The request for high efficiency in Lighting along with the upmost necessity of energy conservation, have made the LED applications an ever-increasing requirement from the Lighting Industry. The most recent developments in LED Technology have produced new devices such as the COB LEDs – Chip On Board LEDs - which allow many diverse LED configurations never considered before. The high luminosity of the COB LEDs is achieved through a unique packaging in the tightest space, allowing to perform high intensities. It results that the selection of the mo...

American company Focus Lighting has designed a new lighting called The Cloud for the Boffo Show House in New York. The Cloud is a lighting art that consists of overhanging lights, which change their color and set different moods for the same place. The lighting has been installed on the 35 metre, narrow ceiling of the show house's hallway. It consists of about 200 tubes and LED nodes attached to 16 wooden discs. The lighting also features a built-in infrared sensor for detecting movement on the floor. The light, when anyone moves under it, turns on 12 unique lo...

For retailers, accent, directional and flood lighting has largely been limited to halogen and CMH technologies to maintain color and light integrity on merchandise. But, a patent-pending GE LED lens has retailers viewing LEDs in a whole new light. GE's new Visual Comfort Lens™ diffuses ultra-efficient LED technology in a way that eliminates the light "dots" or spots often found when using LEDs in these applications.   GE's new Visual Comfort Lens diffuses ultra-efficient LED technology in a way that eliminates the light "...

-  An architecturally-relevant LED site luminaire scalable to 6 sizes Kim Lighting, the premiere manufacturer of architectural outdoor lighting, announces the launch of the ALTITUDE ™ -- a versatile and powerful LED site luminaire that combines the ultimate in luminaire design innovation with a unique balance of form, engineering and optics.  ALTITUDE™ features a low profile, architecturally relevant luminaire that is scalable in six sizes for pedestrian, site and roadway applications.  This distinctive luminaire was specifically desi...

Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) introduced three new models of its market-leading TurboDisc® metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems for the production of high brightness light emitting diodes (LEDs): TurboDisc MaxBright® M™, TurboDisc MaxBright MHP™ and TurboDisc K465i HP™. MaxBright M: a modular and more compact version of Veeco’s multi-reactor system. The MaxBright M provides easier serviceability and up to 15% improved footprint efficiency compared to MaxBright, and nearly 40% better ...

Lextar Electronics Corp. (Lextar) announces its 100-watt COB LED products that have a high efficiency of 130 lm/W and low thermal resistance. In addition, Lextar’s Blue Emitter with HV chip as well as high color rendering light board (CRI>95, R9>90) will all be on display from June 9-12 at the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition.   The 100-watt COB LED product has a luminous efficiency of 130 lm/W and low thermal resistance of 0.5 degrees per watt, which is more than a 70% decrease compared with most LED products. This can ...

Veeco Instruments Inc.has introduced three new models of its market-leading TurboDisc® metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems for the production of high brightness light emitting diodes (LEDs): TurboDisc MaxBright® M™, TurboDisc MaxBright MHP™ and TurboDisc K465i HP™. The MaxBright MHP provides as much as 20% within-wafer wavelength uniformity improvement over MaxBright. MaxBright M: a modular and more compact version of Veeco’s multi-reactor system. The MaxBright M provides easier serviceabi...

Seesmart, Inc.has introduced a new high performance LED cobra head street light designed to replace 250 or 400 Watt High Pressure Sodium (HPS) street lights used to light roadways, parking lots, and other outdoor areas. The new cobra head LED street lights produce the same or better illumination than the HPS lamps, but consume only a fraction of the electricity. New lights are 59, 88 or 97 watts, depending on the configuration. These lights also come in three color temperatures from Warm White (3000-3500K) to Natural White (4000-4500K) to Day White (550...

The light in the home, was not only a lighting, but also a lubricant for home living. The living space’s merit can play good role through the appropriate use of lighting. You may not know that, with the ingenious use of light, you can able to create your own house living taste and ambience. However, due to the electricity increase period, do you wish to make the power saving and good lighting in house living at the same time? The luxury apartments-“Wo Ran Ju”, which located at New Taipei City, collaborate with Ecomaa to create an luxury ambience of home livin...

New flash LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors harmonizes form and function Osram Opto Semiconductors has added a new type of LED to its well-known Oslux family. With flash applications compromises no longer have to be accepted – due to its specially shaped lens the Oslux LED can be discreetly fitted in the device. Thanks to its high output power the new LED is also capable of taking perfectly illuminated shots with cellphones. This means design and function of smartphones work together even more closely. Manufacturers of high-end smartphones often have to ...

Acuity Brands Launches the ROAMview Lighting Control System, Extending the Company’s ROAM Roadway Technology into Site and Area Lighting   The ROAMview system provides property owners and small municipalities the ability to efficiently manage outdoor lighting using a wireless monitoring and control system.      Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI; “Company”), a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and controls solutions, introduces the ROAMview™ lighting control system, an expansion of&n...

Dual lamp technology, solid-state electronic ballast and a dedicated state-of-the-art thermal management system deliver better light quality, distribution and energy savings.   Building on the success of its comprehensive portfolio of high bay luminaires, Holophane® introduces the new DualBay electronic high bay luminaire to deliver superior quality lighting and energy savings to a wide range of high bay applications. The new electronic high bay luminaire uses dual lamp technology, solid-state electronic ballast and a dedicated state-of-the-art thermal management system &nda...

Latest Addition to Dialight’s Industry Leading Vigilant® Series LED Obstruction Lighting Portfolio Improves Visibility and Safety for Aviation Near Military Bases  Dialight (LSE: DIA.L) announced the availability of its new Vigilant L-864 Infrared (IR) LED-based Medium Intensity Red Beacon, the first FAA-certified product of its kind, incorporating both red and IR LEDs in a single unit. The IR integration ensures better visibility for aircraft pilots using Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) and Aviator’s Night Visio...

Designers can dress bland commercial ceiling space in chic new style with Lumination™ Luminaires and other bright indoor LED ideas from GE Lighting Solutions. A Lumination slim suspended fixture and 1'x4' recessed troffer are now available to exquisitely attire office, retail or hospitality settings. Lumination Suspended Luminaire The Lumination Suspended fixture delivers remarkable light output in an ultra-thin, provocative design. Honored today as a recognized winner in the Next Generation Luminaires™ (NGL) 2012 Indoor Competition, linear...

The I-BEAM LED high bay luminaire is an affordable, configurable one-for-one replacement for fluorescent and HID fixtures. Acuity Brands, Inc. introduces the I-BEAM® LED high bay from Lithonia Lighting®. This LED solution is the latest addition to the I-BEAM family, the most widely specified high bay family in the industry. The I-BEAM LED luminaire offers higher quality illumination, longer life and consumes less energy than comparable fluorescent and HID fixtures. Plus, I-BEAM LED high bays provide a payback in as little as t...

New laser bar series of Osram Opto Semiconductors with 200 Watt continuous power An extremely high efficiency of up to 65 percent at 200 Watt optical output power – these are the outstanding features of Osram Opto Semiconductors’ new laser bars. They can simplify the design of laser systems and reduce their cost. Laserline, one of the leading manufacturers of diode lasers for industrial material processing, now also makes full use of these advantages. Laser bars from Osram Opto Semiconductors are the core of the latest and most powerful fiber-coupled diode l...

New 30W Constant Current Driver Optimized for Residential and Commercial Lighting Applications Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today unveiled a new dimmable LED driver module optimized for worldwide residential, commercial and industrial light fixtures. The 30 watt (W) LXMG221W-0700030-D0™ LED driver enables start up times of 150 milliseconds (ms) or faster, closely emulating the "lights-on" performance of a typical incandescent...

- Compact, efficient, long life LED panels for lower cost interior lighting GlacialLight, a division of experienced global technology leader, GlacialTech Inc., has launched the GL-PL0312 LED Panel Light, another outstanding addition to the popular GlacialLight's range of LED lighting products. This high efficiency 58W LED panel is an ideal replacement for older, less-efficient light sources. Its key advantages are surprisingly low energy and maintenance costs, thanks to LED technology which brings greatly reduced power costs, long life, and low heat. ...

Philips is to launch a 23-watt LED bulb as bright as a 100-watt incandescent lamp this fall. The company will add to its EnduraLED line with a lamp that gives off almost 1,700 lumens, or about the amount of light as a 100-watt incandescent, and consumes 23 watts. The price isn’t disclosed but it is expected to be in the $40 to $50 range. This latest EnduraLED has a color temperature is a warm yellow at 2,700 Kelvin, is dimmable, and has a color rendering index of 80. The existing EnduraLED bulbs are rated to last nearly 23 years based on three hours of us...

Innovative slim system brings benefits of high quality LED lighting to offices and educational facilities Lumenpulse Inc. announced the release and availability of Lumenline™, a unique system of indoor linear LED luminaires introducing the benefits of high-quality LED lighting to commercial and institutional environments seeking lower energy and maintenance costs. Lumenline marks a significant breakthrough for LED technology, challenging the performance of traditional T5 HO fluorescent systems using a similarly slim 2-inch profile. Lumenline delivers 68 lumen...

Extensive line of LED replacement lamps deliver crystal-clear illumination, long-life and energy cost savings RaviLights, an innovator of LED lighting products and associated technologies, today announced the introduction of their extensive line of LED-based replacement lamps made in the USA. Designed as direct, ready-to-plug-in retrofits for energy-hungry halogen, incandescent and comparable compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), the RaviLights product line includes the Rival™ PAR38, Pro™ MR16, Tradition™ A19, and Flame™ B10 series of la...

Perfect light source for directional and decorative applications with low thermal resistance and high performance Adding to the performance and popularity of Everlight’s 6.4W and 8W Chip-on-Board (COB) LED series, one of the highest CRI and highest efficiency COBs on the market, Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. (TSE:2393) announces the brand new and smaller C52 COB LED series which is perfectly suitable for directional and decorative applications such as MR lamps and P35 bulbs at LIGHTFAIR International 2012 in Las Vegas/USA. For...

Eliminates Initial Cost Barriers and Continues to Drive LED Adoption   Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) introduces the industry’s first LED downlight designed to deliver specification-grade lighting performance with pricing to match the everyday price of incumbent technology fluorescent grade downlights. With initial models designed to replace 18 and 26 watt fluorescent downlights, the KR Series is at least 35 percent more efficient than incumbent fluorescents and is designed to last up to five times longer. “The innovative Cree KR Series truly...

Remote Phosphor Product Creates Omni-Directional, High-Quality Light Scalable to all Wattages at Lower Cost, on Display at LIGHTFAIR   Intematix Corporation, a leading innovator of patented phosphors and phosphor components for high-quality LED lighting, announced the availability of ChromaLit™ Contour.  Lighting manufacturers can implement ChromaLit Contour to produce 60, 75 and 100 watt-equivalent omni-directional light in an LED system.  Intematix also offers A Lamp reference designs for these systems.   Intematix&rsq...

Sustainable Solar Lighting Solutions now available for general outdoor applications with a selection of the most popular Hubbell Outdoor and Spaulding Lighting products   As a leader in the commercial outdoor market, Hubbell Outdoor Lighting & Spaulding Lighting are pleased to announce Solar Lighting solutions are now available for area/site, roadway, floodlighting, pathway and wall/ceiling applications.  The addition of solar powered lighting solutions to the Hubbell Outdoor and Spaulding Lighting brands of Hubbell Lighting provides another sustainable...

Installation Snapshot • Retrofit installation • (147) 80W LED Low Bays • Replaced 175W metal halide • Delivered light: ~ 20 Footcandles • Payback: 3 years • Received over $10,000 in energy efficiency rebates Plagued by seemingly never-ending light maintenance in its two-deck parking garage, Denver’s Fox31 television news station has put an end to the incessant bulb and fixture changes and saved thousands of dollars in the process by converting to new high-efficiency DuroSite® LED Low Bay luminaires from ...

Blue laser diode with high optical power from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors With the new high power laser diode PL TB450, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors strengthens its leading role in lasers on indium-gallium-nitride basis. Mounted in a compact TO56 package, the blue laser diode features an optical power of 1.4 Watt (W). Thus it is particularly suitable for high-quality projectors in the professional field. Other applications for this high power component reach from laser systems for stage and decoration illumination to medical applications. Professional projectors ...

The latest evolution in LED Technology has resulted in new High Brightness LEDs which allow a huge variety of new and innovative applications in Lighting. As any evolution, the high luminosity delivered by these LEDs of new generation is not without difficulties and  requires the employment of new technologies so to achieve a superior optical performance. Khatod boasts a great expertise in optical design based on extensive testing and experimentations; most of our  technologies are created by our team of engineers who develop our new technically unique product...

Khatod Optoelectronic announced the creation of PL50SIL, the most innovative Ultra Clear Silicone Optic for High Brightness LEDs COBs. Khatod Optoelectronic, pioneer of innovative applications in LED technology since 1985, was selected as official demonstrator for the entire process running from the project to the manufacturing of PL50SIL at MACSPE 2012, Italy,  exhibition dedicated to the new technologies applied to the production processes. In the Demo Unit named “From Project to Object”, inside the exhibition, Khatod carried o...

Industry's Highest Throughput System for Precision Optical Thin Film Applications At the SPIE Photonics Europe Trade Show in Brussels, Belgium, Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) today introduced the SPECTOR-HT(TM) Ion Beam Deposition (IBD) System. Used to create thin film coatings for the optical market, the SPECTOR-HT provides up to 400% increase in throughput, 300% increase in target utilization and 50% improvement in material uniformity compared to previous SPECTOR generations. In addition, the new system offers e...