It’s reported that a major tomato producer from Quebec hothouse will cooperate with McGill University and GE on trials of LED lighting aimed at boosting crop yield and cutting energy use. Les Serres du St-Laurent, which grows Savoura-brand tomatoes under artificial light year-round at a number of greenhouses in the province, will install the LED lighting in its facilities, expecting to keep costs at an acceptable level and through more efficient use of energy. GE's Canadian commercial LED lighting wing, GE Lighting Solutions Canada Co., will get ...

U.S. DOE Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing R&D Workshop 2011 will be April 12 – 13, 2011, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Event U.S. DOE SSL MANUFACTURING R&D WORKSHOP 2010 Venue Hyatt Harborside, Boston, MA Dates April 12 – 13, 2011 Workshop Hours Tuesday, April 12, 2011 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM ...

Reportedly, Nova Scotia based company LED Roadway Lighting , has won a $500,000 contract from the Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program to test GPS-equipped LED street lights switches. Executive vice-president Darren Zwicker in an interview introduced that “It could replace existing automatic light switching by photocell." According to Zwicker , the lights can be shipped around the world and their imbedded GPS chips will recognize exactly where they are and accurately determine local sunrise and sunset times used to switch the lights off an...

Japan's OLED lighting fair started in March 8th, and we got some interesting OLED Lighting news. NEC lighting is showing several OLED lighting lamps using their upcoming panels - which will be 10x10cm ones offering 60lm/W efficiency - which is actually very good. The company plans to commercialize them in fiscal 2011 (which ends of March 2012). NEC is using UDC's PHOLED materials, which explains the relativly high efficiency. Panasonic Electric Works is another company that's developing OLED lighting panels based on UDC's material...

The Centre de Recherche Public (CRP) - Gabriel Lippmann, the leading research institute in Nanotechnologies in Luxembourg, and AIXTRON SE announced  the start of a cooperation agreement. The main goal of the new project is the mutual development of advanced polymer materials focusing on establishing a wide range of processes that contribute to the fabrication of advanced organic/inorganic materials. The technological platform in this 3-year cooperative project is AIXTRON´s Polymer Vapor Phase Deposition technology (PVPD™) for the depos...

Street lamps with OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ OSLON SSL LEDs as light source have been installed in three districts in Beijing. These 120W/180W LED fixtures will save up to 50% in energy consumption compared to the 250W/400W sodium lamps they replace. In addition, these LED street lamps provide uniform lighting for drivers and pedestrians. The LED street lamps are in Ti Yu Guan Road, Bei Yuan East Road, Gong Yi West Bridge and Xin Fa Di Road. They are busy roads in the Dong Cheng District, Chao Yang District and Da Xing Di...

Estar LED Light Company Limited today announced that it has received an Intentional Purchase Order with an estimated value of 2.5 billion US Dollars that will be an exclusive contract for LED bulbs said Rick McCoy, President of Estar LED Light Company Limited   Estar LED Light Company Limited has been developing a new LED bulb to replace the 60 Watt Bulb; Global Retailers and two of the world’s largest lighting manufacturers have shown interest in the LED project. The LED industry is awaiting further news to be released later this ...

March 2011 Taipei, Taiwan: Strong interest, growth and innovation are spotlighted everywhere at TiLS2011, Taiwan’s largest lighting show that shines from March 18 to 21 at TWTC Exhibition Hall 1. Success at this event, in its second year, is guaranteed with the coupling up of TAITRA (Taiwan External Trade Development Council) and Taiwan Lighting Fixture Export Association (TLFEA) to organize TiLs (the Taiwan International Lighting Show). With Epistar, Formosa Epitaxy, AMKO SOLARA, Taiwan-N Lighting, LEDTECH, Wellypo...

Currently, twenty Taiwanese organizations have set up an alliance to develop wide bandgap electronics devices, including SiC and GaN compound semiconductors, for use in high-power electronics applications as electric cars and LEDs. Based on the professions, alliance members are divided into groups to develop substrate materials, epitaxy wafers, devices, modules and inspection technologies. The alliance projects to roll out application modules of these wide bandgap semiconductors, whose electronic band gaps are larger than one or two electronvolts (eV). They plan to complet...

LED Light Engines manufacturer Permlight Products, Inc., recently released its new catalog of Brillia® LED light engines for luminaire manufacturers to meet the new requirements set by EPA for ENERGY STAR luminaires. It’s said that on February 16, 2011, EPA released the new ENERGY STAR Luminaires Specification which will become effective October 1, 2011.According to the new specification, luminaires that are not specifically defined as directional luminaires do not require full photometric testing and can qualify using LED Light E...

It’s said that the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (“MHPA”) has selected Acuity Brands’s RTLED lighting system for its substantial energy savings. MHPA has partnered with Acuity Brands for several times. This time, MPHA plans to continue installing LED lighting in its facilities. Plifka, MPHA manager of facilities and development, said “The RTLED lighting system is working perfectly and the feedback from residents and property management staff has all been positive.” With the help of Acuity Brands, MH...

FZLED, maker of high-performance LED lighting products, is pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting at the 2011 Taiwan International Lighting Show from March 18-21, 2011 at the Taipei World Trade Center. Buyers, media, and the general public are all welcome to visit FZLED's booth (Hall 1, Booth #: A1311 & 1312) and view the company's innovative LED lighting solutions. FZLED's booth will be featuring their one-of-a-kind LED tube lights that are equipped with a dimming function controlled by standard on/off switches. FZLED will ...

March 1-4 2011, focused on LED lighting in the area of professional industry event --- the seventh LED 2011 Guangzhou Lighting Fair in full swing after a 4-day exhibition has successfully concluded. LED CHINA 2011 as an important part of Guangzhou LED LED Lighting Fair has become a global field "vane " The Guangzhou International LED show attracted over 900 exhibitors from domestic and abroad, more than 60,000 spectators enter and visit. As a well-known manufacturer of LED lighting products,//www.spark-oe.com bring led lamps selected for...

Ledzworld Technology, an innovative  R&D and manufacturing company of high-end LED retro-fit lamps for professional users, launches its new LED retrofit GU10 , a fully dimmable 6.5W LED lamp. The lamp has a light output of 240 lumen in warm white (3000K) and 260 lumen in natural white (4200K). In Q4 of this year, a higher output version of 400Lm will be added to the range. Ledzworld is the first company to launch a fully dimmable retrofit LED halogen replacement lamp that integrates the Cree MCE  technology with sophisticated Ledzworld driver t...

Dialight (LSE: DIA.L), an innovative global leader in LED lighting technology, announced that its new SafeSite® Series LED Linear Fixture has achieved certification to the Class I, Div 2 standard for use in hazardous locations. Engineered specifically to replace linear fluorescent lighting fixtures, the new SafeSite Linear Class I, Div 2 product is designed to provide superior visibility, optimum energy efficiency and low-cost maintenance for any location where there is a potential of flammable gases or vapors present, even under extreme conditions. &ldquo...

Rohm Co Ltd showcased an E26-base LED light bulb and an incandescent-color E11-base LED lamp at Lighting Fair 2011.   The E26-base LED light bulb has a color temperature as low as 2,600K and is being developed to realize "a candle light." Its general color rendering index (Ra) is as high as 95. The company spreads the light of the bulb in lateral directions by three-dimensionally installing a board embedded with LED chips so that the LED light bulb becomes like a candle in terms of not only color temperature but also the way in which light spr...

Bridgelux  has made a breakthrough on the 135 Lumens per Watt GaN-on-Silicon based LED Technology, which marks the industry's first commercial grade performance for a Silicon-based LED. The 135 Lumen per Watt performance was achieved at a CCT of 4730K using a single 1.5mm power LED operated at 350mA. These LEDs operate just 2.90V at 350mA and < 3.25V at 1 Amp. Optimization of the epitaxy process on 8-inch Si wafers will make LED manufacturing compatible with existing automated semiconductor lines. It’s said that the company will ...

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ LEDs are in the spotlight again. When the advertising light-boxes in Singapore’s Changi Airport were to switch away from fluorescent T8 tubes under REVOLITE’s energy saving program, OSRAM’s Golden DRAGON Plus LEDs were chosen to be the light source by REVOLITE, the renowned LED back-light application expertise. It was found that over the last five years, after replacing the old tubes and installing REVOLITE’s Dio™ back-lit lightbox system with these LEDs, maintenance ...

Elemental LED has developed White Balance LED Strip Lighting system to enable users to choose the exact shade of white and brightness of their lighting. The new white balance system lets users choose their white LED lighting color temperature from anywhere between a cool white 8000k and a warm white 2700k. The unique design of the White Balance LED Strip Light incorporates white bulbs in three shades: cool, neutral and warm. The White Balance Wall Controller is similar to an LED dimmer switch. A toggle switch lets the user smoothly and easily fade bet...

It’s said that Lighting Science Group has developed with Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLC (LPI) a highly efficient, high output and low cost 60-watt replacement LED bulb. And it has　told　to　the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)　and　 will submit the　new　bulb for testing to win the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) competition. The bulb design is based on patented and patent-pending technologies developed by both companies. The L Prize was established by The Energy Independence and Security Act in 2007,aiming　to promote the dev...

According to Acuity Brands, it has supported its Holophane® brand of luminaires for a sustainability project of Hercules, CA. It’s said that portions of busy Sycamore Avenue and Refugio Valley Road in Hercules, CA were once illuminated with 161 cobra head luminaires with 100-watt high pressure sodium lamps. This time, Hercules retrofit the units with contemporary styled LEDgend® Roadway LED luminaires from Holophane, cutting energy usage nearly 40 percent and increasing visibility and safety with uniformly lit streets and roadways. The Ameri...

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Seamless integration now possible with small form factor, high irradiance lamp Phoseon Technology extended its leadership position today by introducing a smaller, more powerful LED curing solution. The air‐cooled RX FireFly 2W targets the small format printing and adhesive segments where the simple and fast curing of heat‐sensitive substrates is vitally important. Utilizing Phoseon’s patented SLM™ technology, the latest FireFly solution provides customers with: • Seamless machine integration due to the small size, just 185 cubic cm which is appro...

Toshiba Corporation is announced to present at the Fuori Salone during Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2011 in Milan, Italy, one of the world's premier exhibitions of furniture and interior design runs from April 12 to 17. It’s Toshiba's third consecutive year of participation. Toshiba will explore the theme of "Luce Tempo Luogo" in a lighting installation at the Cortile di Via Savona in the Tortuna district of the city. Also, it will participate in Euroluce in the main FIERA district and showcase its full portfolio of LED lighting...

Lately, the NASA technology has utilized LED technology (turned medical device) in the Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Unit at a hospital at the University of Alabama. This technology is being used to ease the pain of mouth and throat sores, common side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. According to NASA, a far red/near infrared Light Emitting Diode treatment called High Emissivity Aluminiferous Luminescent Substrate has been given to ease the pain of cancer patients. With a system called Warp 75, the LEDs release energy in the for...

Recently, Taiwan-based LED wafer and chip manufacturer Tekcore Co Ltd has installed two VaporStation Central Delivery Systems from Dow Electronic Materials of Philadelphia, PA, USA (a business unit of Dow Advanced Materials) in its LED manufacturing area. Presently, Tekcore is running the first tool in production to deliver trimethylgallium (TMG) to multiple epitaxial growth reactors. In addition, the second delivery system, Dow’s new patent-pending, third generation of the VaporStation Central Delivery System, has also been installed at T...

GE Home & Business Solutions has appointed Maryrose Sylvester as president and CEO of GE Lighting.   GE Home & Business Solutions, an $8.6B business, includes the Appliances & Lighting and Intelligent Platforms operating units. Sylvester, a veteran of 14 years at GE lighting, will report to GE Appliances & Lighting President & CEO James P. Campbell, succeeds Michael Petras who has led GE Lighting since 2008....

It’s reported that LUXEON power LEDs has become the first in ENERGY STAR qualified LED replacement for a 60-watt incandescent bulb. According to Steve Barlow, EVP of Sales and Marketing at Philips Lumileds. “We are well beyond demo and prototype bulbs not only for 60-Watt equivalents but also for MR16s, PAR lamps, GU10, and other form factors that are widely used. Our sights are now set clearly on enabling replacements for 75-watt equivalent bulbs.”  ...

Conversion and expansion of chip manufacture at the Penang and Regensburg plants OSRAM Opto Semiconductors will be stepping up its production output significantly by converting its two chip manufacturing facilities to 6-inch wafers while expanding both plants. A new production building is currently under construction in Penang, Malaysia, while in Regensburg, Germany, the available space is being reallocated. The two facilities will each be converting to the new manufacturing technology, introducing 6-inch wafers to replace the current 4-inch wafers. These measures are exp...

The European LED manufacturer Optogan welcomes Russia‘s President Dmitry Medvedev in the recently set up LED production plant in St. Petersburg. During his official visit the President was able to convince himself of the luminous power produced by the German LED chips used in the Russian built LED lamps. The recently opened St. Petersburg sister plant to the Bavarian based Landshut company, builds energy efficient LED components and light fittings to fulfil its rapidly growing domestic demand. These lighting elements are now already to be found in p...