Roadshow begins in Madrid this month, moving to Lyon and London in November September 2, 2024: Nichia, the world’s leading global LED manufacturer, is launching an exclusive roadshow across three major European cities in the latter half of 2024. This series of invitation-only events – taking place in Madrid, Lyon, and London – will gather top industry experts, architects, lighting designers, and fixture manufacturers to delve into lighting technology and conscious design to create spaces that enhance the way people live, work, and interact with their en...

The nightscape of Knoxville is set to shine once more with the return of programmable decorative lighting on the Henley Bridge, a dazzling display dormant for the past six years. The bridge, a central artery of local heritage, will relight its architectural features this Thursday, marking a significant upgrade in both technology and visual allure. According to a statement released on the City of Knoxville's official site, Mayor Indya Kincannon, together with the Engineering Department Signal Shop staff and LED Lighting Concepts representatives, will proudly unve...

It has been 28 years since the white LED launched, which Nichia realized by combining a blue LED with yellow phosphor. Since then, LED technology has replaced incandescent bulbs and fluorescent lamps, becoming the predominant light source. The performance of LEDs continues to evolve daily, and now their luminous efficiency can well exceed 200 lm/W, enabling spaces to be brightly illuminated with even less energy. By developing LEDs that can contribute to energy saving, Nichia aims to support people’s lives under rising energy costs. On the other hand, as the dema...

AUSTIN, Texas & ROTTERDAM, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluence, a leading global provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis production, announced today its multiyear collaboration with Holistic Industries, one of the largest private multistate cannabis operators, has surpassed 120,000 square feet of canopy under Fluence lights. The companies’ long-term collaboration was born out of a successful LED trial in 2018 at Holistic’s Pennsylvania cultivation facility. When compared to Holistic’s...

Knoxville's Henley Street Bridge will once again light up with the colors of the Tennessee Volunteers after crews worked to restore the street-level lights display years after it stopped operating. For the first time since 2018, the lights on the deck will glow orange and white starting at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 29 in honor of the football home opener Aug. 31. And it's not just a one-time thing. The bridge lights will change colors in honor of events such as the Knox Asian Festival or Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The original lights were turned off because of we...

Since January 2024, Nichia has introduced three blog posts on “History of Light Sources - Color Rendering Index (CRI)” and this blog will conclude its series with this fourth post. In the world of lighting sources, where there is often a tendency to prioritize luminous flux and efficiency, Nichia has strived to convey that CRI is just as important as luminous flux and luminous efficiency. Nichia, which has been involved with “light” for more than half a century since the fluorescent lamp era, hopes that this part of its philosophy has been understood...

More than 4812 streetlights in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield (City of PAE) area have been switched over to LED light bulbs, with stage one of the council’s bulk LED rollout project now complete. In 2023, SA Power Networks partnered with the City of Port Adelaide Enfield to roll out the project, focussing on Stobie pole-mounted lights on residential streets. The $2.46 million project began in December 2023 and finished by its target of the end of the 2023–24 financial year. SA Power Networks said that currently, around half of South Au...

The first post discussed general lighting and the second one addressed specialty lighting applications requiring a higher CRI. This post will explore outdoor lighting. While it is widely understood why CRI is important for indoor lighting, is it important for outdoor lighting as well? Many people have had the experience of driving into a tunnel and not being able to see clearly, not being able to distinguish car colors directly in front or not even being able to tell the color of fellow passenger’s clothing! This is due to the extremely low CRI of sodium lamps commonly us...

LED lights at LPS Industries. - LPS Industries LPS Industries, a vertically integrated flexible packaging manufacturer, has replaced 1,100 fluorescent and incandescent light fixtures with LED lights at its facility in Moonachie. The project took two months and required the contractor to work 16-hour days. During that time, day-to-day operations at the manufacturing plant and corporate offices continued as normal. Employees now work with better and more diffuse light. Studies have shown LED lights can improve employee moods, boost work efficiency and enhanc...

Taiwan launches LED light swap event (Courtesy of MOE) TAIPEI (TVBS News) — The Ministry of Environment (MOE, 環境部) will launch a lighting replacement promotion from Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, encouraging citizens to recycle old light tubes and bulbs at designated stores and purchase LED alternatives. Participants can register on the event website to enter a prize draw. Wong Wen-ying (翁文穎), a division chief at the MOE's Resource Circulation Administration (資源循環署) fund management committee, noted that traditional light tubes and bulbs...

The first post was about general lighting. In this post, Nichia will discuss specialty lighting which requires a higher CRI. Applications requiring high color rendering include lighting for printing, painting, dyeing, photography, color inspection, cosmetic mirror lighting, galleries, museums, clothing, decorations, hospitals, and schools. Depending on the application, various types of high CRI lamps are used. Incandescent bulbs and halogen lamps have an Ra of 100, but their color temperature is as low as 2700K, limiting their use in applications. For applications requir...

In the lighting industry, the characteristics and advantages of light sources are typically discussed in terms of luminous flux and/or efficacy; however, CRI, chromaticity, and spectral distributions are also important factors of light. Among these, CRI is a very important characteristic that determines how close an illuminated object looks to what it would like under natural light. In this blog, Nichia has chosen to focus on CRI and its history as the main theme and this first blog post will discuss the importance of general lighting, which is indispensable in our daily lives. ...

A longtime smart technology incubator, the city of Peachtree Corners in Georgia is getting a new smart lighting deployment from Israel-based company Juganu, which promises to provide energy-efficient lighting, environmental sensors, edge computing and free public Wi-Fi. This is Juganu’s first full smart city lighting deployment in the United States, according to the company. Juganu says that its smart light poles combine multiple systems in one pole: LED lighting, air quality sensors and an “IoT framework for additional smart city applications,” plus a ...

Recognizing the significant potential for energy savings, CIME embarked on a comprehensive project to replace all fluorescent lights with energy-efficient LED lights throughout their building in Karachi. A fluorescent light typically uses around 80 watts, while an LED light uses only about 20 watts, offering significant energy savings. Over 6-8 months, around one thousand lights were systematically replaced from the ground floor to the top floor, carefully planned to avoid disrupting daily activities. Switching to LED lighting has greatly reduced the building's...

Greenhouse growers face the problem of extending the rising season to satisfy the rising demand for recent produce year-round. One efficient resolution is using Greenhouse Develop Lights, significantly Greenhouse LED Develop Lights. These superior lighting methods present the required gentle spectrum to reinforce plant development, making it doable to domesticate crops even throughout much less sunny intervals. Significance of Greenhouse Develop Lights Greenhouse Develop Lights are essential in managed setting agriculture. In contrast to conventional lighting method...

Farmington Hills Gets $140,000 Grant for LED Lighting at Fire Station (City of Farmington Hills, Aug. 22, 2024) Farmington Hills, MI- The City of Farmington Hills has been awarded an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) of over $140,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy. This grant will support the City’s ongoing efforts to enhance energy efficiency and conservation by funding the installation of light emitting diode (LED) lighting at Fire Station #4, located at 28711 Drake Road. The implementation of LED lighting...

Atlanta Aglow: New LED Lights Illuminate DowntownAtlanta Aglow: New LED Lights Illuminate Downtown The city of Atlanta has undergone a dazzling transformation with the installation of state-of-the-art LED lights in the heart of its downtown core. As dusk descends, the city center bursts into a vibrant tapestry of colors, illuminating iconic landmarks and revitalizing public spaces. The project, spearheaded by the City of Atlanta’s Department of Transportation and the Downtown Atlanta Alliance, involves the replacement of over 6,000 aging high-pressure...

An 'adaptive lighting' project in Canberra, which reduced the brightness of streetlights by up to half, showed a 25 per cent reduction in light pollution. Lights on Canberra 's streets were turned up and down for the project, revealing more of the night sky .An " adaptive lighting " project in Canberra , which reduced the brightness of streetlights by up to half, showed a 25 per cent reduction in light pollution . The project used around 30,000 "smart" streetlights in Canberra during off-peak times, and also found a reduction in carbon emission...

Maybe you’re the bad guy in this scenario. Perhaps you’re the recipient of lumens so high you can almost feel your neck cook. Either way, you have to wonder. Are those super-bright LED light bars on that truck legal? Or do they encroach into illegal territory at some point? The ridiculous LED light bars on the trucks behind you might be over-the-line bright It happens all the time. You’re on the highway and a vehicle passes you with lights so bright, they obscure your vision. It moves beyond the question of safety– it begs the question of legality...

Image Source: Natural Science News, 2024 Key Findings The study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that blue LED light during the day (8:00 to 18:00) accelerates grape berry coloration and increases anthocyanin content Blue LED light at night (20:00 to 6:00) did not significantly enhance anthocyanin accumulation compared to the control Daytime blue light exposure boosts the expression of genes related to anthocyanin biosynthesis and light signaling, suggesting a regulatory mechanism influenced by light conditions Anthocyanins are pigments respons...

Cree LED insights straight from the top Discover the Future of LED Lighting with Cree LED Join Joe Clark, President of Cree LED, as he delves into the importance of LED components in the lighting industry and shares the company’s strategic vision in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. Cree LED, a pioneer of the LED Revolution for more than 35 years, continues to push the boundaries of innovation, supplying advanced LED components across various industries. Now part of Penguin Solutions, formerly known as Smart Global Holdings, C...

What is blue light? The effect blue light has on your sleep and more. Although it is environmentally friendly, blue light can affect your sleep and potentially cause disease. Until the advent of artificial lighting, the sun was the major source of lighting, and people spent their evenings in (relative) darkness. Now, in much of the world, evenings are illuminated, and we take our easy access to all those lumens pretty much for granted. But we may be paying a price for basking in all that light. At night, light throws the body's biological clock—the circadian rhythm—...

Improved LED performance and the broadest color range provide even greater design flexibility DURHAM, NC – August 1, 2024 –– Cree LED, an SGH company (Nasdaq: SGH), announced today the launch of its higher performance XLamp® XE-G LEDs. Through a combination of higher light output and lower forward voltage, the upgraded XE-G LEDs deliver a 20% increase in efficiency for RGBW (Red/Green/Blue/White) color-mixing systems and a 10% or higher efficiency gain for 13 of the 18 colors. Since their debut, XE-G LEDs hav...

LEOTEK Acquires Traffic Business from LED Giant Dialight Becoming The Top Traffic Signal Solution Provider in the Americas Already a dominant force in North America, LEOTEK is set to become a global pioneer in digital traffic signal services through this acquisition. With a presence in over 30 countries and partnerships with thousands of public and private transportation entities, LEOTEK continues to pursue traffic upgrades in major cities across entire Americas. Dialight, a Global LED industry titan with a rich history dating back to 1938...

Brighten up your smart home without breaking the bank. The Philips Hue Tento smart lamps are the company’s most affordable ceiling lights yet. Sizes range from 29.1 to 54.2 cm, with output available in white, adjustable color temperature, and full RGB. Availability is just getting started in Europe, but US release plans remain up in the air. When you’re setting up your smart home, you’ve got no shortage of options to choose from. And so long as everything you’re using supports Google Home, you’re largely free to mix and match ...

Finally, a small, high-intensity LED that allows optical optimization – lm/mm2 without sacrificing lm/Watt Lumileds announces the release of the LUXEON HL4Z un-domed power LED intended for applications that require very high intensity and superior efficacy. Optical designers and engineers must typically make a tradeoff between optimizing optical design and achieving high efficacy. Lumileds addresses this dilemma with its innovative LUXEON HL4Z. At maximum current, the undomed LED delivers tremendous intensity – over 1400lm – from its 2.16...

AUSTIN, Texas & ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (July 11, 2024)—Fluence, a leading global provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, announced today the success of its partnership with award-winning, Michigan-based cannabis grower LightSky Farms. Founded in 2009 by wine industry veteran Shannon Walters, LightSky Farms was created with a precise vision for preserving original source terpenes, building a world-class team of cultivation experts and leveraging leading technologies to cultivate an unmatch...

In the past two years, despite numerous challenges facing the global commercial architectural lighting market, the commercial construction industry has been gradually moving towards green and low-carbon development under the current call for energy saving and emission reduction, providing new opportunities for lighting companies. Focusing on how lighting companies can play an important role in the transformation of the construction industry, LEDinside, TrendForce’s optoelectronics research division, had the privilege of interviewing Oliver Vogler, Senior Vice President and ...

A streetlight on North Street in front of Draper’s Steak and Seafood in Fairfax City (staff photo by Angela Woolsey) More of the gas-powered lamps around Old Town Fairfax will dim in the coming weeks, as the city advances to a new phase of its push to convert all streetlights to LED bulbs. To kick off the project’s next stage, workers will remove 33 decommissioned gas lights this month, starting Sunday (July 14) on Chain Bridge Road between Main Street and North Street. Additional work is planned for July 21 on Main Street from Chain Bridge...

The new Arize Element® L2000 from Acuity Brands is among many horticulture items that Hort Americas will have available at Cultivate'24 on July 13-16. Among the most efficient grow lights in its class, the L2000 offers up to 3600 µmol/s and can reduce fixture count by up to 40% when installed as an HPS replacement. Additional lighting on display at the Hort Americas booth (#2421) includes: Arize Factor ML300 (used in indoor farms for leafy greens, propagation or vegetative growth) Arize Factor ML900 (used for indoor high-light intensity ...