world’s first LED high-intensity obstacle light system on 327 meters, over 1 000 feet, high broadcast mast in Tiirismaa, as the tallest construction in Finland. The new LED lights will replace old Xenon technology. Jukka Kokkonen, System Designer, Digita Oy, said that “The low total life-cycle costs and long maintenance free operations of the LED technology were critical selection criteria to us. And of course working with an experienced supplier who...

Currently, SmartWatt Energy, Inc.has completed the replacement of 319 fixtures with LED lighting retrofits at Americold's temperature-controlled storage facility in Fort Worth, TX resulting in an 86% reduction in total lighting cost. It’s estimated that this LED lighting retrofit project will reduce Americold's energy consumption at just its Fort Worth facility by 516,024 kWh and will help it shed 85.92 kW, while resulting in additional cooling savings of more than $17,000. The project gave rise to a utility incentive greater than $46,000 from the loca...

It’s said that Mouser Electronics has developed a partnership agreement with LEDiL, which specializes in LED lighting optics for high-power and lighting-class LEDs. Under the agreement, Mouser will provide direct access to LEDiL’s line of LED reflectors and lenses to customers around the world. For design engineers in need of LED lighting solutions on the forefront of proven technology, LEDiL offers the most advanced optics specially designed to support high-power and lighting-class LEDs produced by leading LED lighting manufacturers.  ...

As the luminous efficiency of LED chip was not high at early stage, it has not been able to achieve indoor lighting requirement therefore could only be applied at lower lumen lighting goods. LED spotlight has gradually replaced the traditional halogen lamp because there is no ultraviolet or infrared ray emitted from LED lighting, and it does not deteriorate on displayed goods. However, as the LED base generates high-temperature heat so most manufacturers can only use aluminum forming shell as heat-dissipation solution. As the result, the current LED spotlights have the alum...

According to the Racine Family YMCA, Ruud Lighting will donate more than $300,000 lighting fixtures and related equipment for the new suburban YMCA located on the Mount Pleasant civic campus. Ruud Chairman and CEO Alan Ruud said in a news release that most of the lighting products are LED luminaires that will provide "significant energy savings and reduce operating expenses." LED technology delivers an estimated 30-60 percent reduction in energy consumption compared to traditional technologies, with virtually no maintenance. It also complies with LE...

San Francisco based LED lighting company, Elemental LED, has announced an addition of an LED Exit Sign Replacement Kit to its catalog of products. The LED replacement kits exhibit no spotting or fading, and no flickering and buzzing. Compared to incandescent setups, which consume from 30 to 40 watts, these LED exit sign kits are completely ETL certified and consume only 2.8 watts of energy. They last approximately 50,000 hours. These kits mark an important addition to Elemental LED’s growing offerings of LED sign supplies, which include 7 types ...

According to the deal, Valladolid-headquartered Indal , specializes in manufacturing primarily outdoor lighting products, will become part of the Professional Luminaries business of Netherlands-based Philips Lighting. Marc de Jong, general manager of Professional Luminaries at Philips Lighting, comments: 'Indal's capabilities in delivering lighting [products] make it a natural fit with Philips, further strengthening our ability to offer our customers integrated and high-value options for professional lighting.' Chief executive officer and chairman of the bo...

Yesterday, JiangSu JEshine New Material Co.,LTD convened a press conference for China’s first over-100kg sapphire crystal with the attendance of Wang Lubao, Chairman of JEshine,Jeff Ford, Senior Deputy President of GTsolar, Peter Pauli, CEO of Meyer Burger, relevant governmental officials and news media. Reporter of LEDinside was also invited to the so called “Beautiful Sun Island” – Yangzhong, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, for a live report.

Recently, LEDs and OLED lighting panels have played a key role on American hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas. The group has gone on stage on Paris on three shows, wearing clothes embroidered with LEDs and OLED lighting panels from Philips. Fergie had a 'leather cat woman' outfit that has 75 white Lumiblade OLED panels. The panels were controlled remotely - and were synchronized to the music and lighting sequences....

LEELEDS lighting, a member of LEEDARSON lighting, launches 1W G9 LED Bulb J50I-A1 with global unique design. Its high performances make it ideal retrofit for halogen bulbs. It can apply to mirror light, droplight in living room, table lamp, decorative lighting, etc. Specifications: • Model: J50I-A1 • Lamp Shape: G9 • Optional Wattage: 1W • Operating Voltage: 220-240V • Frequency: 50/60Hz • Average Lifetime: 25000Hrs • Optional Base: G9 • Lumen: 50lm • CCT: 2700K • CRI:...

The 2011 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition successfully embodies the theme of “LED Asia,” which will continue being the theme of the exhibition in the following years that gathers not only major manufacturers from Asia, Europe and America but also buyers around the world. This year’s exhibition includes over 2,600 manufacturers and attracts a considerable amount of visitors from China as well as from all around the world. However, according to LEDinside’s observation, despite the large scale of LED industry and the great amount of...

Recently, Taiwan based packaging company, Harvatek is about to team up with TCL to built LED packaging plant in Huizhou, China. Both of the two companies will own 50% share in the new plant individually. The new facility will go into production at the end of March, 2012 and its goal is to reach 2 billion capacity after one year. Harvatek disclosed that it expected for further vertical integration by cooperating with LED chip maker.  ...

Dialight has unveiled its new SafeSite®  Series LED Area Light, the industry’s most compact, high-output Class I and Class II, Div 1 certified LED Area Light,as  Dialight’s industry-leading family of LED illumination products for hazardous locations. It’s designed to replace up to 150-watt HID fixtures. Consuming less than half the electricity of 150-watt HID units, Dialight’s 70-watt SafeSite Series delivers an impressive efficacy of 79 lumens per watt. Available in both cool white and neutral white models, the...